Cockatiels that think they're eagles...

Cockatiels like to "display", either to attract attention (i.e. from a potential mate), assert dominance or make themselves look scary when they're threatened - ours often do it when they see larger birds out the window. When we first got Pete (with the yellow face) he made a chattering noise while displaying, but we trained him to say "eagle" instead, and when we got Tom (with the white face) he learned it from Pete very quickly. Here they are doing it (the video is in HQ mode, so pause it and let it load for a while before playing):



Back to woodland stuff in the next post...

Mike