@@michaelpark5681 p1ss off ithe, the small amount of feeding of cockatoos and other species that live in urban and periurban areas doesn't even replace the lost food sources from habitat destruction in those same areas. They only feed at hers for a short while and spend much of the day still foraging. Cockatoos also displace pigeons to an extent. Having a modest steady supply of healthy food also results in cockatoos less likely to go through bins, create a mess and potentially get sick from eating rubbish.
We live 90 minutes north of Sydney and have had cockatoos, rainbow lorikeets, Indigenous miner birds, and a little family of top-notch bush pigeons and, seasonally, satin bower birds come to our balcony for a feed every afternoon for 22 years. I was in hospital having cancer surgery and on the morning of my surgery my daughter awoke to 43 cockatoos standing silently along the rails, all facing inwards toward our glass sliding door....like some somber ceremony. They never come in the morning. It scared the sh*t out of her....😳..she didn’t know if this was a good thing or not. It was a good thing.😊
Thanks for sharing your story! Brought tears to my eyes, as a very good friend is having cancer surgery today. Many times I’ve seen animals in tune with the events in their human friends’ lives. Those 43 cockatoos lined up to support you in spirit, I have no doubt.
@@Jayasree0627 Yes. It was breast cancer and when I’d completed my surgeries, radio and chemo treatments I’ve been clear for 5 years (which is when you know you’ve beaten it).😊👍🏽
That's what I was going to comment!! I giggled so much! Kind of reminded me of an event server passing out the appetizers, perhaps the pig in the blanket?
I so admire that this woman not only respects the wild birds, but also her neighbours (in terms of feeding them non-messy foods at appropriate times of day). What a good person!
"Would you like a grape" Then they walk and fly away!! That's too funny. They're like little children. This is so cute. Thank you for sharing this with us to enjoy!
Are you as ignorant as this person? Do not feed wildlife, they need to continue foraging for themselves and not depend on humans...look up the research
Social animals will form relationships with anything that's willing to exchange food and grooming services. But there's not many species that are willing to offer food for the sake of just hanging out with the animal. So humans are a really good friend for animals, the animal doesn't need to do anything extra to pay back for the food like he would be required in a relationship with his own kin. Animals probably think that we are a bit weird because we give them food without asking anything in return, but the really smart ones might have realised that we have lots of extra food and we have things they have never seen before that would seem magical even to humans who lived millennia ago, and that we will help injured animals or an animal that comes to us to request help, as long as the animal can make us understand what it needs. A human is a very good friend to make, as long as the animal finds the right kind of human to befriend. Humans can be cruel just for entertainment too, and play tricks on too trusting animals even when the animal lives to tell the tale. Someone once quipped that humans are to other animals the same as faeries are to humans, except that we are real. We are the faeries.
@@wwondertwinI love how you put this! It's so true! They are so intelligent and probably think they hit the jackpot when they befiend the right person.
@@nmspain7125 They are saying that the couldn't have done a better job filming the video and that is was good, not that they shouldn't have recorded it. It was confusing to read at first.
I loved the part about you talking about how they smell. They smell to me like clean sheets that are hanging on the line drying. They’re so fabulous! I love that they have the freedom and still have the contact with human beings. They’re so friendly and definitely not meant to be in cages!
Yes they’re smell! I’m so happy to hear that you can get close enough to them in the wild to smell them. When I owned one I would bury my face under his wing and coke out w a white face! But that lovely smell. I don’t want to “own” anymore , but rather learn how to enjoy them and them me in the wild. She has found a perfect blend. I want to do this too But how don’t stop then destroying ur plants when ur not around? That’s the only thing that’s stopping me atm. I have a small courtyard full of plants, it’s a garden. I bet she’ doesnt have any plants on her balcony.
Not cages, but in home yes flying walking freely. I'm afraid of bad people out in the open there, they may end up in a building where the person give them pesticides... People are not as good as this woman unfortunately. So I would love thousand of times to have one of those in my home, yes freely out of cage but in my home. I have 1 quaker and he is free out of cage almost 24/7. Also with his feathers ofcourse
I love the “how many almonds is the rent today” bit lol. Can just imagine that cockatoo going home to its family like “those pesky renters wanted to pay in grapes again, can you believe it? I’m not running a charity here”
They'd have to pay a lot of rent, considering a lot of houses in Sydney are in the million dollar range or more. Even crappy ones. It's the land that they are on. Sydney's the most expensive place to buy and live. But beautiful beaches and, beautiful cockatoos.
This is the perfect way to have parrots in my opinion. They are friendly, you get to chat on a regular basis, feed them, and at the end of the day they go home. The perfect guest! I’ve always loved big parrots but never wanted one. Especially when you consider the bird would more than likely outlive me!
Depends on the species, cockatoos are best enjoyed this way as they are very high maintenance as pets but some other species make good companions especially the smaller species like conures that have a lifespan of a few decades rather than the best part of a century.
I have a small quaker parrot and he's now 26 years old. He's a pain in butt but he's really cute and I think he's smarter than the cats and dogs. He's now a grumpy old man. He'll squawk if the lights aren't off when he wants to go sleep or if there's too much talking in the house. He's gotten sensitive like that in his older age. He's never locked in his cage so he's free to roam. If he knows you're eating, he'll fly over to you and demand your food lol. People don't realize this but parrots are very sensitive animals. You can never leave them alone.
@@saltycat662 I never leave my Muloccan cockatoo alone. His cage (which I unfortunately have to lock if nobody is watching/lest he literally tears the casing and screens off the window) is in the living room, as far from the kitchen as possible. He has a stand in the basement for those big screen hockey or football nights! His favourite is his outdoor cage; which is small enough that it can be moved around the yard. I wish I could build him an aviary but unless I can make one completely of metal-he’ll eat it!
🥰 This was absolutely educational and adorable all the way around, especially when two were cuddling on the railing! Also, the one trying to stuff his face and beg for more almonds is an absolute mood! Thank you for sharing your slice of paradise with us!
Cockatoos are some of the most loyal friends you can ever make, up there with dogs. Whenever I'm having a bad day, I'll come out to my backyard and just sit with the cockatoos, and they can often tell if I'm feeling down because instead of searching for food they'll just sit with me on a chair or hammock. While many cockatoos come around, there's a few returning friends that I always see, like this one with a wing defect (but it doesn't hinder his ability to fly!) and his children, or this other one with a missing foot. Once they know you're not a threat, they start to make friends with you, play with you, but the best part is they're not restricted to a home or sanctuary! They can fly off wherever they want, make families and see so much. Sometimes there's periods of times where a certain cockatoo doesn't turn up for a while, and at first I worried, but now I know they always come back eventually, even years later. I like to think some take holidays, or some even move to a new area, but whenever they're passing through they make sure to stop and say hi. They are beautiful creatures!
Wild birds just hanging out and flying freely outside was one of the coolest thing I've experienced in Australia. Apparently, it's so common to the locals that they're equivalent to seeing crows (in the US). 🤯
They're so smart, I made them custom puzzles to solve and they figure it out so quick! If you find them getting too naughty you can scare them off with soft toys :) they're absolute characters and we love our locals!
This is so great, I would love to have those sorts of visitors. What a lucky lady you are. Take good care of them and enjoy what they have to offer, I imagine it feels like quite an honor to host them!
They are very loud & noisy with their squawking! I see them everyday, their is a colony of them at the nearby University and more than once they have woken me up in the morning when they decide to hang out on the phone lines outside my window!
The SENSE is 'probably', but the word is quite intentionally "prolly". My only concern is if people learning English THINK that the word - and sense - really IS prolly. Even my phone knows prolly, it seems, and it's not a word I ever use!
Mine, too. They have loads of character and attitude. Once you invest time with a crackle of cockatoos, especially where food and fresh water is concerned, they can’t resist making their own particular impressions on you.😊
While they are awesome looking birds and incredibly intelligent, they are also incredibly destructive to anything wooden around the house. Also they are really really loud.
I have a galah and yes she is right they always smell so fresh and lovely , sort of like the scented washing powder for washing machines or when you lay your head in a freshly washed pillow case and fresh sheets, they are covered in a fine powder that smells so fresh and nice
Yeah bird owners get the joy of smelling birds lol They really do smell very pleasant especially if you're feeding them healthy foods and such. They can smell like a light fruit smell too. It can vary or change but birds have this fresh light smell all the time. Makes cuddling very pleasant lol.
This is a win/win for everyone. We used to have dolphins that would visit our side of the island. It was wonderful. It's this sort of positivity that people need in times like today.
Seeing them avoid the grapes cracked me up. I have great memories of cockatoos hanging upside-down from an arch in our backyard teasing the dog, they have a wonderful sense of humour.
they are known to have ptsd of grapes from rain forests because in the 1800's and 1900's before humans made houses in those areas the cockatoos got lured by foxes and such with grapes. the animals like foxed would nip some grapes and put them next to a bush then ambush the birds. Thats why they avoid grapes
Before I watched this video, I could never have imagined how wonderful it would be to see these birds flying outside my window. I always imagined them deep in the jungles like macaws. But then I also saw the video of the Alaska fisherman who feeds fish scraps to dozens of bald eagles on the docks every morning. The average American would be lucky to see one eagle outside a zoo in a lifetime. And the lady in southern California that literally feeds hundreds of hummingbirds on her property. The internet has shown me so many beautiful and wondrous things. Thank you for sharing your Cockatoo video. 😂
I see eagles all the time and I live in the suburbs in Ohio lol. They literally have made nests in my trees. Not as uncommon now that DDT isn't being sprayed everywhere anymore.
Yes indeed. I am in Canberra, the Australian Capital City and I have hundreds of these cockatoos around my home every day. Along with many other parrot species. Indeed most of the Australian parrots live in open country and only a few live mostly in thick forest.
Hey now. I see bald eagles now and then! A few months back, I saw one zooooom and dive onto a critter in a field, probably a mouse or rabbit. They've really bounced back in population.
@@Razzy-sr4oq yes there are 3 nesting pairs where I live SW of Calgary Alberta. Beautiful to see. Lots of red tail hawks and mountain bluebirds. Lots of wonderful wildlife when you live in the foothills!
My friend would love this. She loves birds and loves to observe them. She was feeding a crow that learned that if it "called" her, she would bring him something to eat. It ended up with the crow teaching his youngster how to call her to get food. But, unfortunately, the youngster never had a chance to call her for food on its own, since they soon moved away. While her mother was supplying crows with breakfast every morning. You could see a flock of them gathering in the trees in their backyard every morning. It looked quite ominous. She came out with a big can of dog food, shake the food on the ground. They waited until she went inside, eat and then left until the next morning. Sometimes one of them came in the evening, to play with the dog toys that the dog left behind. And then one time a hawk or something ended up in the morning in their backyard, eat the crow's breakfast while they were watching it from the trees. It came back the next morning, but this time, the crows chased it away. Apparently, they weren't willing to give up their crow cafe.
We've never kept our parrot in a cage. He has a cage he hangs out at and sleeps in but he's never locked in. He is free to come and go as he pleases. Locking parrots in cages tend to depress them.
Just got out of a nursing home and planning what what to do with however much time I have left. All I know for sure is I want animals in as many moments as possible. Australia here I come--heaven on earth! Thank you for this incredible video. ❤️
I love this so much and I can confirm that birbs do in fact smell good. It is a very soft, pleasant smell. I was lucky enough to have my little lady for 20 years. Miss her every day ❤
Australia is such a land of opposites. You have gorgeous birds, cute koalas, fun kangaroos & you also have the most venomous snakes & spiders anywhere! I’d still love to visit if I were younger.
How is it opposites? Have you seen the beaks on these things? lol You're seriously much more likely to get a serious injury from one of these than a snake! Steve Irwin was famously petrified of our parrots like these! No Aussie animals will hurt you if you treat them with respect though
Yes, Australia has lots of stuff to be aware of , like box jellyfish, & so much more. But Aussies might be jealous of Florida. We have 6 venomous snakes, 5 of which are pit vipers, we have gators everywhere, including our cities, in ponds, creeks, swimming pools, rivers, parks, lakes, brackish ocean water, we have the flesh eating disease at some beaches & dangerous rip tides, we have 2 toxic spiders, the brown recluse & the black widow, biting sand fleas & mosquitoes everywhere, common shrubs w/ 2 inch thorns, carpenter ants and biting red ants, stinging jellyfish, plus mountain lions, & bears, and FL is the shark capitol of the world.
When people from abroad consistently remark about all the “deadly” creatures in Australia, I’m always baffled because the thing I love most about living here is our wildlife.. 🥺 we have so many incredible and weird and beautiful animals, with a massive respect for them we coexist quite happily. The birds have been my true love since I was a child. All the different unique and haunting calls in the early hours and the afternoons, their beautiful colours and funny faces. Kookaburras and Crows are my favourites 🥰 Currently have a set of 5 large baby magpies visiting us daily, my dad loves to feed them he lights up every time they come to the yard. Also have a long standing bond with the crows, a handful of regulars, who come and say hello and hang out for a little.. their intelligence never fails to fascinate me, very clever birds. They recognise my voice and my face from a far 😂 It’s hard not to feel like a Disney Princess in Australia with all these majestic creatures visiting you! Cockatoos come by some days too, but I think it’s the crows territory so they don’t stay too long 😅 I have an alexandrine parrot who loves to hear all the various bird calls and has learnt to reply to all of them! It’s never quiet here but it’s always peaceful, if that makes sense? Love this video ❤
Watch out for the drop bears. Koalas have to be respected as they might look cute but their claws are really long. I have a big respect of wild kangaroos having had a male kangaroo confront me to protect his females. I looked down and slowly walked backwards away from the male.
i dont think "deadly" is a good adjective....deadly seems to be more precise.... for example all the deadly snakes, sharks, spiders, and even ANTS......even the plants there can kill you.
@@sabin97 I despise the Funnel Web Spider, even though its niche in the environment is catching flying or ground pests. Jumping Spiders all the way! Now, if only the females wouldn't eat their mates...
i live in an ordinary Sydney suburb, I see these guys every morning as well as the Black cockatoo's, tons of Rainbow Lorikeets on our red gum tree's, sometimes Rosella's and also Kookaburra's (those birds that make laughing noises). They always bring me so much joy just watching them, they can be so cheeky all of these birds. I've seen the Rainbow Lorikeet's get drunk on this particular tree they eat the cone part and start spinning on a branch like a whirlybird its such a sight!
♪ The Kookaburra sits in the old gun tree, Merry, merry King of the Bush is he, Laugh, Kookaburra, Laugh, Kookaburra Gay your life must be. ♪ My elementary music teacher was from Australia. She taught us this little song. 30 years later and I still remember it!
@@andydufresne8034 I think the big difference in Australia is no rabies, so people are comfortable living alongside wildlife & welcome them in, whereas in countries with rabies, I think people get paranoid the wildlife will cause their death & so don't welcome them into the cities in the same way we do in Australia. We intentionally build/leave "bush corridors" so that the wildlife can move around & get into even built up urban areas & share the space with us. I think that's the difference, I don't think that's the norm in the US or much of Europe. India do the same as Australia with welcoming animals into their neighbourhoods, but doesn't seem to be the norm in the US/UK etc & I think that's the real difference, rather than hunting or "pest control"
@@mehere8038 Yeah no I don't think we have any of that. We have some deer and other typical animals but thats it. And never in the cities, only in smaller areas, and even then you don't see them often. Prob different in some european countries though
Yeah, I'm from Europe too. Animals you see in cities are usually pigeons, magpies, ravens, but most birds, squirrels, deers they live in forest never seen one in city. Only exception is driving from road, sometimes deers cross the road
@@mehere8038 its called a pitifully small population to land area is why. it is not "intention". Maybe when the intentions are several hundred years older and the population is many times larger, then we can speak eh... lets be real shall we?
What a magical experience! So envious. Od love to have this bond with any wild animal, to be honest! I have a wild mouse in my shed that i leave treats for and bowls of water, but that's all that I have! Apart from my 10 bunnies, 2 dogs, and a cat. 👍
@@denisemezynski8014 it's hard work sometimes, and a fair bit of juggling, but it's worth it! That reminds me, I need to check my 'pet mouse' are the treat I left yesterday evening! 👍🐭
You are absolutely correct, they have an amazing smell, they are super intelligent loving funny and powerful healers. I have a male umbrella Cockatoo and he is my Life. We live in Southern California area. Thank you for sharing , your video melt my heart. Sending you all infinite love.
We lived in the same apartment block on the same side and it was such a treat to interact with the Cockies and Lories everyday ❤️ we moved to a different suburb and it’s amazing how the Cockies here have a different tone! It’s soo fascinating how each of them has a different personality.. such intelligent birds!
This is by far the best way to enjoy parrots!... they are flying machines. Their entire anatomy is designed to make them great flyers. They are NOT meant to sit in a small cage and never fly. (I used two own two of them, and realized this from personal experience. ) Thanks for sharing this video and showing that these amazing parrots can be enjoyed without capturing them, and owning them.
@@torduck4804 Exactly! And sadly, many parrot owners get burned out, and dont want to be parrot owners for decades... or they dont make arrangements for their parrots when they pass away. Either way, the parrots loose. I feel so sorry for parrots that live in captivity. And I was a parrot owner for many decades... one passed away and one went to my brother. Raised from a baby, and he is now almost 40 yrs old.
@@torduck4804 I was traveling for long periods due to work. He was being left alone too much. My brother loved him and still has him. He wouldn't give him back even if I asked. Lol... had him since a baby...spoon fed him...he is now almost 40 yrs old. But no matter how nice owners try to make it for the parrots, it's not a good life . I would not do it to a parrot again.
Nerd Diddles My brother has a macaw kept as a pet in captivity for many years. I parrot-sat for a while when he was moving and learned her personality. She's so sweet and smart! But I just want to cry when i think of her. I think she should be free and not sit in a cage day after day.
20 years ago I studied abroad in Australia and had an amazing final class trip in Airlie Beach. While we stayed at the hotel/hostel waiting for our 3-day trip on a 90-footer through the Whitsundays, there were wild flocks of these huge white birds. The first time I had ever seen them in the wild, just walking on the ground like they owned the resort! I saw many beautiful birds in that three-month semester, but the cockatoos and lorikeets in their natural habitat were a blessing to behold.
A friend of mine managed a camper park in the NT and every day he’d have to go around switching off all the taps the parrots would turn on to drink and wash under.
This is incredible!! What an amazing gift you’ve been given…and how wonderfully you’ve received it without taking “possession” of it. Cockatoos are my very favorite bird and to see this many wild ones together AND interacting with you by choice, day after day, is a dream! It would be fantastic to join you for an evening on your balcony…and soak all this in, in person. THANK YOU FOR SHARING!! ❤
They are great cookies for sure till they rip your timber to shreads when you don't stick to routine feeding. In Oz people change andrails to aluminium etc haha
They can be bastards. They are like a pack of bored teenagers who ride around the neighbourhood. Ripping bits of timber to shreds, stealing things, vandalising. Another thing they like to do is pick pine cones off trees and drop them from height onto tin roofs and scream when they hear the bang.
Wow I love this 😍 I had no idea wild cockatoos just fly around there in an urban area, that’s like paradise! This makes me wish I lived in Australia 😊 I think this is the best way to have them as ‘pet’. As a human to be able to enjoy their company while they still get to enjoy their freedom the way an animal should, instead of being stuck inside a bird cage all day.
My late dear wife lived for many years in Perth, Western Australia, where she had a similar relationship with the local Kookaburras. Whenever she came home from work they would fly around her and accompany her to the house where she fed them. They also perched on her shoulders and head.
Kookaburras are so beautiful, and nothing beats their laugh. I miss watching them, as I moved to Ireland ten years ago. Thank you for reminding me about them, your wife was definitely special, as Kookaburras are particular in trusting people. Whenever I get back home one day, I will remember your story when I see a Kookaburra.
I would move to Sidney, Australia from Maine, USA just to make wild cockatoo friends omg 🧡 I love birds and have special relationships with the wild birds around my house, many of which hand feed from me, but this is just AWESOME!
Imagine this, without having the expenses of $800 (or more) for one bird, the expense of a cage, vet bills, cleaning the cage, and worrying if the bird is getting enough attention or is plucking its feathers due to stress. How wonderful! That’s it, I’m moving to Australia!!
I had a cockatoo for 15 years. They are amazing animals (as are most), so smart, very judgemental and can be destructive. And loud!!! You have the best of both worlds, keeping them wild, but allowing them access.
I've never had birds as pets and so can't even conjure up a scenario of one being judgmemtal, but it made me laugh to read that. Is it a playful, funny type of thing, like they're just goofing around, or are they seriously evaluating you?
Wow❣️This story was beautiful. I’m in Canada and we don’t have birds like that flying around outside so you are very lucky. I just loved your balcony with your feather friends ❤️😇
Now I know where I'm moving to. Cockatoo's are common there and so social. 😱 I'm never shocked but I'm shocked and so excited to see this. They're beautiful!!! Thanks for caring for them.
So amazing! I love how those birds and the couple are getting the best of both worlds. What a wonderful relationship and the birds are still wild and free. ❤
So cool to see you interact with the wild cockatoos. Lovely birds. Birds are so intelligent! We had an Indian ringneck that lived to be almost 30 years old. She was loud, but so fun!
I'm SO jealous!..Ia relative used to have a pet cockatoo and I loved him so much..I'd love to live like this!❤SO lucky..they're absolutely amazing!❤beautiful and incredible
I had a Cockatoo and a Cockatiel for many years. They are WONDERFUL!!! Both smell so good and are incredibly funny, sweet, loving, affectionate, and very, very smart!!! I miss them big time. 💜💜
I would love to have wild parrots here.. no such luck in Finland.. but I have 3 magpies that have claimed my house and yard as theirs.. my cat and dog don't know what to think..
Magpies can actually be quite friendly, and just as intelligent. They can also mimick. Give them shiny things and treat them well and they and their flock will remember you for generations, no joke. You will have friends for life with any corvid. Wish we had corvids or parrots in Arizona where I live, but unfortunately all we have are the grackles and invasive lovebirds that aren't very people-friendly.
@@fructosecornsyrup5759 My dog has a weird habit; he only eats outside.. The magpies first came bc of the food.. now they hang around all the time, not just when I feed my dog.. my cat is a bit intimidated by them, my dog doesn't care and has actually started to leave a bit of his food for them.. but when one of the magpies stole his bone, it was war for awhile.. better than any reality tv.. 😄
They are such nice birds to interact with untill you go on holiday. They then get spiteful that their food source is not there. They then will pull the seals out of your windows, rip apart anything that is wood including plants. My mum has a wooden door and they ripped it to shreads. The whole door over 1 week away. It took months to train them not to come back to her deck. She feeds them at the back of her property on a metal gate now and not every day. They do all have different personalities and are amazing how clever they are.
Love this, there was a tree for escaped pet exotic birds me and my friend found when i was a kid near where i live in california. We would bring them food and after a while we got to be friends with some of them. It was cool, the tree is gone now, i moved back after 20 years and took a walk hoping to find it but it was built over. Made me sad, but it was like a secret garden.. Good times
i have a parakeet named peanut and whenever i get close to his cage he comes near me, when i hold him he goes either on my head or shoulder hes adorable ☺️
What wonderful footage- capturing their different idiosyncrasies. They are, however, agreed that grapes are really not for them! Thank you for sharing this with us. 💖💖
This is remarkable. I didn't know this was a thing in Sydney (or anywhere)! Amazing. They are beautiful birds. I have only seen them in captivity. Thank you for the wonderful video!
So sweet! This is the first time I ever heard about cockatoo cafes! That would be great to come home to a feathered welcoming committee!! (Never smelled a cockatoo, but I have a cockatiel named Punky Brewster whose breath smells just like corn chips!!)
Having a bond with a wild animal is truly something special. They aren’t pets that you own but more like a friend that chooses to come and visit
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We have magpies like this, a family of 3 comes for dinner each night 😁
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So very true :
I love how some of them recognize the names you're giving them, and respond when you call them. They are highly intelligent birds, after all.
They are incredibly intelligent, they know how to get your attention and break things to get what they want.
Really shouldn't feed wild animals. She really is a clueless girl.
@@michaelpark5681 p1ss off ithe, the small amount of feeding of cockatoos and other species that live in urban and periurban areas doesn't even replace the lost food sources from habitat destruction in those same areas. They only feed at hers for a short while and spend much of the day still foraging. Cockatoos also displace pigeons to an extent. Having a modest steady supply of healthy food also results in cockatoos less likely to go through bins, create a mess and potentially get sick from eating rubbish.
of course they feed Almonds
@@michaelpark5681 You seem to be the clueless one mate.
We live 90 minutes north of Sydney and have had cockatoos, rainbow lorikeets, Indigenous miner birds, and a little family of top-notch bush pigeons and, seasonally, satin bower birds come to our balcony for a feed every afternoon for 22 years.
I was in hospital having cancer surgery and on the morning of my surgery my daughter awoke to 43 cockatoos standing silently along the rails, all facing inwards toward our glass sliding door....like some somber ceremony. They never come in the morning. It scared the sh*t out of her....😳..she didn’t know if this was a good thing or not.
It was a good thing.😊
Are you ok though?
Thanks for sharing your story! Brought tears to my eyes, as a very good friend is having cancer surgery today. Many times I’ve seen animals in tune with the events in their human friends’ lives. Those 43 cockatoos lined up to support you in spirit, I have no doubt.
@@Jayasree0627 Yes. It was breast cancer and when I’d completed my surgeries, radio and chemo treatments I’ve been clear for 5 years (which is when you know you’ve beaten it).😊👍🏽
a good thing. they are love.
@@kepckatherinec805 I pray your friend comes through their surgery well and survives their diagnosis to live a long and happy life.♥️
I’ve never heard the term “cockatoo cafe” to refer to the fact that people feed them on their balconies. I love that🥰
@Hello there. how are you doing this blessed day?
@@GeorgeMorgan6600 hello mister creep, this is not tinder
That bit at the end with the grapes was hilarious!
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'thank you but no' 'soft almonds yik!' :D
That's what I was going to comment!! I giggled so much! Kind of reminded me of an event server passing out the appetizers, perhaps the pig in the blanket?
So funny!!
No yeast infection for me, thank you
I so admire that this woman not only respects the wild birds, but also her neighbours (in terms of feeding them non-messy foods at appropriate times of day). What a good person!
PARROT Watch: Free Flying Green Alexandrian parrot at our balcony
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Not so much a good person but more an informed person.
she kows right from rong
Sorry, the noise a cockatoo makes (and how they love to destroy and eat everything) makes feeding them always a nuisance. 😅
Till she stops feeding them and they starve to death.
"Would you like a grape" Then they walk and fly away!! That's too funny. They're like little children. This is so cute. Thank you for sharing this with us to enjoy!
I was gonna say!
"Not a big grape crowd..." Picture it with H. Jon Benjamin's voice. 😂
They ARE like little children. Scientists and veterinarians estimate that most parrots have the intelligence of a four year old human!
Who doesn't love grapes? 😀
I've been told grapes are bad for them.... i don't know about that but I never give them to my rababit.
@@alexdee5341 dogs
I think humans are meant to have these kinds of relationships with animals. It’s so magical!
Are you as ignorant as this person? Do not feed wildlife, they need to continue foraging for themselves and not depend on humans...look up the research
It's pretty easy in many parts of Australia if you are calm and kind
Social animals will form relationships with anything that's willing to exchange food and grooming services. But there's not many species that are willing to offer food for the sake of just hanging out with the animal. So humans are a really good friend for animals, the animal doesn't need to do anything extra to pay back for the food like he would be required in a relationship with his own kin. Animals probably think that we are a bit weird because we give them food without asking anything in return, but the really smart ones might have realised that we have lots of extra food and we have things they have never seen before that would seem magical even to humans who lived millennia ago, and that we will help injured animals or an animal that comes to us to request help, as long as the animal can make us understand what it needs. A human is a very good friend to make, as long as the animal finds the right kind of human to befriend. Humans can be cruel just for entertainment too, and play tricks on too trusting animals even when the animal lives to tell the tale. Someone once quipped that humans are to other animals the same as faeries are to humans, except that we are real.
We are the faeries.
@@wwondertwinI love how you put this! It's so true! They are so intelligent and probably think they hit the jackpot when they befiend the right person.
humans are not that far off from the rest we are similar....
You could not have filmed and edited this better. What a sweet pack of comedians! Thanks for being such a thoughtful cockatoo barista.
@@nmspain7125 They are saying that the couldn't have done a better job filming the video and that is was good, not that they shouldn't have recorded it. It was confusing to read at first.
@@vantata399 - My bad😖 . . . I misread the sentence. My apologies to “MLR”. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. ✌️
Cockatoo Batista, Love it! This is Cuteness Overload! Thank You for this video.
Well put! Excellent storytelling!
Oh gosh, I agree, MLR! The too's trying to land but who were being pushed back by the wind was so fun.
"Would you like a grape?" They're all like "C'mon lady, we know you have almonds...." 😆
*criminal offensive side eye*
😂😂 maybe grapes gives them stomach acid like how dogs can’t eat grapes too
No parrots like grapes but almonds are tastier as have more calories
My parrots throw a fit if they dont get their pistachio fix every morning lol
I have two cockatiels and they scream at me if I offer them fruit 😂
I loved the part about you talking about how they smell. They smell to me like clean sheets that are hanging on the line drying. They’re so fabulous! I love that they have the freedom and still have the contact with human beings. They’re so friendly and definitely not meant to be in cages!
I got Sun Conures and they smell like cocaine (figuratively...Also I don't know how coke smells)
Exactly.
Yes they’re smell! I’m so happy to hear that you can get close enough to them in the wild to smell them. When I owned one I would bury my face under his wing and coke out w a white face! But that lovely smell. I don’t want to “own” anymore , but rather learn how to enjoy them and them me in the wild. She has found a perfect blend. I want to do this too But how don’t stop then destroying ur plants when ur not around? That’s the only thing that’s stopping me atm. I have a small courtyard full of plants, it’s a garden. I bet she’ doesnt have any plants on her balcony.
Not cages, but in home yes flying walking freely.
I'm afraid of bad people out in the open there, they may end up in a building where the person give them pesticides...
People are not as good as this woman unfortunately.
So I would love thousand of times to have one of those in my home, yes freely out of cage but in my home.
I have 1 quaker and he is free out of cage almost 24/7.
Also with his feathers ofcourse
meh, i much prefer the smell of conure.
I love the “how many almonds is the rent today” bit lol. Can just imagine that cockatoo going home to its family like “those pesky renters wanted to pay in grapes again, can you believe it? I’m not running a charity here”
🤣🤣🤣
L0L
haha :)
They'd have to pay a lot of rent, considering a lot of houses in Sydney are in the million dollar range or more. Even crappy ones. It's the land that they are on. Sydney's the most expensive place to buy and live. But beautiful beaches and, beautiful cockatoos.
This is the perfect way to have parrots in my opinion. They are friendly, you get to chat on a regular basis, feed them, and at the end of the day they go home. The perfect guest! I’ve always loved big parrots but never wanted one. Especially when you consider the bird would more than likely outlive me!
Depends on the species, cockatoos are best enjoyed this way as they are very high maintenance as pets but some other species make good companions especially the smaller species like conures that have a lifespan of a few decades rather than the best part of a century.
I have a small quaker parrot and he's now 26 years old. He's a pain in butt but he's really cute and I think he's smarter than the cats and dogs. He's now a grumpy old man. He'll squawk if the lights aren't off when he wants to go sleep or if there's too much talking in the house. He's gotten sensitive like that in his older age. He's never locked in his cage so he's free to roam. If he knows you're eating, he'll fly over to you and demand your food lol.
People don't realize this but parrots are very sensitive animals. You can never leave them alone.
@@saltycat662 I never leave my Muloccan cockatoo alone. His cage (which I unfortunately have to lock if nobody is watching/lest he literally tears the casing and screens off the window) is in the living room, as far from the kitchen as possible. He has a stand in the basement for those big screen hockey or football nights! His favourite is his outdoor cage; which is small enough that it can be moved around the yard. I wish I could build him an aviary but unless I can make one completely of metal-he’ll eat it!
agree!
In contrast, this has got to be the worst way to have a budgerigar: th-cam.com/video/wyfCMrqitWI/w-d-xo.html
🥰 This was absolutely educational and adorable all the way around, especially when two were cuddling on the railing! Also, the one trying to stuff his face and beg for more almonds is an absolute mood! Thank you for sharing your slice of paradise with us!
Lyndsey Strait, look at bird bath
I will pay billions to have wild cockatoos to visit me.
Luckily I have some times parakeets to visit me!
hope her place doesnt get infested with bird mites tho
PARROT Watch: Free Flying Green Alexandrian parrot at our balcony
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This woman has probably added a good 20-30 more years of life to these birds. Good on her.
@Don's Baby There's a great video akin to this one of curly tailed lizards on youtube. Judging by your comment, I bet you'd love it.
Heyyy check this birds video
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They will die quicker when she stops feeding them, so she is actually shortening their life. Good on you when you kill a wild animal that way though.
@@phillipwilber3427 I didn't know birds lose the ability to feed themselves/hunt for food when you feed them. Where did you learn that?
But sometimes they don't stop eating and get diabetes
Cockatoos are some of the most loyal friends you can ever make, up there with dogs. Whenever I'm having a bad day, I'll come out to my backyard and just sit with the cockatoos, and they can often tell if I'm feeling down because instead of searching for food they'll just sit with me on a chair or hammock. While many cockatoos come around, there's a few returning friends that I always see, like this one with a wing defect (but it doesn't hinder his ability to fly!) and his children, or this other one with a missing foot. Once they know you're not a threat, they start to make friends with you, play with you, but the best part is they're not restricted to a home or sanctuary! They can fly off wherever they want, make families and see so much. Sometimes there's periods of times where a certain cockatoo doesn't turn up for a while, and at first I worried, but now I know they always come back eventually, even years later. I like to think some take holidays, or some even move to a new area, but whenever they're passing through they make sure to stop and say hi. They are beautiful creatures!
Love this! You are so blessed to be able to have this experience and bond ❤
@@o.h.8337 Absolutely! I couldn't live somewhere without nature like this around me, it's beautiful.
Wild birds just hanging out and flying freely outside was one of the coolest thing I've experienced in Australia. Apparently, it's so common to the locals that they're equivalent to seeing crows (in the US). 🤯
I never see cows 😢😢
Can confirm. These guys and rainbow lorikeets.
@@kingti85there, there, it's ok. You're not missing much.
@@RJ_Owlby Yes!! It was so amazing. Everything is so beautiful in there.
Lots of crows here in Central New York
“Would you like a grape?”
“No lady! This is the almond café! Grapes are three floors up” 😆
Sounds like Starbucks ..
Lol
Lol 🤣
Lmao
You have to be careful with Grapes, you need to cut them in half.
They're so smart, I made them custom puzzles to solve and they figure it out so quick! If you find them getting too naughty you can scare them off with soft toys :) they're absolute characters and we love our locals!
Hey man, could you make more puzzles to let them solve?
How do they go with jigsaw puzzles?. The very intelligent ones play chess.
I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!! I was thinking about you while watching this!
@Sean Bayley Yes! He was just here. He's very tame now... a little bit too cheeky!
If you squeeze the soft toys while walking up to them they may be thinking; I don't want that to be me...
This is so great, I would love to have those sorts of visitors. What a lucky lady you are. Take good care of them and enjoy what they have to offer, I imagine it feels like quite an honor to host them!
If I could have wild parrots come around my home I would literally die of happiness
PARROT Watch: Free Flying Green Alexandrian parrot at our balcony
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How lovely to see wild birds interacting with human
Me too
Same
They are very loud & noisy with their squawking! I see them everyday, their is a colony of them at the nearby University and more than once they have woken me up in the morning when they decide to hang out on the phone lines outside my window!
I love how fun and intelligent they are. It's like just having additional friends that come hang out, prolly even better than your human friends 😂
The SENSE is 'probably', but the word is quite intentionally "prolly". My only concern is if people learning English THINK that the word - and sense - really IS prolly. Even my phone knows prolly, it seems, and it's not a word I ever use!
These cockatoo birds are absolutely adorable! They're one of my favourite birds!
Cr3scent Cr0issant, look at bird bath
I agree completely. So much better than cockatoo cats. ✌️
Mine, too. They have loads of character and attitude. Once you invest time with a crackle of cockatoos, especially where food and fresh water is concerned, they can’t resist making their own particular impressions on you.😊
While they are awesome looking birds and incredibly intelligent, they are also incredibly destructive to anything wooden around the house. Also they are really really loud.
Cockatoo café on the patio! How completely delightful.Thank you for sharing this wonderful experience and your flock of friends.👵🏻🇺🇸☺️💕
What a crew you have! They are beautiful! I’ve never sniffed one! I had no idea they smelled like babies. Thank you for looking out for them! ❤️
I have a galah and yes she is right they always smell so fresh and lovely , sort of like the scented washing powder for washing machines or when you lay your head in a freshly washed pillow case and fresh sheets, they are covered in a fine powder that smells so fresh and nice
She should see about getting Woody a beak trim eventually.
@@KMAK88 hmmm. She said they smelled like babies. Babies usually smell like vomit and shit mixed together with rotten food and boogers
Yeah bird owners get the joy of smelling birds lol
They really do smell very pleasant especially if you're feeding them healthy foods and such. They can smell like a light fruit smell too. It can vary or change but birds have this fresh light smell all the time. Makes cuddling very pleasant lol.
PARROT Watch: Free Flying Green Alexandrian parrot at our balcony
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This is a win/win for everyone. We used to have dolphins that would visit our side of the island. It was wonderful. It's this sort of positivity that people need in times like today.
yes
Seeing them avoid the grapes cracked me up. I have great memories of cockatoos hanging upside-down from an arch in our backyard teasing the dog, they have a wonderful sense of humour.
they are known to have ptsd of grapes from rain forests because in the 1800's and 1900's before humans made houses in those areas the cockatoos got lured by foxes and such with grapes. the animals like foxed would nip some grapes and put them next to a bush then ambush the birds. Thats why they avoid grapes
That smell is amazing. Always lovely and fresh, amazing birds.
As an aussie and a bird lover, I adore this video with all my heart.
❣100%
It is so cool to see these beautiful birds wild and free, yet still loving some human attention. They are truly living their best life, how inspiring!
PARROT Watch: Free Flying Green Alexandrian parrot at our balcony
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Before I watched this video, I could never have imagined how wonderful it would be to see these birds flying outside my window. I always imagined them deep in the jungles like macaws. But then I also saw the video of the Alaska fisherman who feeds fish scraps to dozens of bald eagles on the docks every morning. The average American would be lucky to see one eagle outside a zoo in a lifetime. And the lady in southern California that literally feeds hundreds of hummingbirds on her property. The internet has shown me so many beautiful and wondrous things. Thank you for sharing your Cockatoo video. 😂
I see eagles all the time and I live in the suburbs in Ohio lol. They literally have made nests in my trees. Not as uncommon now that DDT isn't being sprayed everywhere anymore.
Bald Eagles are also super common where I grew up in Washington State. They're more common than hawks.
Yes indeed. I am in Canberra, the Australian Capital City and I have hundreds of these cockatoos around my home every day. Along with many other parrot species. Indeed most of the Australian parrots live in open country and only a few live mostly in thick forest.
Hey now. I see bald eagles now and then! A few months back, I saw one zooooom and dive onto a critter in a field, probably a mouse or rabbit. They've really bounced back in population.
@@Razzy-sr4oq yes there are 3 nesting pairs where I live SW of Calgary Alberta. Beautiful to see. Lots of red tail hawks and mountain bluebirds. Lots of wonderful wildlife when you live in the foothills!
My friend would love this. She loves birds and loves to observe them. She was feeding a crow that learned that if it "called" her, she would bring him something to eat. It ended up with the crow teaching his youngster how to call her to get food. But, unfortunately, the youngster never had a chance to call her for food on its own, since they soon moved away.
While her mother was supplying crows with breakfast every morning. You could see a flock of them gathering in the trees in their backyard every morning. It looked quite ominous. She came out with a big can of dog food, shake the food on the ground. They waited until she went inside, eat and then left until the next morning. Sometimes one of them came in the evening, to play with the dog toys that the dog left behind. And then one time a hawk or something ended up in the morning in their backyard, eat the crow's breakfast while they were watching it from the trees. It came back the next morning, but this time, the crows chased it away. Apparently, they weren't willing to give up their crow cafe.
So funny their reaction to the grapes at the end "Omg, the Almond Lady's lost her mind!"
Yes! Just like my kids when I try to feed them veggies lol
It's so nice to see them still in the wild and not being kept in a cage. ♥️
We've never kept our parrot in a cage. He has a cage he hangs out at and sleeps in but he's never locked in. He is free to come and go as he pleases. Locking parrots in cages tend to depress them.
Just got out of a nursing home and planning what what to do with however much time I have left. All I know for sure is I want animals in as many moments as possible. Australia here I come--heaven on earth! Thank you for this incredible video. ❤️
May you find many wonderful moments, places, people and, of course, animals throughout your journey.
@@graciep.6984 Well said.
I love this so much and I can confirm that birbs do in fact smell good. It is a very soft, pleasant smell. I was lucky enough to have my little lady for 20 years. Miss her every day ❤
Australia is such a land of opposites. You have gorgeous birds, cute koalas, fun kangaroos & you also have the most venomous snakes & spiders anywhere! I’d still love to visit if I were younger.
Moogie B, look at bird bath
How is it opposites? Have you seen the beaks on these things? lol You're seriously much more likely to get a serious injury from one of these than a snake! Steve Irwin was famously petrified of our parrots like these! No Aussie animals will hurt you if you treat them with respect though
@@mehere8038 Australia is the land of the nope
@@radicalthunder5740 yeh...na
Yes, Australia has lots of stuff to be aware of , like box jellyfish, & so much more. But Aussies might be jealous of Florida. We have 6 venomous snakes, 5 of which are pit vipers, we have gators everywhere, including our cities, in ponds, creeks, swimming pools, rivers, parks, lakes, brackish ocean water, we have the flesh eating disease at some beaches & dangerous rip tides, we have 2 toxic spiders, the brown recluse & the black widow, biting sand fleas & mosquitoes everywhere, common shrubs w/ 2 inch thorns, carpenter ants and biting red ants, stinging jellyfish, plus mountain lions, & bears, and FL is the shark capitol of the world.
They do smell nice and the sound they make when they grind their beaks is very satisfying to hear
When people from abroad consistently remark about all the “deadly” creatures in Australia, I’m always baffled because the thing I love most about living here is our wildlife.. 🥺 we have so many incredible and weird and beautiful animals, with a massive respect for them we coexist quite happily.
The birds have been my true love since I was a child. All the different unique and haunting calls in the early hours and the afternoons, their beautiful colours and funny faces.
Kookaburras and Crows are my favourites 🥰
Currently have a set of 5 large baby magpies visiting us daily, my dad loves to feed them he lights up every time they come to the yard. Also have a long standing bond with the crows, a handful of regulars, who come and say hello and hang out for a little.. their intelligence never fails to fascinate me, very clever birds. They recognise my voice and my face from a far 😂
It’s hard not to feel like a Disney Princess in Australia with all these majestic creatures visiting you!
Cockatoos come by some days too, but I think it’s the crows territory so they don’t stay too long 😅
I have an alexandrine parrot who loves to hear all the various bird calls and has learnt to reply to all of them!
It’s never quiet here but it’s always peaceful, if that makes sense?
Love this video ❤
Watch out for the drop bears. Koalas have to be respected as they might look cute but their claws are really long. I have a big respect of wild kangaroos having had a male kangaroo confront me to protect his females. I looked down and slowly walked backwards away from the male.
This is also where the parakeet came from :)
i dont think "deadly" is a good adjective....deadly seems to be more precise....
for example all the deadly snakes, sharks, spiders, and even ANTS......even the plants there can kill you.
@@sabin97 I despise the Funnel Web Spider, even though its niche in the environment is catching flying or ground pests. Jumping Spiders all the way! Now, if only the females wouldn't eat their mates...
Person: 'wow, what a neat creature, nature is so lovely!'
Aussie creature: 'REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ... REEEEEEEEEEE' etc
They are smart and wonderful birds.
i live in an ordinary Sydney suburb, I see these guys every morning as well as the Black cockatoo's, tons of Rainbow Lorikeets on our red gum tree's, sometimes Rosella's and also Kookaburra's (those birds that make laughing noises). They always bring me so much joy just watching them, they can be so cheeky all of these birds. I've seen the Rainbow Lorikeet's get drunk on this particular tree they eat the cone part and start spinning on a branch like a whirlybird its such a sight!
My sister lives in Gladesville and the fruit bats at dusk are a sight to behold…… cicadas are deafening….. Sydney, my favourite city by far!!!
♪ The Kookaburra sits in the old gun tree,
Merry, merry King of the Bush is he,
Laugh, Kookaburra, Laugh, Kookaburra
Gay your life must be. ♪
My elementary music teacher was from Australia. She taught us this little song. 30 years later and I still remember it!
I'm from Europe and it feels so weird seeing somebody having wild parrots just hanging around like everywhere!
AzzureSky, look at bird bath
@@andydufresne8034 I think the big difference in Australia is no rabies, so people are comfortable living alongside wildlife & welcome them in, whereas in countries with rabies, I think people get paranoid the wildlife will cause their death & so don't welcome them into the cities in the same way we do in Australia. We intentionally build/leave "bush corridors" so that the wildlife can move around & get into even built up urban areas & share the space with us. I think that's the difference, I don't think that's the norm in the US or much of Europe. India do the same as Australia with welcoming animals into their neighbourhoods, but doesn't seem to be the norm in the US/UK etc & I think that's the real difference, rather than hunting or "pest control"
@@mehere8038 Yeah no I don't think we have any of that. We have some deer and other typical animals but thats it. And never in the cities, only in smaller areas, and even then you don't see them often. Prob different in some european countries though
Yeah, I'm from Europe too. Animals you see in cities are usually pigeons, magpies, ravens, but most birds, squirrels, deers they live in forest never seen one in city. Only exception is driving from road, sometimes deers cross the road
@@mehere8038 its called a pitifully small population to land area is why. it is not "intention". Maybe when the intentions are several hundred years older and the population is many times larger, then we can speak eh... lets be real shall we?
That is so sweet love it
Phillip, look at bird bath
I can't imagine how thrilling it must be to experience a special bond with wild birds that you respect.
This lady lives in paradise. The world's coolest birds are your neighbors... lovely views.... rainbows in the sky... wow!
This has put a big smile on my face. What a wonderful thing to have in your life, absolutely beautiful to see.
PARROT Watch: Free Flying Green Alexandrian parrot at our balcony
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What a magical experience! So envious. Od love to have this bond with any wild animal, to be honest! I have a wild mouse in my shed that i leave treats for and bowls of water, but that's all that I have! Apart from my 10 bunnies, 2 dogs, and a cat. 👍
Daniel Jordan, look at bird bath
A wild mouse is also sweet, I use to feed a mouse I rescued off a glue trap. He was a tiny lil guy. 10 bunnies, 2dogs and a cat is Alotta Love ❤ ✌
@@denisemezynski8014 it's hard work sometimes, and a fair bit of juggling, but it's worth it! That reminds me, I need to check my 'pet mouse' are the treat I left yesterday evening! 👍🐭
I read moose and it took me a long time to figure out how that would ever be possible, until I read the replies lol
@@CHloE748 😂😂😂 I'd need a very big shed!
You are absolutely correct, they have an amazing smell, they are super intelligent loving funny and powerful healers. I have a male umbrella Cockatoo and he is my Life. We live in Southern California area.
Thank you for sharing , your video melt my heart.
Sending you all infinite love.
We lived in the same apartment block on the same side and it was such a treat to interact with the Cockies and Lories everyday ❤️ we moved to a different suburb and it’s amazing how the Cockies here have a different tone! It’s soo fascinating how each of them has a different personality.. such intelligent birds!
This is by far the best way to enjoy parrots!... they are flying machines. Their entire anatomy is designed to make them great flyers. They are NOT meant to sit in a small cage and never fly. (I used two own two of them, and realized this from personal experience. ) Thanks for sharing this video and showing that these amazing parrots can be enjoyed without capturing them, and owning them.
Agree, but once you own them they’re a lifelong commitment, like having a child forever.
@@torduck4804 Exactly! And sadly, many parrot owners get burned out, and dont want to be parrot owners for decades... or they dont make arrangements for their parrots when they pass away. Either way, the parrots loose. I feel so sorry for parrots that live in captivity. And I was a parrot owner for many decades... one passed away and one went to my brother. Raised from a baby, and he is now almost 40 yrs old.
@@nerddiddles6061 Why did the one go to your brother?
@@torduck4804 I was traveling for long periods due to work. He was being left alone too much. My brother loved him and still has him. He wouldn't give him back even if I asked. Lol... had him since a baby...spoon fed him...he is now almost 40 yrs old.
But no matter how nice owners try to make it for the parrots, it's not a good life . I would not do it to a parrot again.
Nerd Diddles My brother has a macaw kept as a pet in captivity for many years. I parrot-sat for a while when he was moving and learned her personality. She's so sweet and smart! But I just want to cry when i think of her. I think she should be free and not sit in a cage day after day.
20 years ago I studied abroad in Australia and had an amazing final class trip in Airlie Beach. While we stayed at the hotel/hostel waiting for our 3-day trip on a 90-footer through the Whitsundays, there were wild flocks of these huge white birds. The first time I had ever seen them in the wild, just walking on the ground like they owned the resort! I saw many beautiful birds in that three-month semester, but the cockatoos and lorikeets in their natural habitat were a blessing to behold.
A friend of mine managed a camper park in the NT and every day he’d have to go around switching off all the taps the parrots would turn on to drink and wash under.
This is incredible!! What an amazing gift you’ve been given…and how wonderfully you’ve received it without taking “possession” of it. Cockatoos are my very favorite bird and to see this many wild ones together AND interacting with you by choice, day after day, is a dream! It would be fantastic to join you for an evening on your balcony…and soak all this in, in person. THANK YOU FOR SHARING!! ❤
I cannot even IMAGINE how wonderful it would be to have these features come to visit every day! Australia is trying a MAGICAL PLACE! 🕊🕊🕊🕊
CREATURES! I detest OVERWRITE!! 🙄
Cockatoos are amazing!
They are great cookies for sure till they rip your timber to shreads when you don't stick to routine feeding. In Oz people change andrails to aluminium etc haha
They can be bastards. They are like a pack of bored teenagers who ride around the neighbourhood. Ripping bits of timber to shreds, stealing things, vandalising.
Another thing they like to do is pick pine cones off trees and drop them from height onto tin roofs and scream when they hear the bang.
Cockatoo Cafes. Too too cute. Love this!
Wow I love this 😍 I had no idea wild cockatoos just fly around there in an urban area, that’s like paradise! This makes me wish I lived in Australia 😊 I think this is the best way to have them as ‘pet’. As a human to be able to enjoy their company while they still get to enjoy their freedom the way an animal should, instead of being stuck inside a bird cage all day.
PARROT Watch: Free Flying Green Alexandrian parrot at our balcony
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the birds are so cute. love them thank you for taking care of those babies.
My late dear wife lived for many years in Perth, Western Australia, where she had a similar relationship with the local Kookaburras. Whenever she came home from work they would fly around her and accompany her to the house where she fed them. They also perched on her shoulders and head.
My Condolences Mr. Robertson, she sounds like a lovely and wonderful woman.
@@forlornhope1116 She was. The best. Although she died seven years ago I still miss her.
Kookaburras are so beautiful, and nothing beats their laugh. I miss watching them, as I moved to Ireland ten years ago. Thank you for reminding me about them, your wife was definitely special, as Kookaburras are particular in trusting people. Whenever I get back home one day, I will remember your story when I see a Kookaburra.
Animals tend to gravitate to the kindest souls 🙏🏽
@@BrooklynBabeee That certainly describes her.
I would move to Sidney, Australia from Maine, USA just to make wild cockatoo friends omg 🧡 I love birds and have special relationships with the wild birds around my house, many of which hand feed from me, but this is just AWESOME!
with so much awful in the world, seeing content like this softens and warms the heart, thank you beautiful cockatoos ❤️
I love the little honking sounds they make when they feel content and comfy 🥰❤️
Imagine this, without having the expenses of $800 (or more) for one bird, the expense of a cage, vet bills, cleaning the cage, and worrying if the bird is getting enough attention or is plucking its feathers due to stress. How wonderful! That’s it, I’m moving to Australia!!
You can have a wild magpie and kookaburra as well. They will come every day if you feed them.
The spiders tho!😱
@@hiddenkitty675 and the snakes, and the crocodiles.....
The ticks are the most dangerous.
@@middle-agedmacdonald2965 I'm totally fine with reptiles and amphibians, but I'm an arachnophobe and entomophobe
Most parrots have that sweet Dusty smell. It's their dander. I absolutely love it 💜😁
Yes the same here with my now deceased cockatiel! Their smell is like nothing else!!!💞
Yes!!! I love the way my brothers yellow headed Amazon smells
That's it, I'm packing my bags and moving to Australia! That is such a dream come true 😍🥰
@Karima in Wonderland I'm coming with you ! When do you want to leave? I'm in Iowa right now can be ready FAST!
Are you sure? We have spiders the size of your outstretched hands
I was lucky enough to have an umbrella cockatoo companion for 34 years. They do have an amazing smell. Lots of good kisses too!
The little head tilt got me😆 Such a charmed experience to have. Thanks for sharing.
I had a cockatoo for 15 years. They are amazing animals (as are most), so smart, very judgemental and can be destructive. And loud!!! You have the best of both worlds, keeping them wild, but allowing them access.
I've never had birds as pets and so can't even conjure up a scenario of one being judgmemtal, but it made me laugh to read that. Is it a playful, funny type of thing, like they're just goofing around, or are they seriously evaluating you?
Wow❣️This story was beautiful. I’m in Canada and we don’t have birds like that flying around outside so you are very lucky. I just loved your balcony with your feather friends ❤️😇
I love this side of the internet 💖
Now I know where I'm moving to. Cockatoo's are common there and so social. 😱 I'm never shocked but I'm shocked and so excited to see this. They're beautiful!!! Thanks for caring for them.
Maybe you shouldn't dress your dog like human
Wow!!!! They're beautiful! I didn't know they have such a long life span! Thanks for loving these sweethearts!
Beautiful world very nice and very kind of you guys for being part of their friendship.
Wow! That must be amazing. I stayed in Sydney a few years ago and was visited by so many different kinds of cockatoos.
Michelle Ralston, look at bird bath
@Bird Bath you were reported for spam
@@angelikaradominska5512 i report you also
@@BirdBath1 I do not spamming on comment with shit like you 🤣
That’s so awesome beyond words to a person who previously kept an aviary with parrots & exotic parakeets. Makes me want to move to Australia.
I love seeing stories like this, humans and animals being at one with each other ❤️
Ahhh I love their little honks when you talk to them, they're really trying to converse!
So amazing! I love how those birds and the couple are getting the best of both worlds. What a wonderful relationship and the birds are still wild and free. ❤
I think that lady is very blessed to live there.
Oh yeah, and so funny to me that none of them like grapes!
Michael Quaid, look at bird bath
I wish I had them where I live. They are adorable! I live in Canada and I would love to see them every day!
So cool to see you interact with the wild cockatoos. Lovely birds. Birds are so intelligent! We had an Indian ringneck that lived to be almost 30 years old. She was loud, but so fun!
They are adorable and it's so nice to see people take care of these beautiful birds.
I'm SO jealous!..Ia relative used to have a pet cockatoo and I loved him so much..I'd love to live like this!❤SO lucky..they're absolutely amazing!❤beautiful and incredible
How sweet!!! I never knew they smelled so good. These birds are so cute!!!
I had a Cockatoo and a Cockatiel for many years. They are WONDERFUL!!! Both smell so good and are incredibly funny, sweet, loving, affectionate, and very, very smart!!! I miss them big time. 💜💜
Such cute birdies, i love them 💖
MoonWalker, look at bird bath
Imagine having something this wonderful in your life!
I would love to have wild parrots here.. no such luck in Finland.. but I have 3 magpies that have claimed my house and yard as theirs.. my cat and dog don't know what to think..
EinieN J, look at bird bath
Magpies can actually be quite friendly, and just as intelligent. They can also mimick. Give them shiny things and treat them well and they and their flock will remember you for generations, no joke. You will have friends for life with any corvid.
Wish we had corvids or parrots in Arizona where I live, but unfortunately all we have are the grackles and invasive lovebirds that aren't very people-friendly.
@@fructosecornsyrup5759 look at bird bath
@@BirdBath1 🤨
@@fructosecornsyrup5759 My dog has a weird habit; he only eats outside.. The magpies first came bc of the food.. now they hang around all the time, not just when I feed my dog.. my cat is a bit intimidated by them, my dog doesn't care and has actually started to leave a bit of his food for them.. but when one of the magpies stole his bone, it was war for awhile.. better than any reality tv.. 😄
How wonderful and lucky to have all these intelligent birds coming by for a visit! They’re beautiful!🥰💕
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
Amazing creatures. Wish I had them for neighbours.
They are such nice birds to interact with untill you go on holiday. They then get spiteful that their food source is not there. They then will pull the seals out of your windows, rip apart anything that is wood including plants. My mum has a wooden door and they ripped it to shreads. The whole door over 1 week away. It took months to train them not to come back to her deck. She feeds them at the back of her property on a metal gate now and not every day. They do all have different personalities and are amazing how clever they are.
Unbelievable how friendly they are - really wonderful 😍
How beautiful, you’re so lucky.
I wish I could experience this ❤️
Rochelle Bailey, look at bird bath
Happy, free-flying cockatoos visiting their friends. What a fun relationship for both parties!
PARROT Watch: Free Flying Green Alexandrian parrot at our balcony
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Love this, there was a tree for escaped pet exotic birds me and my friend found when i was a kid near where i live in california. We would bring them food and after a while we got to be friends with some of them. It was cool, the tree is gone now, i moved back after 20 years and took a walk hoping to find it but it was built over. Made me sad, but it was like a secret garden.. Good times
That deserves a short story
i have a parakeet named peanut and whenever i get close to his cage he comes near me, when i hold him he goes either on my head or shoulder hes adorable ☺️
Claudia Noriega, look at bird bath
They're among the few birds flying for fun, and not only for food...
What kind of parakeet
@@parrots4life74 idk hes blue and black
What wonderful footage- capturing their different idiosyncrasies. They are, however, agreed that grapes are really not for them! Thank you for sharing this with us. 💖💖
This is remarkable. I didn't know this was a thing in Sydney (or anywhere)! Amazing. They are beautiful birds. I have only seen them in captivity. Thank you for the wonderful video!
So sweet! This is the first time I ever heard about cockatoo cafes! That would be great to come home to a feathered welcoming committee!! (Never smelled a cockatoo, but I have a cockatiel named Punky Brewster whose breath smells just like corn chips!!)
Adorable! You’re so fortunate to have them as visitors, thanks for sharing.
This is absolutely wonderful to see. Good on you guys for doing this.