Hi, I'm Jesse, and this is Animal Wonders.
We rescue displaced exotic animals and provide them a permanent home where we focus on their health and happiness.
We've rescued well over a hundred animals over the years
and today I'd like to share all of our amazing feathered friends
[Animal Wonders Theme Music]
We have so many animals and it's hard to keep you updated on everyone
Especially since it's changing all the time because we often rescue older or injured animals that only spend a few years with us
But our birds are much more stable
All of them are such long-lived species that many have been with us for over five years
And we're looking at several more decades with most of them
We're currently at capacity for indoor bird room, so we're not planning to take any more in anytime soon
We have 18 Birds, so let's start with the smallest and work our way up.
This is sprinkles. He's a Pacific Parrotlet, and he has such a big personality
He's very particular about his little kingdom
We were happy to give him a companion for four wonderful years
But boxer the love bird passed away this year
If just the right little bird that needs a home comes along, we may try to see if Sprinkles would accept them as a friend
Trying to pair him without a lot of thought could lead to injury and trauma
So until then, he'll get socialization from us and the many other birds in his area.
Here's Agent Perry the budgerigar
I really like his personality because he's so straightforward about his feelings
He's not super fond of human interaction, but he will tolerate me to an extent
He had significant trauma when he came to us, and it's so nice to see him thriving
Look how good he's doing! He's nervous right now But he trusts me enough that he stays on my finger
He knows I won't hurt him and I'll keep him safe
Say hello to Steve the cockatiel
Steve was introduced to agent Perry the budgerigar last year, and they've done really well together
Steve loves to whistle little tunes, and it's fun to hear and practicing when I'm not in the room
Listen to this recording
[Recording of Steve the Cockatiel whistling]
Isn't he so cute?
This is Maui the pineapple green cheek conure, and this is Ginger the normal colored green cheek conure
These girls are best friends. Maui is about five years old and Ginger is about ten
The story of their friendship is super sweet
And there's a link in the description all about Ginger and how these two met
Maui loves to hang upside down- you going on up there Ginger, there you go
Maui let's show off you hanging upside down.
What do you think?
Ready?
There she goes. She seriously loves to do this all the time, and Ginger here she loves to dance
[Jessie Clicking noises]
[Jessie whistling, Ginger making noises ]
[Jessie Laughing}
And she loves to fly and she likes to snuggle both are absolutely adorable
[Ecuador being extremely loud]
[Lulu mimicks "what are you doing"]
[Chopsticks vocalising in background] This is Chopsticks the quaker parrot.
[Chopsticks vocalising in background] He's just as feisty and opinionated as the first day I met him
[Chopsticks vocalising in background] He's an expert mimicker
[Chopsticks vocalising in background] and he's always making my day brighter when I hear his little voice
[Chopsticks vocalising in background] Yeah
[Chopsticks vocalising in background] You tell me about it
[Chopsticks vocalising in background] You doing the Quaker?
[Chopsticks vocalising in background] Yeah, Chopsticks loves it when I sweet-talk to him
[Chopsticks vocalising in background] but he's not really into snuggling and grooming
[Chopsticks vocalising in background] Which is why he won't let me groom his pin feathers
[Chopsticks vocalising in background] He hates the broom
[Chopsticks vocalising in background] and he has a talent for launching his poop almost 30 centimeters.
[Chopsticks vocalising in background] Chopsticks, I love you
[Chopsticks vocalising in background] You're a good boy
Coming in at 110 grams is Kia the ring neck dove and her girlfriend Willow
These two beauties are a delight among the flashy colors of the parrots
Originally we thought Willow with a male because we observed cooing and dancing for Kia
Which is typical male behavior
Kia Regularly lays two eggs in the nest they build together, but the eggs have never been fertile.
Just a couple months ago we start getting four eggs in the nest
and we realized that Willow was now laying two eggs alongside
Kia's two eggs and they're devoted nesters and doting partners
Zapper came to us after being passed from home to home
And he was very distrustful in the first few months
But now he's one of the friendliest birds we have
he's quite noisy. Yes, you are
But he loves everyone everyone loves him at least in small doses
Here we have Tika the white cheek turaco
She took a couple months off from presentations due to a very smoky summer we had
so she's just getting back into the swing of things
Wearing a harness and perching on my arms
She doesn't live in the bird room with all the parrots instead lives in our home
so she gets lots of human attention
She's a beauty and we love sharing her with audiences that have never seen a bird quite like her
This is Chango the lilac crown amazon parrot
there you go, buddy
He's the smallest of our Amazon's and we've had him since 2008
Chango formed a trust bond with me over the first few months
But he's never been comfortable traveling in a crate
and he doesn't like audiences so instead of doing public presentations
He spends his time playing with toys and keeping a close eye on his girlfriend
[Jessie whistling La Cucaracha]
she loves to talk when ever i talk and she enjoys playful interactions like swinging upside down
This is Archie the blue fronted Amazon parrot
he's currently in training with our other animal keeper Taylor
He's never been a really big fan of me which is why I have him on a stick
He tolerates me, but he's taken to Taylor and I'm hoping their bond strengthens as they continue to learn to trust each other
He's an older parent probably in his late 20s or 30s
He's not easily impressed and it took us a while to figure him out
We found out that he loves a specific kind of toy, and he just loves to massacre it
Alright we're getting a bit bigger now.
This is Rook the Raven
she's a wild rescue that came in as an adult with an
Unbendable broken wing we have no idea how old she is other than she's at least seven years old
She's learned to trust humans
And we've learned how to give her a happy life in order for her to continue to get care in captivity
She's required to do at least 12 public presentations every year at first
She was quite nervous about it, but as her trusted me grows. It's gotten much easier
I love sharing how interesting Ravens are with audiences
and I'm relieved now that she's gotten more comfortable with it
Here is joy the blue and gold macaw. She's an older bird
We're guessing somewhere between 20 and 40 her last owner didn't know how many previous homes
She'd had before coming to us, but she guessed it was for. Joy has been through a lot of bad stuff
So we're happy that she's settled in at animal wonders and has formed a really strong bond to me
Joy loves being groomed and pampered by me
But she's still scared of new people in places so we always take it slow when we're out and about
Joy loves chewing on wooden block toys
and she's recently learned how to interact with puzzle toys that we can hide her food in
this has really helped keep her active and prevent her from getting bored
Joy struggles with anxiety -here you go- and sometimes has periods where she over grooms her feathers
We're always paying close attention to her stress levels and
working hard to keep her happy and healthy
And here's Hera the Harris hawk who's just slightly larger than joy
Hera is an impressive bird and even more so when you're in the same room as her
she's confident and poised and takes in every detail with her keen eyes
my favorite thing Hera does is act all regal during a presentation
and then after a few minutes she lifts her tail and launches her poo several feet
kind of breaks the ice for the audience, and it makes it a memorable moment
Hera can't fly very well because her wing tips are damaged
but she does enjoy jumping and flapping short distances
I'm happy we can provide her a good and comfortable home
and finally we have Goldie who represents all nine of our chickens
She's the friendliest and doesn't mind being picked up and held
and that's all of them
I hope you enjoyed meeting all of our feathered friends currently at animal wonders
if you'd like to check out some videos featuring some of them you can check out the links in the dooblydoo below
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