tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704229933093060803.post7431043610286287531..comments2023-08-13T23:21:02.163+10:00Comments on The Birds and The Beads: Budgie Sunday - Meet BaiterLavenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837170932026113619noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704229933093060803.post-4733631306262493092007-07-30T08:12:00.000+10:002007-07-30T08:12:00.000+10:00Hi Sparks - Thanks for returning the favour!Captai...Hi Sparks - Thanks for returning the favour!<BR/><BR/>Captain - Im glad you got a laugh! I was hoping for everyone would see the humour here, what a character!<BR/><BR/>Dawnae - Narcissism! You know, you could be right about that, hehehe. Perhaps we will give him a mirror and see!<BR/><BR/>Hi Ces! Yeah, I get embarrassed sometimes too. But it is terribly funny too! Interesting how my laughing at them doesnt bother them one bit, Im sure (I hope!) people are much more self-concious at those times, heheheLavenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00837170932026113619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704229933093060803.post-52944229093696271452007-07-30T02:46:00.000+10:002007-07-30T02:46:00.000+10:00Oh my gosh, this is so funny! This is certainly ab...Oh my gosh, this is so funny! This is certainly about how the birds do it. HAHAHHAHA! Sometimes I feel embarassed when I see animals do it.Ces Adoriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17338000465619901229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704229933093060803.post-11329209933292946042007-07-30T00:56:00.000+10:002007-07-30T00:56:00.000+10:00My guess would be intimacy issues, for sure. Poor...My guess would be intimacy issues, for sure. Poor little guy needs a therapist! He is very beautiful...perhaps it is narcism...too much self love.dawnaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12082304951379931450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704229933093060803.post-14689529842776730982007-07-29T22:55:00.000+10:002007-07-29T22:55:00.000+10:00I laughed a lot at this, Lavender! If anyone asks ...I laughed a lot at this, Lavender! If anyone asks why he is called Baiter, you're going to have to explain!Jean-Luc Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01689798190618944262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704229933093060803.post-31644543317850375672007-07-29T22:48:00.000+10:002007-07-29T22:48:00.000+10:00hey lavender,thanks for stopping by to comment. :)...hey lavender,<BR/><BR/>thanks for stopping by to comment. :)sparkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14176802456964956777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704229933093060803.post-7647483098990936462007-07-29T15:44:00.000+10:002007-07-29T15:44:00.000+10:00Aw thats great to hear Anon, its all purely platon...Aw thats great to hear Anon, its all purely platonic! hehehe<BR/>DH did recently buy a small video camera, to take on fishing trips, but he so rarely gets to go.......(you know what Im thinking!) heheheLavenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00837170932026113619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704229933093060803.post-4546325490870641532007-07-29T15:25:00.000+10:002007-07-29T15:25:00.000+10:00Oh dear, I think if Baiter were a human he would b...Oh dear, I think if Baiter were a human he would be more of a flasher, he would be a goal bird!<BR/><BR/>Thank you SO MUCH Lavender for answering my questions. I don't think Jack has adopted me as his Baiter 'mate'. PHEW! I am his favourite though :) He has NEVER touched my vent! HAHHAHHAAAA. <BR/><BR/>I would love to hear a "talk/song" thing. Maybe one day you could do a recording :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14732532158833146797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704229933093060803.post-39639971970159789662007-07-29T15:06:00.000+10:002007-07-29T15:06:00.000+10:00Hi Snoskred! I agree totally! Maybe if Baiter we...Hi Snoskred! I agree totally! Maybe if Baiter were human, he'd be a flasher? ROFLMAOLavenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00837170932026113619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704229933093060803.post-88163772816822990422007-07-29T15:02:00.000+10:002007-07-29T15:02:00.000+10:00Hehehe too cute Anon! When a single bird lives wit...Hehehe too cute Anon! When a single bird lives with humans, they often select thier primary care giver as a surrogate mate - so, you could be recieving some attention you wouldnt have counted on, hehehe. But as long as everyone is happy - there is no harm done! (Apparently, we humans are the ones with the hang ups, not the birds! LOL)<BR/><BR/>Sorry my previous answer left other questions, I will try to answer more fully here:<BR/><BR/>Yes! The vent area is where they poop from. In the case of birds, the vent is a single opening in the body from which poos, sperm, or eggs escape. <BR/>Although each of those things comes from a separate organ inside the body, all the plumbing for those organs share the one outlet: the vent.<BR/><BR/>Its noteworthy at this junction to say that male birds do not have the "apparatus" that most other males of any species posess. (Wink Wink Nudge Nugde not going to use that word for the search engines to find!) Sperm simply exit the testes into the appropriate duct and exit thru the vent. Consequently, there is a bit of luck involved in whether or not sperm find thier way into the females vent.<BR/><BR/>When birds mate, the male stands on the females back and curves his body around hers so thier vents meet, and then starts to rub(grind?) his vent back and forth against the females vent. The male will use his wings to enclose the female as best he can to help him hang on. Often he will fall off.<BR/> <BR/>Its almost funny to watch, I dont know if it frustrates them!<BR/><BR/>Now bobbing is a bit different and I know less about it...bobbing is more a feature of the larger parrots, such as Jack. Although budgies do a similar bobbing motion with just the head during all thier communication.<BR/><BR/>What makes it sound different is its sense of urgency, Ive tried to think of a phonetic way of expressing it, but, it escapes me! <BR/><BR/>I think if Jack were pulling a 'baiter' - youd know for sure! <BR/>With Jacks eye flashing, I think it could just be he is excited - after all, without a feathered mate, anything could be more interesting than it would be otherwise! <BR/><BR/>Hope that helps! Give Jack a grape for me, he is so handsome!Lavenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00837170932026113619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704229933093060803.post-89991242027863907932007-07-29T14:39:00.000+10:002007-07-29T14:39:00.000+10:00Nothing wrong with a bit of self love. ;) hehe but...Nothing wrong with a bit of self love. ;) hehe but trying to involve other people is where he goes wrong!<BR/><BR/>Snoskred<BR/>http://www.snoskred.org/Snoskredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670406702782244306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704229933093060803.post-51441044360388453122007-07-29T14:15:00.000+10:002007-07-29T14:15:00.000+10:00Okay! You have to excuse my ignorance Lavender :OI...Okay! You have to excuse my ignorance Lavender :O<BR/><BR/>I haven't been close enough to mating birds to really know what is happening. Also to know what a "vent area" is. Is it the same as their pooh-pooh hole? Also, what talk/song thing? What makes it sound different? I'm asuming it doesn't sound like violins. Please be specific!<BR/><BR/>Jack flashes his eyes ALL the time! I want to know what he really might be doing on top of my head! He also 'bobs' a lot but there usually isn't anything he is 'bobbing on'! This is the true reason for all my questions .... :OAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14732532158833146797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704229933093060803.post-22056985633440784942007-07-29T13:33:00.000+10:002007-07-29T13:33:00.000+10:00LOL! OK, well, you know how when birds mate, they ...LOL! OK, well, you know how when birds mate, they rub thier vent areas together? Well Baiter spends alot of time rubbing his vent area on vaious things - including my head when he has the chance. He is the only one that does this - Thankfully! hahaha<BR/><BR/>While he is doing that, he does the talk/song thing they do when mating, and the eye thing.<BR/><BR/>I dont know if the eye thing is just Budgies or not, so I will describe that...<BR/>When a budgie is very excited about something the pupils of thier eyes will dialate/widen/dialate/widen/etc - its a very cool thing to observe!<BR/><BR/>Its done usually during mating but also when courting a mate. Occasionally seen when they are just generally all worked up over something - but it always means "IM EXCITED!" <BR/><BR/>TMI? (Too much information?) hahahaLavenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00837170932026113619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704229933093060803.post-35072655829757315132007-07-29T12:15:00.000+10:002007-07-29T12:15:00.000+10:00OHHHH this is TOO FUNNY! I don't really want to sa...OHHHH this is TOO FUNNY! I don't really want to say I am 'pleased' to meet Baiter :) The creepy budgie HAHHAHHHAAAAA. Now, if it isn't too much information Lavender, I am very intrigued as to what a Master Baiter looks like when Master Baiting .... I want details .... how can you tell? YES I AM naive!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14732532158833146797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704229933093060803.post-25273519101250057792007-07-29T10:40:00.000+10:002007-07-29T10:40:00.000+10:00Just in case anyone is wondering, No, Im Not makin...Just in case anyone is wondering, <BR/>No, Im Not making it up! <BR/>But he is pretty to look at - just choose your moments carefully heheheLavenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00837170932026113619noreply@blogger.com