Birb times
November 13, 2019 8:17 PM Subscribe
I would love to watch videos of & read essays about birds who are happy, communicative, empathetic, intelligent, and who have positive & close relationships with humans and animals of other species.
I just read about a certain bird who had a really hard time, and an antidote would be nice. Thanks!
I just read about a certain bird who had a really hard time, and an antidote would be nice. Thanks!
Try Penguin The Magpie. Dig deeper into the website for the love story.
posted by Thella at 9:40 PM on November 13, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by Thella at 9:40 PM on November 13, 2019 [2 favorites]
I loved this video about a rooster who loves his girl so much he dashes off to meet her school bus every day.
Anything with a bird and David Attenborough would make me happy:
Bird interrupts David Attenborough
And here’s a kingfisher having itself a long nice floof.
A flustered parakeet trying to get its rabbit friend to not monch all the leaves as their owner chuckles in the background.
...some of those might just fit the “happy” part, sorry.
posted by sacchan at 9:45 PM on November 13, 2019 [2 favorites]
Anything with a bird and David Attenborough would make me happy:
Bird interrupts David Attenborough
And here’s a kingfisher having itself a long nice floof.
A flustered parakeet trying to get its rabbit friend to not monch all the leaves as their owner chuckles in the background.
...some of those might just fit the “happy” part, sorry.
posted by sacchan at 9:45 PM on November 13, 2019 [2 favorites]
I just read a book by the Ravenmaster of the Tower of London, and it was very enjoyable. An easy read, and easy to just read one chapter at a time.
I got the ebook through my library, but it’s of course on amazon, cleverly titled “the ravenmaster”
posted by itesser at 10:28 PM on November 13, 2019 [1 favorite]
I got the ebook through my library, but it’s of course on amazon, cleverly titled “the ravenmaster”
posted by itesser at 10:28 PM on November 13, 2019 [1 favorite]
Nova: Bird Brain is fascinating, you might enjoy. It has a short segment with a bird that's very attached to its handler. But the rest shows happy birds solving puzzles.
posted by rouftop at 10:55 PM on November 13, 2019
posted by rouftop at 10:55 PM on November 13, 2019
This thread on the blue about cockatoos had some good discussion, including this beloved comment by Nattie about their own bird.
posted by J.K. Seazer at 11:16 PM on November 13, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by J.K. Seazer at 11:16 PM on November 13, 2019 [1 favorite]
Pie the talking magpie laughs, coughs, talks about his crow friend Peach tells you to get ready for bed
posted by Rust Moranis at 11:36 PM on November 13, 2019
posted by Rust Moranis at 11:36 PM on November 13, 2019
Man and Goose: A Love Story is one of my favorites.
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 5:06 AM on November 14, 2019
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 5:06 AM on November 14, 2019
Wesley the Owl. (As with almost any true-life animal story, you may want to have tissues available, but it’s a lovely book.)
posted by elphaba at 5:44 AM on November 14, 2019
posted by elphaba at 5:44 AM on November 14, 2019
Foxfeather and the babby vulture she looks after, amongst other birbs. May also include untitled emu game.
posted by scruss at 6:00 AM on November 14, 2019
posted by scruss at 6:00 AM on November 14, 2019
I follow some Bird Trainers, Bird Tricks, on YouTube & they just had some lovely videos go up about freeflying parrots in Australia, you see the parrots interacting with each other & various people & having fun. They also do a lot of Free Flying & have videos where they'll just hang out with their birds. You might even find watching some of their videos where they help train people to train their parrots helpful as you'll see people learning to communicate with their parrots.
posted by wwax at 8:42 AM on November 14, 2019
posted by wwax at 8:42 AM on November 14, 2019
There's a documentary about Canuck the Crow that you might enjoy. It's all about Canuck's friendship with Shawn.
You might know Canuck as the crow who stole a knife from a crime scene.
Sadly, Canuck disappeared at the end of the summer, but Shawn is still friends with a couple of crows from the neighbourhood.
posted by burntflowers at 11:02 AM on November 14, 2019
You might know Canuck as the crow who stole a knife from a crime scene.
Sadly, Canuck disappeared at the end of the summer, but Shawn is still friends with a couple of crows from the neighbourhood.
posted by burntflowers at 11:02 AM on November 14, 2019
You might like the book Corvus: A Life with Birds by Esther Woolfson which is about a woman who rehabilitates birds, corvids mainly, and has a few for pets and she dotes on them and observes them and enjoys them. I will warn you that as pets, they do age and I think one of them dies but it's not grim or gruesome
posted by jessamyn at 11:22 AM on November 14, 2019
posted by jessamyn at 11:22 AM on November 14, 2019
It's far from avian but I'm very much enjoying reading "The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness" by Sy Montgomery. The animals she's writing about are "happy, communicative, empathetic, intelligent, and .. have positive & close relationships with humans" so despite being cephalopodian it might sooth your itch.
posted by anadem at 1:56 PM on November 14, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by anadem at 1:56 PM on November 14, 2019 [2 favorites]
Here is a book about a person finding a therapeutic value in birdwatching.
posted by koucha at 5:03 AM on November 15, 2019
posted by koucha at 5:03 AM on November 15, 2019
Sounds like you need to watch Lesley The Bird Nerd's youtube channel. So great.
posted by conrad53 at 9:18 AM on November 15, 2019
posted by conrad53 at 9:18 AM on November 15, 2019
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Bonus! Goose hugs!
posted by ikahime at 8:26 PM on November 13, 2019 [1 favorite]