Bean The Grey's FIRST TIME in a BIG Aviary...

Amazes me that you have to praise them for doing a virtually meaningless task or try something new. That's where i wouldn't have the patience. 1st time they showed any kind of fear I'd be calling them out like "you little chicken** get your a** on that stand" and the bond would be shot right then and there.

Calm down!!? nothing even happened! parrots are just WAY too fearful for me! Who would want to deal with that for 40 years? blows my mind

I know this has zero to do with the video, but I don't know where else to ask. My daughter is learning the drums, and over the weekend, we became the proud parents of FIVE rescue parakeets 😱 We're limited in space as to where their cage can go in relation to the drums. Can my daughter play around them? How can we acclimate them to hearing the drums? She hasn't played yet, because I didn't want to give the poor babies a heart attack.

So cute. He wants you to pet him.

Miss my grey so much, but at 60 too old to get another one. Love watching your videos & Bean is wonderful to watch❤️

Capri is awesome

I would've just wandered around the yard, do some clean up or something just so he sees me and knows its ok rather than stand there staring at him with tension in the air...

Walk around, go near & far so he understands its ok.

BTW love Capri cam.... doesn't matter how shaky it is.. its good to see a different perspective & what she finds is interesting to film.

Good job the the video work Capri! Keep it up

Parrots are way too neurotic and self serving for me! I get NOTHING from them except frustration at the fear

a word that defines your channel: amazing. when the notifications of your work arrive, I'm sure it will be worth watching. your content always shows much more than the images! you can see his dedication and love for what he does, always wanting to make his followers satisfied. thank you very much for the beautiful work. God bless you and your family 🙏 a big kiss from Brazil 🇧🇷👍😘

you being hesitant, makes the bird hesitant. should have put the camera down, and go back in your house and check 5 minutes later how it is going. eventually the bird will relax knowing that nothing bad is going to happen. Reward for positive behavior to stimulate :)

Put a buddy with him out there! Maybe that would help him get used to it.

Is your last goal with her is letting her being able to free flight and is this one of the pre-step?:)

I would go out of sight briefly, reappear,acknowledge the bird but not if in a very hightened state, go about your business for a short while, repeat

If that was my Bonni, I would probably sit in there with him. I know, I know, babying too mych

I sure love your videos/birds and gratz to 300k :)

I love Bean!! 😍😍😍

U are so good for ur birdssss t.y...for being u....and Beannn he like thissss....

@greyosaurus is also named Bean!

grats on 300K!

I would give him 10 minutes and go back, give him some scratches, leave for 10 minutes, go back. I would definitely this for 45 minutes then bring him back in with you and treat him. Repeat every day until he is acclimated to the aviary. I would also move in some familiar toys so he can play.

Bean is so cute

The best thing to do would obviously be to give him a companion. He is so lonely in this aviary, it is heartbreaking to see flock animals being kept as single pets.

He seemed happy but aprenhsive. In the wild mom would make them take flight. You handled it well!

more bean content please! 🤗

Looks like it might be a little chilly for him, he's all floofed up

Hi there, i would like to ask you what should i do if my parrot has no problem with stepping on my hand when i have sleeves on and he/she cannot see my skin,but doesnt want to step up when i try with my finger he/she also tries to bite a lot when i dont have long sleeves on. what should i do, please help ;-;

What aviary is that?

Poor bird is cold. They are wearing jackets. If they are cold the bird is going to be colder.

You have a great aviary! Someday, my birds will have something like that. I think Bean did great. I would have left, too and then would have checked on him now and then.

Do you guys have a walkthrough on how you built this or other aviaries? I would like to build one for my babies in spring. Thanks in advance.

I love your guys vids ♡♡♡ LOVE YOU

I also was reading someone's comment about hand signals. Since I don't work with the larger birds only my 14 budgies, I don't know if I can employ this idea myself. But I was imagining having a hand signal for danger. And if maybe you can create one that tells your bird "We have to go NOW, there's no butts about it'" and if you can figure out how to accomplish this and share it with all of us, we would be grateful!

After Thanksgiving yesterday and all the family shaming that goes on there I hear Jamie Leigh saying “good job” directly to me. Thx Jamie Leigh. Another great teaching video. I hope my 2 quakers will be ready for an outdoor aviary in the spring. Happy Holidays all!

❤️ love ❤️ love ❤️ love ❤️ and more ❤️ love.

Much appreciate 😊🦜🍀.

God bless ❤️.

Can you show us your outdoor setup and where you got it? Also, your opinion on calico macaws?

Nowhere to hide from an aerial predator.

Bean is happy but wants a friend (preferably with birdie bread) to hang out with him and enjoy the new environment... That's where you fit to his emotional equation.

let him adjust. birds can get used to anything, given enough time.

I’ve been a companion to a Congo African Gray, Marron, for over 20 years. She’s a great bird. Smart, funny, healthy. She has taught me a lot about being a bird. I’ve had her since she was 3 months old and have reinforced with her confidence, setting her up for success, letting her make decisions, having appropriate ownership of some things or spaces, because she is different than any other companion pet I’ve ever had. She seems to ponder a lot of things.
Seeing how far Bean has come is a testament to your care about him and willingness to let him come into his own. This was a great first experience for him in the aviary. I thought his body language when you backed away was fine. He was probably trying to figure out how to handle both the new space and being alone. I would have probably pulled out a lawn chair and sat at a distance for a while (passive presence) so he could see me but also grow his confidence about being there on his own.
I do have a question for you. I noticed the aviaries have no covering on at least a part of the roof. Have your birds been okay without it? I’ve always provided at least partial covering so the birds can choose to be shaded or in the sun/light. But also so they feel some protection from predators who might fly at them from above. I live in the desert and have many different types of hawks, falcons, and even great horned owls who hunt a lot of doves and quail, rodents and other small animals. Marron has seen this happen in the yard through the window and finds it disturbing. She has even literally screamed when a hawk comes too close to the window. So because of this and of course the intense sunlight here I have sail cloth panels over the aviary roof.

My birds don't feel comfortable if they're too exposed. They love flying INSIDE trees where they feel safe and hidden, particularly after lunch when they rest, lol. Perhaps he would appreciate a hideout with foliage. Just a thought, mine are free and a different species so they have different needs.

Do you have a materials list for that large aviary?

I wonder if he gets ancy just because is new. Like a kind of excitement. May be scary n new but he wants it. Just guessing. I do not know

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How old is Bean? I have one at 24 yrs old.

He likes being in the aviary but he doesn’t want to be by himself

Awww he wanna fly to u when u go to leave that's all cute!

He was like "I dont wanna go inside yet but stay with me pls Im not done observing"

Setting up small cameras will help ❤