Ferris Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel!

Around and ’round this cockatoo goes,
How’d she learn this trick? Who the heck knows!

What a wild ride, Faye.

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9 thoughts on “Ferris Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel!

  1. AJ May 21, 2018 / 3:34 pm

    Birdie looks like it’s having fun!! I used to have a Senegal parrot that would do something similar but spin/flip around it’s perch. We used say that she was doing loop de loops.

  2. dubravkamcvmd May 21, 2018 / 3:34 pm

    I LOVE BIRDS!

  3. EdmundH May 21, 2018 / 7:27 pm

    And that’s a learned, deliberate maneuver. If birdie stayed motionless she would not be able to do a full rotation as some of the energy would be lost due to friction. She has to tuck in her head while at the bottom in order to increase the angular velocity so that she can rotate all the way back up to the top (kinda like how a figure skater tuck in her arms to spin faster).

    • allein ? May 21, 2018 / 9:20 pm

      So you’re saying this bird knows more about physics than I do…

      • Amy May 22, 2018 / 12:49 pm

        Yes, our feathered overlords are plotting our demise.

        • allein ? May 22, 2018 / 12:51 pm

          I welcome our pretty pink birdie overlords.

    • Blue Footed Booby May 21, 2018 / 11:06 pm

      Or like a little kid tucking in their legs at just the right time on a swing set.

  4. Birdcage May 21, 2018 / 8:20 pm

    That’s a happy playful boid. My green boi is not so coordinated, I’m afraid.

  5. Murray C May 21, 2018 / 10:59 pm

    I love how much the bird is obviously enjoying itself – and I love that the plumage is just a tad darker than the pink my studio is painted.

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