Saturday, June 19, 2010

Birdie-bathing....

FEATHERY FRIDAY ON SATURDAY
FEDERARTIGER SAMSTAG




What an amazing sight; Nikki the cockatiel washing wings under kitchen tap!
Was für ein wunderschönes Blick! Nymphensittich wascht die Flügeln unter Küchezapfen!




Gonzo really goes for it under the tap. You'd think they'd really hate water dripping right between the feathers, but apparently not so:
Man liebt das Wasser so...



Mad French woman strips off and takes squeaky-squarking cockatiel into shower... (no tiny tits)
Verrückte Französin entkleidet und bringt lärmenden schreienden Vogel in die Duschi mit:



Extraordinarily tame budgie goes for outdoor Tupperware bath...
Außergewöhnlich zahmer Wellensitti ch nimmt Tupperware-Bad im Freien:



Blue tit has splish-splash-sploshy jamboree in the bath:
"Blaumeise spielt Propeller im Vogelbad" ~ sehr komisch!




I don't know what this is because it's Russian and it still won't load, but if anyone sees it and likes it, please tell me!
Über diesem hab' ich keine Ahnung...




Only in Japan 鳥風呂 ~ it takes a while to get going, but eventually you see an entire flock of (pet) canaries taking a dip...
Kanarienvogelflug baden....



And last but not least: bizarre Japanese bird-tin antics:
Bizarre Vogeldosegrimassen aus Japan:

12 comments:

  1. I really wonder what happens to you ! First for weeks you were on a dog trip, now for weeks you are on a bird trip and even on a German one ! I can't play your videos because my cats get crazy ! When do you start with cows ??

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  2. Yeah maybe I'll do an "at the farm" theme...

    ... it was the birds themselves that set me off on birds. First Flapper the pigeon stalking me outside my house. Then a blackbird singing on the roof. My Mum told me what it was. I only knew blackbirds by their alarm call. I knew nothing about birdsongs of any kind. Then I heard some amazing singing coming from a tree I knew the nightingale lived up, because I had seen it in winter. Like a little thrush... well, it looked like a nightingale! Then I realized the bird in the next tree was a wren and now I keep hearing wrens everywhere! Then this tiny blue tit spirals down from the tree... I kept thinking everyone will think I'm making this up, or that it happened years ago, but it really was yesterday. Right there. In the middle of the road, chirping up at me!!

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  3. Interesting with the bird videos. What happened to the Norwich terriers?

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  4. A great set of bird vids. Very enjoyable!

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  5. Syd: with the dogs I was saying "I want one" which does get a bit sad. In the end you have to get one or shut up about it. I still want a doggie, I just can't have one

    Jams: Danke schön!

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  6. Hi
    Thanks for visiting my blog and for your comment
    Danke für den Besuch meines Blogs und deinen Kommentar
    Pictures from Germany/Brunswiek
    kind regards
    Liebe Gr
    üsse
    Patricia

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  7. Gledwood, these videos are full of birds. I don't think I've ever seen a tit take a bath before. There's nothing quite like a clean tit I say.

    The spiky ridge that looks like a stegosaurus' back is known as the Keyboard of the Winds. It's a rather dramatic name. Mountains seem to inspire dramatic names. Well some do. Other's not so much. Take the highest peak in Colorado, Mt. Elbert. It was named after the sixth Governor of the Territory of Colorado which is not so dramatic.

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  8. Herzlichen Dank für die lieben Grüße aus London!
    Was für hübsche Vogel-Bilder und der badende Vogel ist ja hervorragend getroffen! Leider kann ich mit meiner extrem langsamen Internetverbindung hier auf dem Land keine Videos online angucken.
    Bei uns hat es sich seit gestern leider abgekühlt, aber es soll auch wieder schöner werden. Ich denke auch, daß manche ein Vorurteil haben, was das Wetter in GB betrifft.

    Lieber Gruß
    Sara

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  9. Hahaha I think you've been birded, I could only get the last two to play, I love to watch the feathered ones taking a bath, if birds can smile then they do when bathing. I was snapping a few photos of my feathered one splashing about yesterday*!*

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  10. Gledwood, es sit schwer, bei Dir Kommentare zu hinterlassen. Gestern hatte ich einen langen Kommentar u diesem Post verfaßt, der aber nicht erschienen ist. Daher noch einmal:
    Ich finde Deine Bilder und die Kommentare wundervoll. Mir gefallen alle Vögel, aber die Meischen besonders. Mach weiter so.
    Liebe Grüsse und einen schönen Sommeranfang
    Irmi

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  11. Molson: aye! But there's a really dramatic cliff face that just so happened to be formed in the shape of a load of dead presidents! Or someone somehow painstakingly dynamited/chiselled/hacked this cliff-edge until it looked like presidents. I dunno...

    Sara: was für eine Schande, dass Dein internetkonnex so langsam ist. Die beste Videos sind der Wellensittich von Sonntag, und der badende Wellensittich, "Blaumeise spielt Propellor" und vielleicht der Sittich in der Dusch.
    Das Wetter in London ist auch ein bisschen kalt geworden.

    Bimbimbie: the bimbimbs are my new obsession, so I've been told. You see my obsessive-compulsive thing coming out... first doggies, now this. Difference being I wanted a dog (still do) but the birdies come free, twirtling on the trees...
    Yeah it surprised me, it really did that they enjoy bathing so very much. How peculiar!!
    And don't they look funny all fluffed out like that.
    I really like the tiny bluetit going for it in the birdbath. By the end she looks too sodden almost to fly.
    Also did you notice the 2 bluetits in that vid look different. I'm convinced tit #1 was a girl and tit #2, the more cautious one was a boy. He looks bigger than her

    Irmi: verlorene Kommentare? ich weiß nicht, was das Problem sei...
    Ich habe eine Lösung. Vielleicht solltest Du die Kommentar lassen, und dann normalerweise klicken, Fenster schliessen, und dann wiederöffnen und sehen, ob er erschien hat ...

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