This was a superb video. Those very subtle differences that could be missed, especially the change mid head scratch scenario. Thanks Jaime

Just like us humans , animals and birds have there bad days, didn't sleep well, have a headache, sore etc etc , you do an amazing job J, we all get bummed when we get bitten lol just keep doing what your doing, much love from Australia

Thanks for showing everyone the warning fluff, I often see videos with people getting "surprise" bites, but you can see the body language beforehand and I feel they're just not aware of what to look for

He’s being distractingly cute though, constantly presenting the back of his neck for scritches!

This so reminds me of children when they are having challenges in their life. Bean feels safe around you and acts out when he didn't feel safe acting out without you.

The way I could tell bean was being aggresive was through his eyes. his eyes were squinting and pinning.

It's incredibly hard to get inside the mind of a bird, just when you think you have it sussed they do something crazy

I wonder if he was a bit rude towards the birbs in the garage, and they corrected him. His birdy manners didnt seem the best when Bondi was trying to help him crate train.

I’ve had an African grey since he was 6 months old , he’s 26 this year ! All I can say is they can change just like but you have to tell him to be nice or step up . Mine likes being sung to also they are super intelligent so colour blocks and different objects expand the mind . Play games ie ; tell him the shape and colours of different shaped wood toys then ask him to pick a shape you ask for . Get him to focus on nice things then he will be very happy as he’s using him mind more then aggression will stop 🇬🇧🇬🇧xx

I could definitely see the aggression and felt it too. Bean was not his happy self. It looks like he got bit.

You perfectly described my male grey parrot who passed away 3 years ago. He did the same thing you show at 8:38 with the mean feathers. Luring us for petting and then suddenly bites. That's the meaning of this body language. I really know that very well.

My Grey does a similar click sound when he's angry. It's my que to stop and pay attention to his body language and what I'm doing that is causing the aggression. I've been super successul and have not been bitten in the last 2 years. He was a rehome that I bought from an lady that had an impulse buy and had no clue about parrots. He was kept in closet for nearly the entire time she had him and he was afraid of most everything. With lots of work and encouragment and now the sweetest most confident bird. He's not a talker but he knows his colors and shapes and does a wide range of sound effects.

I love these videos explaining the more subtle parrot behaviors. It’s so important

Bean must be feeling cranky due to lack of sleep and the pain in his face after what he been through that night.

Love this, my Grey can be pretty unpredicatabe and learning those subtle body laugage moves is absolutely key thanks for showing!

First time I met my bird he bit my fingernail in half. Didn’t know I was going to be his mom until my brother in law died. 20 years later I can only pet him when my hubby’s not home. Been solely feeding him and you’d think he’d like me by now.

Aww, so cute smart and precious ♥️💕

What a smart, beautiful, kind soul 🤍

*Hello, I'm your 248th Thumbs up. I loved that you shared the hard parts. Wow.... Must be hard when they're unpredictable. The Re-Play parts were Great!!! I need to learn about these areas you have for the birds. Full watch. Blessings and keep the Fun in all you do. 🦜🐦🦜* Sharon in SC

He looks like he knows what you’re talking about and he feels embarrassed 🙈, so sweet.

Sorry Bean and you guys have had situational stress. But this was a great video of how adept you are at reading his body language. It makes me think about how good our domesticated companion like dogs and cats have become at reading human body language for the most part and what a gift that is for our bonding. They have to do most of the signal reading and are often very forgiving of our mistakes and inconsistencies. It also makes me think about being visually impaired as I am, a wild parrot would be even more of a challenge for me. If I had to hold a frustrated bird close enough to see raised back feathers, I would likely be close enough to be at risk for a bite. Thank you, Jamie, for your clear description and attention to camera work! As a person who cannot see the beauty of birds in trees but can mostly hear them, your videos educate and delight me. Using my iPad zoom feature lets me see little Bean/s wound and his raised feathers. Love all you and Dave do. And a hug to your getting-taller Capri because she is great with the bids too (and even I can tell she’s growing😂)

I did get the impressions you were talking about. It's difficult to deal with birds sometimes. They are so different from us and dogs or even cats.

parrots are just feathered cats. "Pet me, pet me, *attacks your hand* Why aren't you petting me?"

He’s so beautiful!

Very informative video, thank you!

I’m really happy that you posted this video because my Amazon has a similar behavior that confused and frustrated the life out of me. He’d come over for heard scratches which is all cool but then if he’s asking and I ignore him he’d keep begging and eventually he takes the hint and moves on. Butttt their are times where he gets pissed off and his back feathers raises up as well and his body language gets super heavy and it feels like he’s saying make the wrong move and I’ll eff you up .. at which point I’ll get him off my hands and have him chill out. But just seeing bean do the same demonic trance behavior that my Amazon does and seeing how you worked thru it is comforting because I do the same .. I’ve recognized he does it when he’s going thru a molt or maybe he didn’t sleep well etc. but sometimes it just happens if he gets extra excited ( or at least what I think is excited) and that’s the part that I’m struggling to read

Another awesome video Jaime! I love how yall love your birds, and work with them according to (or sometimes around) their moods.... Could you share some information on the aviaries yall use? I would love to get a large walk in for my spoiled quakers, but am having no luck finding any.

I think Bean was traumatized by one of the other birds and was simply looking to you for comfort and cuddling,, when he bit you he was reminding you to keep scratching, that is my guess but I'm the owner of a cockatoo

Love all your content, and I’m a big animal fan❤

Beautiful bird! 👍👍👍

Well that's nice that people know there are days when you fail and days you do good.

Aww poor bean hope he feels better

I wonder if he’s remembering the stress from last night and felt a bit mad for a moment. He’s so beautiful.

he is so cute 💖

That was a “come on human!!!” Nibble. But very interesting 🤔

You are best trainer I love the way you explain what to do and not to do ,I lost my baby a month ago and I miss oli it’s hard to loose my best friend couldn’t breathe without my boy , Oliver me how to love 💕 again our bond

My male cape is being very moody and aggressive as I’ve just returned home from a week away (neurosurgery). It sucks. My female is fine. We are working through it!

Awwwwww look at that baby.

You do awesome training, sometimes my ringneck grabs his treat aggressively too.

Good luck!

Hopefully Beanie feels better soon.

So cute

I love Bean so much 🥺

Hes so cute, I must of missed a few episodes as I thought he was dropped off somewhere. How come he's back? I'm glad he is lol

Parrot math: Parrot says " If I have 3 nut and you take away 2 nuts, how many fingers do you have left?"

I can definitely tell when my birds are in a 'bad' mood ... not nice. Like us, something has upset them, it usually passes, & all is OK ! Iike you, I never push a negative situation.

That’s a everyday occurrence with my new baby green cheek conure - the biting

My quaker has been being like this quite often, likely dur to spring hormones. The way he mellows himself out is by being outside!

It’s cute tho how, they bully you and yet you still have a sweet disposition and ❥with them.

have you ever worked with a bird that was constantly biting, and no matter what nothing would help? i had a bird that i adored, but after 3 years i had to give him to my neighbor (who works with birds) because i tried training for so long

my favourite bird Grey Parrot so looking great and beautiful

I always hear the birds who do that …who were taught “kisses” every time their former owners had them step up (often very attentive adoring Children who outgrow them and trade in their relationships for relationships with other humans paying less and less attention to them… or they got ditched in a breakup and the person who PAID for the bird, rather than the one who the bird preferred got “custody” and the bird becomes a possession, then an annoyance. I think it was part of their “ritual” with a human…it’s the sound of kisses… it’s attachment Human/Bird ritual communication for affection… and part of their attachment rituals with his former humans, I bet. He can love you and be trying to adapt …but still struggle with the extreme FRUSTRATION he feels at not being able to “attach or interact in a way HE understands” from a whole lifetime of communication with other humans…so he is like “WTF is going on …this human doesn’t act right” … Even when he has been “abandoned” …to a terrific situation by pretty terrific (if not perfect-who is?) former owners. Love Bean! and You! and Your Mini-Me!! I feel like he misses Kisses! And is being aggressive - but you are for sure doing all the right stuff…except maybe letting it go on too long to get it for the camera. That feels some kind a way to my heart. But I know it’s temporary. But it’s fun watching him learn how to Bird with You. And of course he misses his people and grief is normal and I hear his heart!! If you could make a 3 second TIK TOK Video of just the segment from this one of you looking DIRECTLY into the camera and saying “There is ONLY so much ‘Petting’ that is GOOD for Birds” and his “bite” and just have it repeat over and over and over…that would be awesome!

When kobe does the feathers thing that's a sign of content and his way of saying pet this.

He's just a mischief boy LOL

A big hello from uk 😃 i love your videos 🙏👌 i have a budgie which is very tame and talks a lot i,ve had him nearly 5 years but yesterday i tried to cut his nails and he was distressed but by last night he was back to his normal self but since then he not fly to my hand only to my head

i admit mine bit me bad a year ago, i haven't been able to handle him since. It was a really bad bite on palm of my hand took ages to heal. I was lucky not to lose a chunk. I was hand feeding him some treats in his cage & he didn't want the treats he wanted to come out, but i was going out so.. bloodbath.

thank you for sharing - i have a gray - he is a sweetheart however he has nipped here n there - Im told that even though he loves me nd I’m his person to expect bites.

My grey used to click for different reasons. Sometimes it was positive (as a greeting or just before a treat) and sometimes negative (if it was something he was scared off he's growl and click and the hackles would go up.) I'd have to read his body language to tell the difference between the two.

he still does that whole exorcist head twisting into the palm thing, I love it!!!

Do U have video outside to seethe attacks? That may help. Your great with these birds. I love it.

He looks very content!

Wow wow wow that back fluffing feathers makes Soo much sense now.. I get bit a lot when those back feathers fluff up .. mine also asked for head rubs and then bites really hard. When those back feathers fluff up... Thanks Sooo much ... I think he's in pain and his face hurts so maybe this is why he doesn't really want to "work or teach" today...

We all have off days or set backs. Maybe the speed of the new changes is getting to him & he needs a slower pace of change ( not that it's unrealistically fast just that he has a lot to take in that's new) . It took my rescue cat a year to be really fully relaxed .

African Greys love to beak, although not sure what it means. Mine beaks me all the time but has never bitten me and she is about 20 years old!

My grey clicks like that as well and for her it's a a curser for aggression if I try to pick her up. She's not often a biter but you know she's upset when that happens. Interesting that other greys do it too

Hes super cute. He can do no wrong.

Animals are good they do adapt

I have a parrot like that gorgeous

Poor Birdie is not well and not happy. Hope you have him checked.

The way he goes right back to asking for pets was kinda cute 😬

He's looking to pair❤️❤️❤️❤️

This was good to see. I have some of the same problems with my Senegal. The clicking, over petting requests, and an unexpected biting randomly... I learned some things that I wanna watch for with body language that I may not have seen before. Thank you for sharing!😊

I hit the wrong key ; he and I did everything how long should I wait to get another beautiful Quaker or even a African gray thx for giving us the opportunity to learn and love these beautiful babies.

Burung yang cantik.pervec❤️

do you have any cameras facing the aviary’s?

I watching his eyes when you when getting up close. His pupils were flashing between medium and large.

U have to show know matter what mood he is in..u are in control

Question.... Do birds stack emotions and triggers? I work with a lot of high drive dogs and we see this. It can be several small things the dog gets ramped up from or things that on their own are not a problem but together stack and are. You may get a redirection or hyped up behavior.

Three things...... 1) That wasn't a bite. It's what I call an "admonishment chomp". They're not given to injure but rather to express displeasure or in an attempt to establish a little better positioning in the "pecking order". 2) That looks like a small, not too deep, puncture.....so, just keep an eye out for infection or abscess formation. 3) Although the injury doesn't look too bad or deep, it is where the main muscle mass that moves the upper beak is situated so chewing and manipulation might be a bit sore going for ol' Bean. Consider making up a little special food that requires no chewing and can be fed in "beads" from a 10cc syringe. Hot, cooked oatmeal A jar of veggie or fruit baby food A dollop of smooth peanut butter Put all ingredients into a blender and puree adding hot water until it the consistency of Portland cement or brownie mix. This was a staple for my assorted birds as a wonderful source of extra calories and bonding, (I found I could even add baby food that had meat as well). Also......I'd do a careful inspection of that outdoor aviary looking for broken wires or exposed nails, screws and fasteners, since that does look like puncture injury. Now, I don't know what other birds were in that aviary, so, it is possible it was inflicted by another bird, (which might be the reason he was hanging from the roof throughout the night), but, you can better assess that.

Aggressive or defensive, only Bean can tell us in his ways x.

I'm only able to talk and give stritches to my boyfriends african grey. when giving him scritches he will "bite" like that too, I think it's his way of saying "hey I don't want that there" lol. I love african greys and budgies :)

I had a green cheek conure, I don't have him anymore that's why I love watching your videos, I am going to get another bird but not quite yet. I want to hatch my own baby. And this time I want a sun conure. My birds name was Crackers. I want that closeness you get from raising the baby myself, but I want to make sure I know what I am doing. 🐣

His eyes dilated also, don’t know if in the bird world if that means anything??? First video I am watching of yours. Going to check your playlist out 😊

Thats really hard to tell if he is aggressive I didnt see a difference just a little bit. Thanks for showing its my dream to have a grey african but I need to learn more about them before getting one

Considering the time of year it is, do you think he is hormonal? My male g2 has been a little wonky too.

There are cameras, like baby monitering cameras you could set up, so if anything weird happens you can go back and check footage.

I've had my Grey for 18 years now and he has spells of being needy and wants lots of head scratches which can end in a bite, I've put it down to him thinking he is the boss as its me indulging him and he also has bad moods for no apparent reason. I can loose his attention for a week or so he becomes distant but then he gets back to being himself I think its greys being greys.🙂

Do you have a camera you can move around depending on which bird needs to be watched more?

Very pretty congo grey

So, he is growing up? Putting his foot down (a lot) One of my greys (male) can sit for scritches for hours! (Unfortunately also does not bother to move aside for pooping during those sessions any more, so I have to time them ;) ) The other one (female) has a 2-minute maximum, but will come back for encores. But yes, they will use the head down, chin tucked in as a threat-display, NOT an invitation to cuddles. Usually they will have the head real high and tucked in, cuddles-position is more of a relaxed 'faceplant'. Easy to see the difference by looking at the eyes (looking, not staring, or you will get into trouble): they will stare at you/ your hand if they are not in the mood for any nonsense, If they want scritches the eyes 'lose focus': sort of bliss-out even before it happens. And of course the breathing is a dead-give-away, they do tense up.

I’ve been around many birds, you definitely could tell he was not in a good mood. 😢

Aww he is so sweet. MYbe something scared him and he try to attack whatever maybe a bat or animal. He will hopefully get back to being a good bird without the biting. Or aggressive behavior.

I could see what you were talking about. I could see his feathers raised as well. What could have hurt him?

I'm no expert, but his face may have an abscess, it looked a little swollen under the cut. It could be the camera angle too. You are so hyper aware of all your birds. Love this channel ❤

That's a BIG bean!

He was all comfy and when you shifted him up maybe it just startled him

He’s getting pissed, because he isn’t getting the cuddling he wants. “Cuddle me woman, or else I’ll bite ya!”.

for getting an af grey parrot. what is the best time to bring it home? 10 weeks ? or 16-17 weeks?

I wonder if putting security cameras up would save you a lot of questioning what’s happening. Amazon has pretty good night feed cameras and run on batteries too with cloud upload in wifi areas and card upload if not. Even opening an online feed so ppl can watch your birds whenever they’re having a hard day would be pretty cool and you can show training in real time so it’s not as much instruction from you but I think we could still learn a lot from that :-)

Here is my philosophy on birds - do they have beaks? Yes? Well then they will at some time bite you. Just like cats, do they had claws, then they will scratch you. They can't help it. But they both make up for it by being very loving, most of the time.