Cockatiels pick their owners. I just lost my cockatiel of 25 years. I went to my bird store years ago and I wasn’t planning buying any birds at that time. This little baby kept following me from inside his enclosure. Wherever I was in the store he kept staring at me and never took me out of his sight. I ended up buying him. He learned how to say my name, mommy and daddy. He was so cute and so little. I miss him so much.😢

I think it is good you had this experience with Clyde. I say that because so many people think parakeets and cockatiels are easy, beginner birds and get them on a whim thinking it’ll be easy. You showed how complex cockatiels are and they are not beginner birds. No parrot is. I have two cockatiels and I know from experience how much love and care and out of cage time they need. Maybe your experience, with all your training will discourage people from getting a cockatiel without learning about them first.

Jamieleigh please don't blame yourself, I suffer from depression and anxiety and my cockatiel Ozzy is my emotional support animal. It's so heartwarming to see just how happy Clyde is in his new home! You rescued him and tried to make his life better, but you were just the bridge to his happiness. Nobody should get angry etc with you.

Clyde looks SO HAPPY!! The shower picture melted my heart. Everything happened like it was meant to. You did great Jamie Leigh!

Clyde singing to the roll of toilet paper is so ... cockatiel. Mine totally sings to rolls of paper towels and it's pretty funny how we can put his head in the tube and he'll be mega happy about it. Good for Clyde! I think tiels are just so sensitive. They love being told they're pretty/handsome. They love the 'love' and praise more than training for the sake of training. So really this is a way better home for him.

This is a perfect example of the saying "Birds choose their owners". You don't see it very often but it does indeed happen. 😁

Nice story for Clyde! He was meant to be as his name fit in with the name theme, Steve, Larry and Clyde, all people names, lol. Clyde picked a good home.

I have had small parrots all my life (I am 62). Last year I developed bird fancier’s lung and had to go to the hospital. The doctors told me I had to rehome all my birds (2 budgies and 2 lovebirds). This was very difficult for me to do and I miss my birds every day. Watching your videos helps me still feel connected to my flock. I have had three cocktails in the past and like all my parrots some seem to pick me right away while the others take longer. The ones that choose me right away seem to develop the strongest bonds. That bond seems to not break even when I get them a bird mate. I use to think maybe they think of me as their mate, but found in the case of my male lovebird, who has a mate, he still was strongly bonded with me and had got his mate to be with me more (she has no choice because he can be very clingy with me). Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing your birds with me.

He ended up so happy, you cant help but be happy for him. His singing and need for physical affection is so different from what we thought hed be like. But i guess all it took was the right person.

I can’t believe how bonded Clyde is already to his new person. It was meant to be, all of it.

How exciting for Clyde. It was meant to be. Thankful he found his forever person. That is why you had him.

As long as Clyde is doing good, then that is what matters.

I think you hit the nail on the head when you said it was meant to be! What we often perceive as mistakes are really just opportunities to learn some pretty darn important life lessons. And we all have them because that is what being human is all about. I am so happy to see Clyde and his new family so happy! When you stop and think about it, it was really a win/win: you learned something that will help you in your path towards helping birds, their humans and your life balance with work and family. And Clyde gained his happy forever home! That sounds pretty perfect to me!

I feel like this was meant to be! If you hadn't taken him on as a project bird he maybe wouldn't have found this wonderful life! And you are absolutely right, this is real life. I totally appreciate you being real with us and it's not only ok it's very refreshing and identifiable in our online world. Thank you! ❤ 🙂

LOL Larry was like "MOOOM, THIS BIG GUY IS ON MY SIDE OF THE PERCH LOOMING OVER ME!!!"

birds like clyde need advocates, even if they're not perfect. They are in short supply. I don't feel like you should feel down because you weren't the ideal helper for him, you were there- and now he's better for it- and that is more than enough!! If we only made 'perfect' decisions we'd never decide anything, but now the world is better- especially for clyde, because you intervened for him.

😊 Yay! I’m so glad Clyde found his forever home, he’s such a cute little Cockatiel.

We all love and support you Jamie Leigh!!! We are certain you did the best for Clyde!!! Thank you for being so transparent, true to life, and honest!!!

Nothing but total respect for you as a trainer for being 100% transparent, open, and willing to be vulnerable with the learning that you share. It is INVALUABLE to see and here about other people's journeys with every bird. We always deeply appreciate every video that you post!

Cockatiels are the best.

So happy for Clyde that he found his forever loving home! 💛 He does look happy and relaxed with is new flock. What an exciting journey for everyone involved. I feel like Clyde came into your life, Jamie, to help you through a difficult time, he was a mirror for you in a way. And now he has moved to his new home where he can now live his best life with his new family. 💫🦜 I enjoyed the Clyde series, he taught everyone so much in a relatively short amount of time. ✨

She looks like a great owner. You have good friends you trust. Everything worked out great. Awesome job.

I’m so happy for Clyde. So nice that he is a part of a loving owner and flock. All is well that ends well! 👍👍

You just KNOW that Clyde would fit into a flock with a Larry and a Steve! It's fate.

This series has been especially beneficial to me as there were some struggles you had with Clyde that I was having with my budgie. Not anything nearly as major but enough that I saw similarities. It really helped give me confidence seeing some of the trouble shooting you had and made me reflect on how much residual stress might linger with me from work when the day was out and be more mindful of my head space. Even if I thought I was okay and had put the day behind me before working with my bird. I am happy to say my little guy has been so much more relaxed and eager to see me when I get home from work now! I'm really happy to hear Clyde found his forever home and hope things keep getting better and better for him. Thank you again for sharing your struggles and doing what you do.

Cockatiels can be so fussy and from my experience are very, very sensitive to emotions. He probably did sense your frustration and stress, unfortunately. But you did your best and opened a door for him to find a loving home. I'd call this an overall win 😁

If you didn't take Clyde as your project bird, he probably wouldn't have his forever home now. And that sweet young lady as his mom. So everything worked out for the best. I like your honesty Jamie. That's very important.

I love this story ending with Clyde!!❤

I'm so happy he found a good home and person.

Everything happens for a reason!! I have learned so much from watching you and Clyde!! Every bird in every case is so different. I love this story so much! I see so much good you did for him ..❤❤

i have enjoyed the clyde series and resonated with all the frustrations. male 'tiels are a piece of work! no matter how small they are they know how to push all your buttons - deep buttons, make-you-feel-crazy buttons. you made him a better bird despite it all. much love to you.

Okay, Clyde, Steve & Larry? Totally meant to be!!!!❤❤❤

One of your best stories..Thank you for sharing with us...I will be smiling every time I think of Clyde. You are amazing & you have blessed my flock of 5 & myself..I will be forever grateful for your channel & journey through the parrot world & their people.

Beautiful Story!!! I was told many years ago that when buying a bird you should let the bird choose YOU.....I believe this is true... So glad Clyde did just that..

I was sad when i read the title to this video, but so glad i stuck around to hear the story. Its easy to forget that they should have as much say in who they choose so happy clyde is doing great and found his flock it really warmed my heart.

I believe you were a cog in Clyde's journey to his forever home. Rejoice that Clyde found safe passage to his final perch. Bird people tend to be filled with love for our little mini dinosaurs 🦖.

I am so glad I watched this. I have always clicked with my birds and I am not feeling bonded with my new one of 2 months. He is perfect and so sweet so I couldn't understand. Now, I think like you I wasn't in the right emotional space. I got him because my female passed and her bud was sad. Probably subconsciously a little overwhelmed. Thank you for sharing!

For me, the whole point of projecting and fostering is to help the bird become adoptable and get adopted. This one just took a little shortcut. Normally, I’d be uncomfortable if someone else chose outcome for me, but Patty is totally trustworthy to make the best choice, both for this bird and for her good friend. Hugs, JL, deep breath, and new day. ❤

Oh that’s so sweet. Clyde is so happy. It was in the pan of God for her to visit and both of them fell in love. So adorable!!❤

My very first bird was The Problem Bird at our local small pet store. He bit EVERYone- staff, clients, other birds. He was adopted once, and returned. They had to put him in his own cage. Until me. He jump/scrambled/half flew to the top of my head and refused to get down. Went to bite anyone who tried. . .but me. And that's the story of Pascal, my pineapple conure.

I went through the exact thing I went through with Jackie's former Rescue. I had a lot of love, time, patience, and a MasterClass waiting. Rescues get so hung up on that. If I didn't fight for her she may still be there in her little cage due to space there. Clyde looks very happy and she looks like a great fit for him.

I'd say the angels lined this up, a beautiful dark haired lady walks into the room and it's love at first sight. Love these kinds of stories. Jamie, you shouldn't be hard on yourself at all, if it wasn't for you taking Clyde in as a foster, he would have never found his perfect human. I'm so happy for everyone!

Friends and family tell me I’m obsessed with my birds (2 budgies, 3 Diamond doves, 2 zebra finches, 6 society finches, and 9 Lady Gouldian finches), and I dubbed myself “a crazy bird lady”, too!!!😅😊❤

My flock is two female tiels.. one female parolett and a male budgie and they all get along just great.. tiels are completely thier own little people... but so so sweet..i do think from my experience it's best to bond with them first and then train.. so happy for Clyde! He's such a cutie patootie! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I’m so happy for Clyde!!! You can truly see he loves his new Mom and is so happy!🥰❤️💗❤️

That’s awesome. I love Clyde.

Oh no!!! I miss Clyde!!! Oh well as long as Clyde is happy!!! God Bless and Love You All ❤❤❤!!!

I’m so happy for Clyde! I will definitely miss this series as it was my favorite ever!

I’m very happy with this outcome! He really did choose her and now he has and is part of a whole family. Love you lil Clyde! ❤

Wow what an awesome ending!! 🥹 ❤

Such a happy ending! ❤

Jamie, You did awesome with Clyde!! You did plenty for him. He was there for you, and you were there for him at the right time! Nobody should not have A SINGLE negative comment directed towards you. Thanks for ALL YOU DO.

It's nice that Clyde has found a Forever Home however, you had passed the caregiving over to Patty while you were away, not the ownership. She should have waited until you got back or talked to you about the fortuitous bonding. JMHO.

Clyde is looking at that budgie like, "Just remember, I'm bigger than you."

Sorry to hear about your problem!! Hope you guys grow stronger from it!! You guys truly are awesome!! Have a nice day!!❤

Great ending for Clyde!

Things happen for a reason. Don’t be hard on yourself! He picked his human! I saw my bird at a rescue and walked away looking at another bird! She was VERY persistent at getting my attention! A year later, she is the best part of my world! Clyde chose his human and is loved!

I will never not appreciate your honesty, Jamie Leigh!! We all have to accept that we can't always, for whatever reason, help every single animal that comes our way; the main thing is to find the person who can, and you and Patty did that for Clyde, there's no blame to be laid on any of you, and I for one could never be angry with someone like you who always does their best for all the birds! Love & snuggles from me and my quaker, Pippin ♥

I have to say that it came across in your interaction with clyde I can identify. It happened to me and my still untamed budgie. It was real and I love reality. So I appreciate your honesty. Glad it found a lovely home.

I love this story. Turned out awesome for everyone. Especially Clyde.

I know this was months ago , I really wished I saw more of you with Clyde ;( I have my tiel which I love so much. It was so helpful seeing how you tried training and diet converting and how frustrating it can be . I tried 2 yrs diet converting him to a healthier diet and have failed ;( . I was excited see you work with a tiel and learning! I feel most videos out there focus on bigger birds rather than smaller birds. Hopefully you can work with a tiel again ❤

This video is literally the most beautiful thing I have seen in a long time. Clyde looks sooo cute with his new budgie friends, what a wonderful story. Maybe Clyde just prefers brunettes over blondes!! Really enjoyed watching this series on youtube.

Clyde looks SO HAPPY in his new home. It's really nice to see and feels like the best ending for him. ❤❤

I'm so glad Clyde got a happy ending. I know the work you did with him set him up for his new home.

adrien is sooo lovely omg

Yay seattle!! I get to go there sometimes and I'm that crazy bird lady too so it would be lovely to connect.

Clyde’s new mom is a beautiful soul

I cannot believe anyone who knows anything about birds would fault you. You did an amazing job providing Clyde a home and starting him on his journey to finding his person. When given the opportunity, I believe parrots will pick their person as Clyde did here. Please do not berate yourself. You undoubtedly gave Clyde as much as you could at the time, and as you said, it turned out so well for him and his new mom. It is funny how we can look back on a series of events and see that in the end things worked out as they were meant to. Bless you and Dave for what you do.

Honestly it sounds like Clyde found his perfect person! You tried really hard but what he needed was his person. That's ok! Good even!

I've followed your clyde journey, and I'm super excited that he found his human! It's great seeing him so happy and living his best life! ❤

As a teacher, one learns to not be all knowing . I notice a while back, you were harsh with others when they offered help. You have great technical knowledge. We connect on a totally different level. I'm happy bird found the person they love.

Stop it! Even his name fits in with his new family! 🤣

INCREDIBLE

I know you didn't plan it, but the story has a sweet ending. Clyde has a new mom and brothers and seems to be blossoming in his new home. I've often thought that I plan on giving my grey a forever home, but if we ever met someone who had that instant connection with Tucker, I would consider letting someone adopt him. I love him to pieces, but I don't think I'm his person. And I never saw myself as a bird person, but now I do!

No wonder he picked her! She’s amazing! 🥰

He looks so good with his new mom and flock mates!

It's interesting to read the comments and see the two camps they fell into. To those who argue that Clyde wasn't Patty's to give, I agree, but he wasn't Jamie's either. Clyde is a living breathing creature with a mind of his own who had already been through trauma, and I'm so glad Patty chose not to compound that by forcing a separation when he so clearly made his wishes known. Birds are not possessions, or things that can be owned, no matter what the law currently says. The fact that Patty prioritised Clyde's welfare even over her friendship with Jamie tells me she is absolutely the best person to look after a bird, and just proved it.

Yay Clyde!!! I’m so happy for him! Yes she seems like a cockatiel lady, kinda sing-songy in nature. Perfect!!

Who would ever judge you for the honesty of it all. You are the best! You ultimately found the forever person for Clyde. Would not have happened if not for you.

A love story. Such a happy ending. Things happen for a reason. You did amazing with the time you spent with Clyde and learnt so much from him in return. I am glad he has found someone he loves.

The sweetest story! ❤ It’s wonderful how everything worked out . Im so happy for everyone .

Seeing your vids about Clyde and how he now is so in love with Patty's daughter is so much like my current situation. I got my cockatiels "Flynnie and Shaw" over 4 years ago during an emergency. So I took them during the pandemic. Flynnie loved me she was like a dog, she ran after me, she sat on me but "Shaw" hated me from the start. And I took them in... tried training with them. But when I moved both of them were so unhappy and even though I warned my new landlords that they can be loud. No one listened! 8 months later I got complaints. "Your cockatiels are too loud" So with a heavy heart I put them up for adoption with a huge fee... I didn't want them separated and wanted them to stay together. The hatemail I got because of the price is ridiculous. In the end I found a forever home where they have as much space to fly if I cut my flat in half. And low and behold... there was also a fresh new pair of cockatiels and they are so happy. I still have my two budgies but one of them loves my cockatiel hen, sooo... after 14 days of him crying for her... they will too go to this nice holder. And he said he would always pick me up (lives outside the city) for me to be able to visit my former birbs.

I appreciate you and your family so much! Everything you have thought me. Thank you ❤ . We recently got Canary Winged Parakeet also known as a White Winged Canary, I can not find very much info. Could you help?

Omg what a great home Clyde went to! Just love a happy ending 🥰 Jamie you did an amazing job with him and are the reason why he’s able to be hand friendly!

Awww Jamie!! please no regrets ok!! Clyde is where he needs to be!! just look how well he is doing and it is because you took a chance on him!!! HUGS to you!!! and may Clyde and his new friends live happily ever after!!

A liveaboard? Were you diving? :) Also, so glad that Clyde looks so content. Happy ending!

What a great outcome for everyone! As the person who was 'in the middle' you did the job meant for you to do until the person that Clyde wanted to choose came along. Beautiful little tweetheart.

Hi Jamie, it worked out so well, never ever feel bad, you played such an important role for Clyde, call it fate, or luck, anything, this outcome brings me to tears(happy tears) Jamie it's so wonderful that this happened, know this Jamie your intentions are always what matters towards parrot, humans, you are the best, I love when you take on project birds, and be well as I know you will, love you Jamie, btw, it's ok, we all get busy with our lives, all your videos helped me be a better companion to my bird Jake, I train him just like you do with all your birds and he is a very happy, crazy conure, because i have followed ever lesson you give, I cannot thank you enough, Jake will be 5 years old this September and over these years of listening and watching you, I have a well trained very happy companion, sincerely Carol J.❤❤❤❤

Look forward to a cockatiel series. My cockatiel pikatu is a love bomb. Wants to sit on me all day and want scratches all day but has gotten very difficult to train. I would love to train him properly!

Awwwwwww Clyde looks sooooooooooo happy and he’s eating chop!!! I love this outcome for him!!! ❤

This is a very valuable video right here. This shows ALL angles of training birds, or any animal really. With all the polished and showy videos out there it doesn’t portray reality. Training birds can be a real shitshow. My most popular video last year was the compilation of my new Saker Falcon’s worst moments of her first week. I compiled her best as well; it wasn’t as popular so take away what you want from that. Also explaining that trainers don’t always vibe with every single bird/species is an important point. People may have the misconception that if you’re a trainer that you should/would do well with any and all birds as well as believe training one bird is the same as the other; that is simply not the case. Birds are individuals, even within the same species and cannot and should not be considered as the same. I have species of raptors that I have zero interest in flying because it’s not my vibe. And there are some that I do better with than others just because they are easier to read. They are all different and should be seen as individuals; and should be trained as such. And absolutely birds pick their humans; my B&G Macaw picked me even though originally I had chosen his sister, but he wouldn’t leave me alone so here we are 22 years later. Trainers/falconers that put out only exciting, polished, successful videos of their birds doing whatever is doing a real disservice to all birds and potential, new trainers/falconers because it is equivalent to an airbrushed model; …it’s not real life and it adds too much pressure to those trying to reach a fake ideal. If anyone comes after you for this video then they have never trained a bird or are just being nasty and judgmental for the sake of their ego. I say, Well done! 🫶🏻

Clyde, Larry and Steve those names are just meant to be together! What a great story with all its ups, downs and perfect ending

It must have been shocking to come home to no Clyde! But it really looks like he’s found a super loving home 🥰

Sad the series is over but very happy for Clyde to have found someone he bonds with. Reminds me of my cockatiel, we instantly bonded in the same way!

Glad that Clyde's story had such a happy outcome.

Yay Clyde came to my hometown :) Good work Jamie, and what a happy ending for Clyde!

So happy for Clyde & the interesting series with Clyde.

Love this!!

Yay Clyde found a forever home.

That's awesome 😎🎉❤!