Wild Budgerigars

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  • Опубліковано 27 січ 2012
  • Courtesy of Rob Wood - driller on Woodline gold exploration Project:
    Wild budgerigars behaving in the most extraordinary way !!
    2017 and Time For Some Further Explanation.
    I don't check this video often and am amazed to see how many people have seen it. Thanks for all the nice feedback. Scrolling through the comments, there are some recurring questions and statements.
    1. Yes the birds are wild. Check the other two videos on this channel if you have any doubt. It is nearly 100 km to the nearest town and 50 km to the nearest house. It is extensive bushland.
    2. They are not thirsty. They were not interested in any food or water around our camp.
    3. There is absolutely no way any of us would have taken one of these birds. They probably would have died if we did something so stupid.
    4. The especially tame birds (most did not get close enough to handle) were not sick.
    5. I have only seen budgies behave anything like this once. However, flies are like this every day in the bush. You get used to it very quickly.
    Now for some more context for those of you who are interested. The man who shot the video, Rob Wood, is not me. We were working together exploring for gold southeast of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. The day before hundreds of budgies descended on the camp, six of them visited me and my field assistant while we were out working. Over the space of an hour or two they got closer and closer to our vehicle, like they were checking us out until one went INSIDE THE CAB. It wasn't scared when we very carefully went in and from there at least two or three of those six budgies landed on us and "played" with us. The cricket was on the radio. Maybe that had something to do with it.
    The next day, OMG, there were hundreds of budgies at the drillers camp. We all got to see them and interact with them. You see some of this in the video footage. Unfortunately (for me), I was not there when Rob shot the most amazing footage of the budgies on the windscreen. I had gone in to town to refill the water trailer.
    The budgies went out with the drillers to the drill rig. I am told that they were not the slightest bit put off by the deafening roar of the drill rig. They spent an hour or two swarming all over the mast, in and out of the cab of the truck and perched on the driller's helmets. Then they flew off and we never saw them again.
    Carl Brauhart
    Geologist
    Perth WA

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  • @ericke9611
    @ericke9611 3 роки тому +7491

    Budgies in the wild: *tame*
    My pet Budgies: You dare enter my cage prepare to loose a finger or a hand

  • @-redacted-
    @-redacted- 3 роки тому +4841

    *Wild budgie when a hand approaches* :
    hi how are ya :>
    *Tame pet budgie when a hand approaches* :
    so you've chosen _death_

    • @dancearoundtheworld5360
      @dancearoundtheworld5360 3 роки тому +76

      I had this happen but realized get them out the damn cage, they didnt have water and had them forced to eat only seeds.. now cage is open got them to eat lettuce,brocoli sorta make them throw it up, pool of water so one day theyll clean themselves

    • @svetoslav166
      @svetoslav166 3 роки тому +4

      3 out of 1 is tame

    • @stitchuwu1998
      @stitchuwu1998 3 роки тому +40

      I was literally running away from my budgie cuz he was flying and chasing me 😟🖐

    • @aryastark3148
      @aryastark3148 3 роки тому +18

      @@stitchuwu1998 I wish for the sake of the birds that people like you wouldn't have them.

    • @stitchuwu1998
      @stitchuwu1998 3 роки тому +34

      @@aryastark3148 wym?? that has happned to me when I started. I started doing research after that and eventually learned my mistakes. they are very healthy now and happy 😃☝️

  • @aimerhalalboy88
    @aimerhalalboy88 3 роки тому +1042

    the people at the pet store: "they're calm and tame"
    me: *Those bastards lied to me*

    • @LeviAckerman57551
      @LeviAckerman57551 2 роки тому +8

      Lmfao

    • @eissaalzaabi6587
      @eissaalzaabi6587 2 роки тому +8

      Those pet store workers lied at me 😤 I bought 2 lovebirds and they said it’s tamed, when I came home the 2 lovebirds were scared and couldn’t get at my hand

    • @qwantaa
      @qwantaa 2 роки тому +24

      @@eissaalzaabi6587 the fuck ru saying dude u need to have patience

    • @robertajones961
      @robertajones961 2 роки тому

      Blue sear boy. Yellow or pale pink girl. Very cute

    • @eissaalzaabi6587
      @eissaalzaabi6587 2 роки тому +1

      @@qwantaa SHUT UP, maybe your that worker that lied at me
      (But I still love and care about my birds)

  • @blackcitroenlove
    @blackcitroenlove Рік тому +546

    So kind to the birbs. That's the sign of a good man, how he treats animals. You can clearly see he'd never harm a single feather on those birds, ever.

    • @HullzOSRS
      @HullzOSRS Рік тому +4

      Nobody asked.

    • @chipreal
      @chipreal Рік тому +32

      @@HullzOSRSI asked

    • @boiled_egg_
      @boiled_egg_ Рік тому +34

      @@HullzOSRS Good job they don't need permission to write a comment then

    • @blackcitroenlove
      @blackcitroenlove Рік тому

      @@HullzOSRS how about you fuck off? I like how kind he is to these sweet birds. Get a goddamned life.

    • @abrahamsamuel2952
      @abrahamsamuel2952 Рік тому +26

      @@HullzOSRS no one asked you to comment

  • @tronixfix
    @tronixfix 5 років тому +3327

    While you are petting the budgies there was a fly on your hand petting YOU!

    • @shizukagozen777
      @shizukagozen777 5 років тому +13

      😂😂😂😂

    • @shizukagozen777
      @shizukagozen777 5 років тому +14

      @IwishIneverExisted d
      There are flies everywhere so...

    • @louiereyhan7089
      @louiereyhan7089 5 років тому +22

      IwishIneverExisted d yea in Australia theres so many flies :( especially since he is in the dessert there’s many other flying bugs

    • @ChaosBW
      @ChaosBW 5 років тому +42

      So rare to find a tame human that doesn't violently kill everything
      The fly had to pet it

    • @guidedmeditation2396
      @guidedmeditation2396 5 років тому +8

      This video has some of the greatest comments. I dunnowhy. LOL.

  • @RayRayViolet25
    @RayRayViolet25 4 роки тому +5426

    Wild budgie: *lets random human pet it's back*
    My budgie: *screams and bites whenever I try to pet his back*

    • @davidmdyer838
      @davidmdyer838 4 роки тому +116

      Not if you spend time with it, especially when it was a baby like these guys.

    • @donnadavidson4234
      @donnadavidson4234 4 роки тому +37

      RayRayViolet because they weren’t meant to be pets!

    • @IHateYoutubeHandles615
      @IHateYoutubeHandles615 4 роки тому +240

      That's ok, you shouldn't pet birds on their backs. That's mating behavior, and in captivity can lead to various self destructive problems like self harm and plucking. Pet them on the heads only. Not on their belly, not under their wings.

    • @lucarin8191
      @lucarin8191 4 роки тому +89

      I have finches and they're the same. One came from an abusive breeder and another came from a pet store. They dont like being touched and that's okay, they sometimes will land on us or next to us to see what we're doing. That's all I need ♡

    • @fastertrackchannel2345
      @fastertrackchannel2345 4 роки тому +6

      Sounds like mine

  • @nadie1868
    @nadie1868 3 роки тому +273

    I love how those "Wild" birds are like super chill, while my pet one used her little sharp beak to painfully pierce my skin while I was feeding her.

    • @musteycraft9854
      @musteycraft9854 2 роки тому +4

      My budgie will only hurt me if it's playing or I swing my finger to fast

    • @parakeetbudgie
      @parakeetbudgie 2 роки тому +14

      becaue these budgie are young and they don't tink human are dangerous. when they adults they more cautious and you can tell they are baby because they have stripe all around their head and they have beak with darker color

  • @greathornedowl1783
    @greathornedowl1783 11 місяців тому +76

    For anyone wondering why they are sitting on the window wiper. I think they are mistaking the windscreen for water, you can see them try to drink it. These desert birds are constantly on the lookup for it

    • @travelphotos7662
      @travelphotos7662 2 місяці тому +5

      Or they are attracted to the reflection. While wild, they still show characteristics of domestic budgies. Domestic budgies go "mad" chatting into the mirror.. Other birds (e.g. magpie-lark) can often be seen jumping all over a car and harassing the mirror and windows. The video caption says they weren't interested in the food or water on offer in the camp.

  • @slidetek
    @slidetek 5 років тому +8240

    Everybody seems to be really surprised at how passive the wild budgies are. _This is deceptive._ While these little buggers were distracting the driver of the lori with their "cute budgie" act, their mates were going through the cab and relieved the driver of all his cash, his GPS, his cell phone, his bagged lunch and a sixer of Fosters. Two others siphoned off all of his petrol. To add insult to injury, after he was forced to abandon his lori on the side of the road and walk 11 km home, they called him at his flat that evening on his _own cell phone, drunk on his beer._ *Don't trust budgies in the outback.* Little wankers.

  • @mayankbhagat6864
    @mayankbhagat6864 3 роки тому +3442

    This guy afterwards: "you know, I'm something of a Disney princess myself"

    • @xxcreamythefoxx7086
      @xxcreamythefoxx7086 3 роки тому +30

      Underrated

    • @bee5607
      @bee5607 3 роки тому +9

      MIRIO HELLO

    • @bigcrab2794
      @bigcrab2794 3 роки тому +23

      Damn good one too he didn’t even have to sing

    • @guidedmeditation2396
      @guidedmeditation2396 3 роки тому +2

      Always carry a ziplock of parakeet treats with you when you go driving down that road. I have learned to carry a small amount of cat treats with me when I hike or go through ruins to feed the temple cats. There are always some there and they seem to know who the cat people are.

    • @monqueen8398
      @monqueen8398 3 роки тому +2

      C est où sa trop mignon

  • @AllThisPainButStillNoSharingan
    @AllThisPainButStillNoSharingan 3 роки тому +81

    Wild budgie: *Kalm*
    My budgie: *RUN!! HE IS GONNA DEVOUR US!!!*

    • @musteycraft9854
      @musteycraft9854 2 роки тому +1

      Only if he's in his cage or the room its in
      Go take ur budgie to your room and then they will stay calm

    • @Katiee0592
      @Katiee0592 2 роки тому

      😂😂😂

  • @fukuoka-musician
    @fukuoka-musician 2 роки тому +23

    Man, those are some tame flies.
    Oh, the budgies too.

  • @eliseheartless4636
    @eliseheartless4636 4 роки тому +3647

    If a birb gets on your hand:
    *"I am the chosen one"*

    • @saadsajidul9001
      @saadsajidul9001 4 роки тому +48

      Yes birb not bird

    • @nas6246
      @nas6246 4 роки тому +26

      @@saadsajidul9001 of course!

    • @Suge67
      @Suge67 4 роки тому +6

      *Bird

    • @nas6246
      @nas6246 4 роки тому +28

      @@Suge67 _it's intentional my guy_

    • @FiqahMyh
      @FiqahMyh 4 роки тому +14

      Such an adorable birb😂

  • @soybean1610
    @soybean1610 4 роки тому +1866

    Me: *Shows this to my pet birds.*
    See? THIS is how you should act.
    Birds: -v-

    • @ilovebirds8663
      @ilovebirds8663 4 роки тому +6

      Grace The True Tortured Soul hHA 😂🤣

    • @milliewayz3327
      @milliewayz3327 4 роки тому +4

      XD

    • @Pepnmayo
      @Pepnmayo 4 роки тому +16

      Birbs:Well that's a piece of shi- ÒvÓ

    • @moonlightmagic8703
      @moonlightmagic8703 4 роки тому +34

      These birb: Wow Hooman cool
      My birds: ATTACK THIS UNHOLY BEING DONT LET IT TOUCH US

    • @tuolivviahehe
      @tuolivviahehe 4 роки тому +4

      Lol i do this too

  • @vanissaberg5824
    @vanissaberg5824 2 роки тому +35

    I can see why they became so popular as pets when they're so curious as babies like this.

  • @walllyisbestbird5227
    @walllyisbestbird5227 3 роки тому +27

    wild budgies: tame af
    my budgie: YOU WILL NOT PET ME. NOW GO GET ME MILLET

    • @syedamirhussain120
      @syedamirhussain120 3 роки тому

      no ima drop it in they’re poop 💩

    • @musteycraft9854
      @musteycraft9854 2 роки тому

      My budgie screams when I touch his back when he's In his cage
      In my room he's like these in the video

  • @yuviaromero9763
    @yuviaromero9763 8 років тому +4483

    These budgies are more tamed than mine

    • @karenreyes8318
      @karenreyes8318 8 років тому +36

      same

    • @ashcampbell4395
      @ashcampbell4395 8 років тому +19

      Same omg

    • @PeculiarLancer
      @PeculiarLancer 8 років тому +12

      True hhh

    • @solixoaj143
      @solixoaj143 8 років тому +57

      How is it true I don't get it mine just rage at me

    • @skyblue4230
      @skyblue4230 8 років тому +81

      +AshTheGreat Aj I give my bird my finger and it just stares at me like "what du u want me to do".

  • @denisify5425
    @denisify5425 4 роки тому +3198

    The whole comment section is basically people saying that these birbs are more tamed than theirs

  • @SpookyDookySr
    @SpookyDookySr 2 місяці тому +10

    Touching a birds back like that is a mating thing. You just gave all those birds a wild lap dance. 😂

  • @wYatt121509
    @wYatt121509 Рік тому +3

    I know that I am a SHIT TON of years late but I like this. An American says, 'Thanks mate!' God bless brother!

  • @NuYoukai
    @NuYoukai 5 років тому +12125

    He's secretly a Disney princess

  • @gummy_soundboard
    @gummy_soundboard 4 роки тому +3655

    Budgerigars: hmm... yes, the window is made of window

    • @Pepnmayo
      @Pepnmayo 4 роки тому +54

      Other birbs:THEY KNOW THEIR SECRET

    • @youv27
      @youv27 4 роки тому +18

      That one bird: *Yes*

    • @KKwinsi
      @KKwinsi 4 роки тому +14

      This actually funny

    • @enmused
      @enmused 4 роки тому +15

      I'm surprised they're not slamming into it 😂

    • @pericakuvar2929
      @pericakuvar2929 4 роки тому +4

      Logic!

  • @JohnMichaelson
    @JohnMichaelson Рік тому +3

    It may be their only up close interactions with humans in their lives. Thank you for making it a gentle, loving one!

  • @kingcrimson234
    @kingcrimson234 7 років тому +34296

    How the hell are these wild budgies more tame than my pet budgie???

    • @hetmulskeclosed621
      @hetmulskeclosed621 7 років тому +743

      kingcrimson234 hahahaha

    • @robclippo1161
      @robclippo1161 7 років тому +3231

      kingcrimson234, because they don't get grabbed at like pet ones

    • @kitnelson1357
      @kitnelson1357 7 років тому +413

      kingcrimson234 sad

    • @babysquirrel2124
      @babysquirrel2124 7 років тому +2470

      Because they are babies, and babies are more curious than their adults, since the adults will be cautious around things they haven't seen before. That's why it's recommended to get budgie's when they are babies so they can get used to human contact

    • @unorthodoxmolossers4860
      @unorthodoxmolossers4860 7 років тому +692

      Teddy Barnaclezz all of them were adults. you can tell by the color above their beaks.

  • @13lade23
    @13lade23 5 років тому +3908

    I read the title as "wild bulgarians"
    Disappointed once again

    • @uabir8338
      @uabir8338 5 років тому +110

      Aren't them the same?

    • @danie336
      @danie336 5 років тому +27

      I get cause they seemed to be like tamed even tho they're wild

    • @nuschger2
      @nuschger2 5 років тому +32

      "wild Bulgarians"
      Just search for: Bulgarian dog spinning

    • @belo8763
      @belo8763 4 роки тому +4

      lmao

    • @shizukagozen777
      @shizukagozen777 4 роки тому

      HAHA 😂😂😂

  • @affordabledesertliving3487
    @affordabledesertliving3487 Рік тому +9

    Great to see young budgies only days out of the nest. These are only about 5 weeks old. I bred 100s of them in captivity years ago. I have also seen and filmed them in the wild in OZ but the ones I filmed were all adults and very wary.

  • @Daaaredevild
    @Daaaredevild Рік тому +5

    It’s crazy how tiny they are compared to domesticated budgies, and so cute how they’re all so interested in the glass!

    • @ThreeSalamandersInATrenchCoat
      @ThreeSalamandersInATrenchCoat Рік тому +1

      These ones have stripes all the way down to their noses, I don't think all wild ones are smaller, these ones just aren't fully grown

    • @jess.azuria
      @jess.azuria Місяць тому

      i own a budgie amd shes only about that big too, ive had her for almost a year now :)

  • @thomasscott6252
    @thomasscott6252 3 роки тому +3211

    Wild Budgie: :>
    My Budgie: *Biting and screeching his defiance as I save him from a pot of soup he dove into*

    • @Konozure
      @Konozure 3 роки тому +66

      Honestly 😂

    • @brenn7754
      @brenn7754 3 роки тому +30

      Your comment made me laugh and get out of bed this morning, thanks :)

    • @Zack_Zander
      @Zack_Zander 3 роки тому +99

      Wild Budgie: Chilled and happy birb...
      Pet Budgie: FURIOUS BEAST WITH A SOUL OF A CAT

    • @ndrej0
      @ndrej0 3 роки тому +3

      Exactly

    • @marceloho1984
      @marceloho1984 3 роки тому +3

      Lol

  • @samimertoglu8783
    @samimertoglu8783 5 років тому +2796

    Unfortunately these little fellas are paid actors

  • @peanutoreo8052
    @peanutoreo8052 3 роки тому +32

    God is truly an artist. Those birds are beautiful.

  • @xenonproductions1990
    @xenonproductions1990 2 роки тому +5

    thank you for sharing this, its so nice to see cute birds getting the attention they deserve

  • @phoeberia2734
    @phoeberia2734 4 роки тому +3873

    Difference between wild and store bought budgies.
    One hasn't really seen people the other is traumatized by them

    • @captainruthless
      @captainruthless 4 роки тому +75

      Phoeberia 100% true

    • @captainruthless
      @captainruthless 4 роки тому +71

      These budgies are way to calm

    • @phoeberia2734
      @phoeberia2734 4 роки тому +112

      @@captainruthless likely young to just they've been fed and interacted with before

    • @Rideca74
      @Rideca74 4 роки тому +7

      Truth.

    • @galactic-hamster7043
      @galactic-hamster7043 4 роки тому +8

      That explains a lot of the comment section i guess.

  • @Mobin92
    @Mobin92 6 років тому +1111

    1:00 "Sir? Me too pls."

    • @annelise6236
      @annelise6236 6 років тому +33

      Mobin92 ik he was watching the other one being stroked and then he came over and looked down 😂

    • @Vaikida
      @Vaikida 5 років тому +15

      Ikr ! They're so smart !!😍

    • @jjjjjj9157
      @jjjjjj9157 5 років тому

      Los xD

    • @dragonslayer9547
      @dragonslayer9547 5 років тому

      2:40

  • @carolkemp5935
    @carolkemp5935 Рік тому +5

    I've driven through the outback in Western Australia, and walked it, never seen such tame budgies. Your video is a treat, watching all those little birds behaving so tame. I can't wait to get back out there and see for myself. Most of my family live in the area, my son-in-law works for Harmony. When I visited Harmony mine, near Leonora, I was surprised how tame the animals were. Perhaps you were drilling not far - as a budgie flies, from a mine where budgies went for a fuss and a feed. Please keep the videos coming. Thank you.

  • @Lucikalinari
    @Lucikalinari Рік тому +1

    I came, I awed and loved. Well Played Rob.

  • @wep244
    @wep244 3 роки тому +4180

    To people comparing these to their pet budgies.
    Budgies are very social and research suggests that they even name each other, but they're also very trusting by nature. The trusting behavior benefits them as large mammals like cows are safe while providing protection, but when you get a young budgie it has very likely seen the hand invade their cage and grab one of their siblings, whom they never see again. So at a very early age they come to view the hand as a predator.
    A few weeks ago, I introduced my budgie to a cat, (while he was in his cage of course) he kept on singing and playing with his toys while the cat was staring him down, a little while later he even climbed on the side of his cage where the cat was, maybe introducing himself.
    My budgie had never seen a cat before, and didn't know it would most likely eat him if he wasn't in his cage, but it has seen a hand "eat" one or more of his previous flock.
    It's what you get when you combine parrot intelligence with flock mentality. It can take a very long time for them to regain trust.

    • @RandomGuyyyy
      @RandomGuyyyy 3 роки тому +148

      Makes sense

    • @ninjaofspy
      @ninjaofspy 3 роки тому +91

      I dunno man, I didn't know what a shrike was and one had landed on my porch one day (a baby but was about ready to leave the nest) and I wanted to show my bird another bird since they sing to the birds in the morning. Well, my budgie wanted nothing to do with that other bird, and knowing what shrikes do to their prey, it astonished me how my budgie knew that bird could be trouble.

    • @esterleng860
      @esterleng860 3 роки тому +12

      Ooh shit so what would be a better option?

    • @papermachete8071
      @papermachete8071 3 роки тому +78

      I'm not sure if you should introduce your bird to you cat...

    • @Lapis.hnk.1984
      @Lapis.hnk.1984 3 роки тому +2

      Wow uh interesting

  • @shiva72945
    @shiva72945 3 роки тому +1441

    Young birds. Just flew out of their nest, no idea of humans. I'm glad they found a nice guy.

    • @angelmartin7310
      @angelmartin7310 3 роки тому +41

      I was worried they were sick.

    • @magpieloaf8214
      @magpieloaf8214 2 роки тому +12

      The birds look like adults tho

    • @theabirde
      @theabirde 2 роки тому +140

      @@magpieloaf8214 they don’t. Look at their large eyes and how striped their faces are. Totally babies 🐣

    • @magpieloaf8214
      @magpieloaf8214 2 роки тому +6

      @@theabirde oh i see now

    • @moonshroom5879
      @moonshroom5879 2 роки тому +27

      @@theabirde it also depends on how they stand. If their legs a far apart it's most likely they are young.

  • @timothy6966
    @timothy6966 16 днів тому +1

    They’re all very young. You can tell that these little birbs are no more than a year old or so ❤

  • @AgentSmartnumber86
    @AgentSmartnumber86 3 роки тому +13

    This video alone is enough to make me want to move to aussie I love budgies they are soo cute and curious and friendly most of the time

  • @CRUCIFIEDHAM
    @CRUCIFIEDHAM 3 роки тому +1334

    The bird was literally like "oh ok" when he got picked up

  • @egorence2149
    @egorence2149 5 років тому +958

    australia:buncha snakes,venomous spiders,basically a huge variety of predators
    also australia:homes a lotta cute lil' birbs

    • @AUmarcus
      @AUmarcus 4 роки тому +21

      And some big ones too....wedged tailed eagle, cassowary and emu.

    • @TheDragonCat99
      @TheDragonCat99 4 роки тому +14

      Egorence
      With the rest of the wildlife, cute things can only survive in the air

    • @aliciabradbury3142
      @aliciabradbury3142 4 роки тому +3

      THIS IS SO TRUE LOVE EM OR OR LEAVE EM 😂😂

    • @veng3r663
      @veng3r663 4 роки тому

      You forgot TO mention the blood-sucking courts if you're a Man...

    • @marsupialmole3926
      @marsupialmole3926 4 роки тому

      @@TheDragonCat99 True. further examples include the flying fox and the sugar glider

  • @luckyme6888
    @luckyme6888 2 роки тому +4

    AMAZING!!! You lucky duck! Can’t believe how tame they are 🤩 wow!

  • @nancyayotte2297
    @nancyayotte2297 3 роки тому +2

    Big man hand delicately petting the birbs. Love it

  • @sweetdrag0n
    @sweetdrag0n 9 років тому +1490

    Probably babies or young budgies who didn't see you as a threat. Younger budgies are more passive to humans and easier to tame. For example if they are hand reared from chicks they can associate the human as an odd part of their flock. The budgie you held doesn't really look sick. It's probably just a young one. His eyes and beak don't show any signs of ill health. Him closing his eyes seems to be very content. My first male budgie was very easy to tame from day one he was out on my finger. This particular flock probably has seen human interaction before. Wild animals can sometime associate with humans if there natural habitat is in close contact with human communities. They are wild but over the generations have learnt humans in their area are not a threat and humans equal easy food and water.

    • @StarTrekOnlineLive
      @StarTrekOnlineLive 9 років тому +15

      No not young they are Adults you can see it on the blue dots on the cheek.

    • @ricky0738
      @ricky0738 9 років тому +2

      Ceesie007 to see if you learn a little more, look at the peak, are pigeons still possibly the generation that parents expelled from the nest to breed again, these birds small the cereo he looks pink or you would see white or blue, no you put to talk without knowing and having if you learn a little more ... what he says sweetdrag0n is true ...

    • @linuxwitch
      @linuxwitch 9 років тому +73

      They are very young. You can tell the age of budgerigars by the amount of barring on the head, as well as dark pigmentation in their beaks These guys are newly fledged, and from the amount of dark pigment remaining in their beaks, they are about 6 weeks old.

    • @wildwoodwanderer6980
      @wildwoodwanderer6980 7 років тому +8

      VeganDragon IT looks like a young one, you're right. I've raised more than 15.

    • @RealFarknMcCoy
      @RealFarknMcCoy 7 років тому +14

      Actually, in that area, they would probably have never seen a human before. So there is no fear - they don't know yet that humans are bad news.

  • @mahikasharma3301
    @mahikasharma3301 5 років тому +1540

    I showed my pet budgies this and one of them pooped on me and went away....
    Welcome to my life

    • @The_Demonic_Artist
      @The_Demonic_Artist 4 роки тому +12

      Mahika *gives comment award* contrats , this made me laugh

    • @mariannejohannessen9751
      @mariannejohannessen9751 4 роки тому +3

      😂

    • @arsalaniftikhar5920
      @arsalaniftikhar5920 4 роки тому

      Girl! Give them some food
      Gain their trust slowly

    • @stephanginther9051
      @stephanginther9051 4 роки тому +13

      I had a pet bird when I was 11, he was a finch of some kind, a neighbor found a nest and kidnapped them to sell. Wanting to be nice he gave me one. (I didn't approve of him raiding the nest but, it was already done). The girl that watched me and my brother while our dad was away insisted his name was 'Stef' after his 'father' (aka me). The little guy would poop on people that made him mad. He was pretty good about not pooping on you as long as he was in a good mood.

    • @CreativeGigi
      @CreativeGigi 4 роки тому

      😂😂

  • @fatbudgiekillen8997
    @fatbudgiekillen8997 Рік тому +5

    How good to see these merry little birds in their natural habitat, very trusting.

  • @kurachaberry642
    @kurachaberry642 3 роки тому +11

    wild budgies: ok
    my budgies: screaming and biting me as soon as I put my hand in the cage

    • @musteycraft9854
      @musteycraft9854 2 роки тому +2

      They don't have trust In you
      You should spent more time with them

    • @rossylopez9340
      @rossylopez9340 2 роки тому

      😂😂😂😂same here

    • @birdlover8357
      @birdlover8357 2 роки тому

      Mine always go to his cage

    • @CALNDStuff
      @CALNDStuff 2 роки тому

      That's because you probably bought them for 3 bucks at a pet store where they mass breed them in terrible conditions

  • @hoaksoul391
    @hoaksoul391 4 роки тому +759

    I love that he said "hey little man"when he was holding a budgie

    • @vennelaj7076
      @vennelaj7076 3 роки тому +6

      😆

    • @tereybebe72g
      @tereybebe72g 3 роки тому +5

      🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

    • @Birbzz
      @Birbzz Рік тому +7

      plot twist it was a little woman

    • @gloria7876
      @gloria7876 Рік тому +9

      @@Birbzz the one he had was a male. He (the bird) had blue on his beak.

    • @Birbzz
      @Birbzz Рік тому +1

      @@gloria7876 I know, that was just a joke

  • @hollyanderson8503
    @hollyanderson8503 8 років тому +2864

    It would have been hard for me to not take them home with me.

    • @yuviaromero9763
      @yuviaromero9763 8 років тому +83

      I would take each one of them home hahah

    • @PeculiarLancer
      @PeculiarLancer 8 років тому +158

      I would take them all and make a whole budgie army out of them.

    • @TheOpelkoenjas
      @TheOpelkoenjas 7 років тому +247

      I have to admit, it would have been difficult for me too. But these are birds that are used to live in nature. If they want to interact with you, that's awesome, but leave hem where they are at. They'll be more happy there.
      Cheers.

    • @chandnitomar1495
      @chandnitomar1495 7 років тому +54

      Agree !! Admire the creature, maybe take a selfie or 2 and let go !!

    • @victoriam586
      @victoriam586 7 років тому +115

      +TheOpelkoenjas Actually, they won't be more happy there. Budgie mortality in the wild is absolutely abysmal thanks to the harshness of their natural habitats, and otherwise-healthy birds will starve or thirst to death in the _millions_ if there's even a minor drought after a population boom. Wild budgies tend to live miserable, razor's-edge lives in constant risk of illness and death, and only survive as a species by breeding faster than nature can claim them - not a happy life at all.
      Plus, I'm pretty sure the baby budgie that was clinging to the guy in the video may have been slightly sick. Letting them live in the wild isn't better for them just because it's "natural", it's really closer to torture... You wouldn't let your children live in the woods just because our ancestors did, would you?

  • @mymysticaqua2952
    @mymysticaqua2952 Рік тому

    These little green fluffy birds are so adorable. 😍

  • @gautamv952
    @gautamv952 9 місяців тому +2

    Very friendly budgies, and equally friendly flies.

  • @mewtwo.150
    @mewtwo.150 5 років тому +710

    Those flies are like: "We wanna be pet too" >:v

    • @xylagaming5420
      @xylagaming5420 4 роки тому +2

      ;(

    • @undeadpresident
      @undeadpresident 4 роки тому +1

      naw they want to drink the sweat off his skin and if he were to die lay their eggs in him

  • @sixinterger
    @sixinterger 3 роки тому +763

    Can we just appreciate the fact that he is more focused on rubbing the Budgie's body than the flys that land on him.

    • @svetoslav166
      @svetoslav166 3 роки тому +3

      He is Racist

    • @thiloopsyy902
      @thiloopsyy902 3 роки тому +60

      @@svetoslav166 allllright then

    • @babysocrazyy2455
      @babysocrazyy2455 3 роки тому +42

      @@thiloopsyy902 fr it was so random 😂

    • @HXRMXNYSVBEroadtosubs
      @HXRMXNYSVBEroadtosubs 3 роки тому +2

      Idk I'd scream

    • @rogueisded
      @rogueisded 3 роки тому +11

      There's flies everywhere in the Australian outback, especially in summer, ya sorta just get used to it.

  • @drew8958
    @drew8958 Рік тому

    It's like the first ones you guys met were scouts and that they communicated that to the flock that followed ! 🤯 Great vid capture !!

  • @KingAlphaOmega
    @KingAlphaOmega Місяць тому +1

    Hehe they're so cute....That one budgie feels like I'm the Chosen One! 😂

  • @phoneguy4637
    @phoneguy4637 3 роки тому +397

    - *pets a wild budgie:* budgie's like "yaay!"
    - *pets a pet budgie:* budgie's like "DON'T YOU DARE PUTRIFYING MY PLUMMAGE..."

    • @Jenny-yl5pb
      @Jenny-yl5pb 3 роки тому +5

      Yeah-
      ;w;
      They are always like
      Lemme just-
      Run

    • @devour9938
      @devour9938 3 роки тому +1

      That’s because when they catch budgies the budgies get scared and don’t know what happens next those budgies are calm because they don’t think the guy will hurt them from grabbing them and putting them in a cage

    • @izzybizzyplayz6055
      @izzybizzyplayz6055 2 роки тому +2

      True phoneguy

    • @CALNDStuff
      @CALNDStuff 2 роки тому +2

      @@devour9938 they don't catch parakeets they aren't natural, parakeets are Americanized budgies the reason why they have distrust is because cheap petstore parakeets are mother raised

  • @Stratocaster893
    @Stratocaster893 4 роки тому +2115

    These budgies are all babies. That probably has something to do with how friendly they are. They look like they've just come out of their nest about a week or so prior to this video.

    • @jjrj8568
      @jjrj8568 4 роки тому +105

      exactly. Look at all those stripes on its forehead, nearly touching the beak.

    • @Ansonidak
      @Ansonidak 4 роки тому +77

      Ahh that explains much. he was an inexperienced flyer and probably tired.

    • @goldipaul4691
      @goldipaul4691 4 роки тому +21

      @@jjrj8568, This is going to be flowing in water but... WHATEVER!
      Every budgie has it. They are not new born or a week or 2. They are around 1 year old or younger. My Budgie has it, and even my brother has a budgie wich has it.
      My Budgie is a boy and so is my brother's. Actually, my brothers budgie is an adult. My Budgie is still allot younger. We got my brother's budgie as a gift, as mine was bought normally from a pet shop in Liverpool. And also, my brother's budgie has more than mine. This means that it doesn't include the age of the meaning.
      Stratocaster893 is not wrong or right. He is in the middle.

    • @jjrj8568
      @jjrj8568 4 роки тому +21

      @@goldipaul4691 hmm, pal,the more stripes a budgie has on its forehead, the younger he/she is; old (+10 yo) budgies basically lose the stripes on their heads, ,the head is either fully green, blue or white

    • @goldipaul4691
      @goldipaul4691 4 роки тому +3

      @@jjrj8568, WE'LL IT NOT GOING TO BE 4 TO 5 CM TALLER IS IT!? AND IT WON'T BE KS ING WITH THE OTHER GENGER ON THE BEAK IS IT!?

  • @evelynrose2257
    @evelynrose2257 3 роки тому

    Aww those are just babies! How cute!

  • @Srekwah
    @Srekwah Рік тому

    Thanks for the 'Show more' Carl. You struck a rich vein after all.

  • @sergiowilliam6135
    @sergiowilliam6135 4 роки тому +91

    1:37
    Bird : *Sits on the guys thumb *
    Also bird : Why is tree walking

  • @Ambipie
    @Ambipie 4 роки тому +1021

    So what youre telling me is that their natural state is "friend object".

    • @honeyjar2970
      @honeyjar2970 4 роки тому +84

      Yes! But humans treat them horribly in stores and the poor things become terrified of people

    • @zeko1170
      @zeko1170 4 роки тому +10

      These are babies thats why they are friendly

    • @zeko1170
      @zeko1170 4 роки тому +10

      @@honeyjar2970 there are way worse than shops and thats breeders who put them in a cage thats too small for 1 budgie

    • @foskfismfus
      @foskfismfus 3 роки тому +1

      Not death biter?

    • @rockiexsomething9298
      @rockiexsomething9298 3 роки тому +1

      Sunflower_ Honey oh that’s why my birds are hella scared of me

  • @josephadams4500
    @josephadams4500 2 роки тому

    Little critters are crazy for their reflections, super cute

  • @janeblood2996
    @janeblood2996 3 роки тому +4

    You could tell how that bird is relaxed from how fluffed up its feathers are

  • @coffeepigeon8490
    @coffeepigeon8490 4 роки тому +1162

    I don’t see how these budgies are way more tamed than my screaming, super spoiled pet budgies

    • @pukamaroo
      @pukamaroo 4 роки тому +91

      It's because they're really young. Babies are naturally more curious than adults. They've probably never seen a human before and wanted to check them out. Also, because they're wild they probably feel as if they can escape danger easily if the people turned out to be not so friendly, so they're a lot less fearful than what one in a an enclosed area would be

    • @zibafu
      @zibafu 4 роки тому +47

      birds in pet shops deal with people (and kids) daily, being loud and not careful around them, not to mention pet shop employees who arent always great with birds, other animals around etc, confined space, I have a green cheeked conure, he lived in the petshop in a tiny cage with 5 siblings, the pet shop worker snatched him out like a damn predator grabbing prey, its taken 4 years to get him used to me grabbing hold of him even tho hes been relatively tame for the entire duration.
      They learn through experience, and probably havent dealt with predators yet.

    • @donnagaunt9232
      @donnagaunt9232 4 роки тому +1

      If I held mine that that he would scream

    • @davidmdyer838
      @davidmdyer838 4 роки тому +5

      You have to spend time with your budgie every day, you have to socialize it.

    • @cozmic7388
      @cozmic7388 4 роки тому

      CoffeePigeon urs have aids

  • @verticalsmurf
    @verticalsmurf 9 років тому +967

    Did you ever find out why these fledglings were so attracted to your truck?

    • @brauhartc
      @brauhartc  8 років тому +369

      Hi verticalsmurf, Sorry I don't check in very often. There were budgies everywhere that day. The drillers had a big tent and it sounded like it was raining with all the birds landing and taking off. So, yes they liked the front of the truck but they also loved the fire-place, the tent, the caravan and some very tame ones liked us!! It was an unbelievable event, never repeated.

    • @verticalsmurf
      @verticalsmurf 8 років тому +33

      +brauhartc Probably thirsty and needing some mud and salt. Gorgeous little things.

    • @rad2gnarly9
      @rad2gnarly9 7 років тому +182

      they like looking at their reflections. When I had some, we put in mirrors that they loved.

    • @georgebishop4876
      @georgebishop4876 7 років тому +1

      Cali Fresh and

    • @cliqueanimates9004
      @cliqueanimates9004 6 років тому +35

      Cali Fresh Birds think mirrors are other birds. It makes them less attached to you, and lowers their sanity level. Please don't keep mirrors in a budgie cage.

  • @Stefan_Boerjesson
    @Stefan_Boerjesson 2 місяці тому

    Haha. They enjoyed petting and even enjoyed the compsni. Amazing.

  • @arealhauntedhouse4171
    @arealhauntedhouse4171 2 роки тому

    That's so strange that they like your windshield wipers
    & R taking a rest on your truck.🐦💘 thank you for sharing this!👍🏼

    • @anjachan2
      @anjachan2 2 роки тому +1

      Maybe because of the shiny window and their reflection in it.

    • @arealhauntedhouse4171
      @arealhauntedhouse4171 2 роки тому +1

      @@anjachan2 I agree,,
      I gave that a thought also.

  • @violetcrystal4787
    @violetcrystal4787 5 років тому +1401

    I’m crying at how these wild budgies are more tamed than my pet budgie...

    • @MajikkaniHand
      @MajikkaniHand 5 років тому +44

      They're babies. They'll get wilder.

    • @sandyalls
      @sandyalls 5 років тому +4

      SAME

    • @reinventlove1866
      @reinventlove1866 5 років тому +2

      same

    • @arthurmorgan9689
      @arthurmorgan9689 5 років тому +10

      Stolen comment

    • @JustAChinesePleb
      @JustAChinesePleb 5 років тому +12

      That means they do not trust you.
      You probably did someting to them or just have to have patience. A lot of people doesn't and they'll end up hurting birdies.

  • @looops444
    @looops444 5 років тому +325

    Budgie: why does tree pet us

  • @senkail6625
    @senkail6625 Рік тому +1

    I have birds like him and they go crazy every time I come near them

  • @rudranilchatterjee7013
    @rudranilchatterjee7013 2 роки тому +1

    I can't believe they are so tame. Lovely birds they are! My pet bird doesn't trust me so much as these cutie pies

  • @Hidde_
    @Hidde_ 4 роки тому +838

    He attac
    He protecc
    But most importantly
    He cute as hecc

    • @mirsad96
      @mirsad96 3 роки тому +28

      And he pecc pecc pecc

    • @josue2662
      @josue2662 3 роки тому +21

      @@mirsad96 and it hurts like hecc

    • @Wanwood2
      @Wanwood2 3 роки тому +12

      This and the other two comments are funny as hecc

    • @VoidWimp
      @VoidWimp 3 роки тому +9

      It's his way of giving love becc

    • @bunnynations6864
      @bunnynations6864 3 роки тому +5

      He is so cute my heart is melting 🥰

  • @emilyzhou2576
    @emilyzhou2576 4 роки тому +1826

    I have no idea how this dude isn’t freaked out by all the insects flying on his arm

    • @Ozraptor4
      @Ozraptor4 4 роки тому +258

      This is normal for outback Australia. The flies are everywhere in warmer months and there is nothing you can do about them. If you work outdoors, you have no choice but to endure dozens-to-hundreds of flies following and sitting on you all day long.

    • @mythras
      @mythras 4 роки тому +103

      @@Ozraptor4 I don't care too much about spiders, snakes and the like, not that they can't be frightening but they're always avoidable. But to have this amount of flies around you constantly seems outright disgusting to me :( do you really get used to them to the point that they don't bother you anymore?

    • @Ozraptor4
      @Ozraptor4 4 роки тому +67

      @@mythras Never get 100% used to them (you notice them even when wearing a fly net), but you have to learn to grin and bear it.

    • @nicojw9131
      @nicojw9131 4 роки тому +11

      Bailey satisfying more like disgusting

    • @roger5384
      @roger5384 4 роки тому +48

      Once you have swallowed one or two , you get used to them

  • @lbnrobloxstudio4711
    @lbnrobloxstudio4711 3 роки тому

    Wow! I can't believe a wild budgerigar landed on your hand!

  • @jjk4891
    @jjk4891 Рік тому

    Aww so chonk and cute. Must be living their best lives out there :)

  • @zukizumi5928
    @zukizumi5928 6 років тому +1115

    I swear, I thought the title said *_Wild_* *_Burgers_*

    • @annelise6236
      @annelise6236 6 років тому +4

      Exotical Gaming lol me too

    • @cassandrareynolds2997
      @cassandrareynolds2997 5 років тому +4

      😆😆😆

    • @andrewperillo3446
      @andrewperillo3446 5 років тому +1

      thats actually a female your holding. every bird has there own personality just like you and me. some dont like to be held. some do. also the birds you get at the pet shop are treated very poorly by humams therefore they dont trust you at all when they get to your houses. it verys between every bird.

    • @cassandrareynolds2997
      @cassandrareynolds2997 5 років тому +1

      @@andrewperillo3446 but the amaxonhg thing, our unique bonds with our little featherball friends changes their mind wntirely, isn't it neat, one living person changes their opinion of an entire race, they hate everyone... until they love you! Like my little featherball Cherry the teil!

    • @andrewperillo3446
      @andrewperillo3446 5 років тому

      Cassandra Reynolds thats an interesting way to look at it.

  • @fluffypuff766
    @fluffypuff766 5 років тому +1498

    *looks at my budgie*
    Budgie: *SCREAM! CRY! BITE!!!
    Me: Q_Q i...I just wanna pet you...

    • @bobbieland6992
      @bobbieland6992 5 років тому +32

      Thats how i feel about mine -_-

    • @ghostbovods2188
      @ghostbovods2188 5 років тому +30

      My birds hate me

    • @khanaltamash7805
      @khanaltamash7805 4 роки тому +14

      Because a prisoner will never love you.

    • @daimonwings3838
      @daimonwings3838 4 роки тому +9

      Well, probably because you trapped him inside a cage

    • @nasimkarimi1241
      @nasimkarimi1241 4 роки тому +11

      @Silverfang *Well,* you can’t just free them in the house like *that*

  • @soleilbelkis9010
    @soleilbelkis9010 3 роки тому

    This is a precious gift 🙌🐦🤗

  • @origma99
    @origma99 Рік тому

    Amazing. Thanks for that video 😊

  • @alikemalalc9150
    @alikemalalc9150 3 роки тому +136

    1:56 when he said hey little man it was so cute

  • @LemonNote1
    @LemonNote1 3 роки тому +292

    Disney princess: *sings*
    Any animal in a 2 mile radius:

  • @dansuehath
    @dansuehath 3 роки тому

    Awwwwww! Baby Budgies! They are so Un-afraid at that age! 🥰

  • @WonderfulDay2023
    @WonderfulDay2023 Рік тому

    Wonderful birds. I had some of them in the past.

  • @satan-pm5er
    @satan-pm5er 3 роки тому +2431

    Fearing humans is actually a learned behavior. Animals from the antartic who've never had any contact with humans are generally friendly, too!

    • @user-hf3fu2xt2j
      @user-hf3fu2xt2j 3 роки тому +254

      especially the polar bears!

    • @kanatsizkuss
      @kanatsizkuss 3 роки тому +32

      because baby birds

    • @thegoeppishow
      @thegoeppishow 3 роки тому +132

      @@user-hf3fu2xt2j Polar Bears are not living in Antarctica...

    • @utku3340
      @utku3340 3 роки тому +183

      Not exactly. Prey animals will be scared against potential dangers even if they see it first time. Antartic animals are relaxed on land only since there are no predators.

    • @robertoromero8053
      @robertoromero8053 3 роки тому +69

      Also humans are kind of big animals too. Not giant like hippos or elephants but still kinda big. A lot of animals might be a little cautious about attacking an animals taller than it. Even though for our size we are very weak. Also the budgies in this video are young, so they probably dont know what a predator is. If a snake was slithering towards one they'd probably go in for a closer look. When one gets caught the others learn snakes=danger.

  • @XDM_Studios
    @XDM_Studios 3 роки тому +201

    0:59 the other bird is like "HEY i want some pets too" 🤣

  • @travelphotos7662
    @travelphotos7662 2 місяці тому +1

    My pet budgie was very social. We'd let it fly in a bedroom for exercise but it was easy to get back in the cage. Later in life, when I had an aviary of 40 or so budgies, none of them were social to humans. You couldn't get near them (except for someone's escaped budgie who found the aviary and we let it in). They were extremely social with each other. The one that wanted in was very good to a more elderly female who couldn't fly. He would feed it (regurgitating food) and when she was climbing the wire from the seed bowls, he would climb with her chatting away until she reached the perches.

  • @deadman8617
    @deadman8617 2 роки тому

    i really like the information in the description

  • @ReligionlessFAITH
    @ReligionlessFAITH 4 роки тому +652

    somewhere on youtube the fly on his hand has a video about how to pet a wild human

  • @mtb2625
    @mtb2625 4 роки тому +2589

    me after watching this video:
    Tries to touch my budgie
    birb: So you have chosen... death
    Edit: this is only for the memes, my budgies are the nicest in
    ZA WARUDO.

    • @gulinaylin6927
      @gulinaylin6927 4 роки тому +11

      My budgie is hurt my hand :s It is hate me 😐

    • @yumnamohamed6130
      @yumnamohamed6130 4 роки тому +12

      My male budgie is a little OK with me touching her back but sometimes she tries to bite me but it feels like licking instead of pain trust me

    • @PunkyPlays
      @PunkyPlays 4 роки тому +1

      OML

    • @LOLGAMERWr
      @LOLGAMERWr 4 роки тому +1

      Gülin MUTLU I lost my budgie

    • @polskiobywatel553
      @polskiobywatel553 4 роки тому +1

      My budgie was screaming to lick my finger, really

  • @jaz58107
    @jaz58107 3 роки тому

    This is wonderful thank you!🐦

  • @AAvfx
    @AAvfx 3 роки тому +2054

    *Such bravery and trust!*

    • @dahen2039
      @dahen2039 3 роки тому +37

      I know right? My tamed budgie won't even let me get my finger close to her

    • @kitolamus3238
      @kitolamus3238 3 роки тому +25

      @@dahen2039 I don’t think she’s tamed then

    • @dahen2039
      @dahen2039 3 роки тому +7

      @@kitolamus3238 she is quite violent and bites, but won't try to escape

    • @mosquitomilk9877
      @mosquitomilk9877 3 роки тому +1

      I don't think that's why they aren't flying away lmaooo

    • @kitolamus3238
      @kitolamus3238 3 роки тому +10

      @@dahen2039 I’m pretty sure that’s fear

  • @zerosan989
    @zerosan989 3 роки тому +337

    One day this will be in everyone's recommend.I rest here until then.

  • @Creeperforce609
    @Creeperforce609 3 місяці тому

    Wild budgie when Hooman picks it up: Hey! This is kinda fun!
    Domesticated budgie when picked up: PUT ME DOWN MERE MORTAL!

  • @barryklinedinst6233
    @barryklinedinst6233 2 роки тому

    That is so awesome. They are such smart little birds. Hard to believe they let someone touch them . I would have a ball

  • @konradsigsgaard7663
    @konradsigsgaard7663 4 роки тому +570

    The reason they are so tame is because they are only like 4 months old

    • @goldipaul4691
      @goldipaul4691 4 роки тому +55

      No, it is because these birds were not dragged and took away from their parents or anything harmful for their life so they were happy to see humans!

    • @KKwinsi
      @KKwinsi 4 роки тому +9

      If a predator comes and goes for their child i doubt the parents are gonna do anythimg

    • @Michaeldemented94
      @Michaeldemented94 4 роки тому +18

      Yeah, look at the horizontal barring on their forehead. Maybe could even be younger than that

    • @konradsigsgaard7663
      @konradsigsgaard7663 4 роки тому +9

      @@Michaeldemented94 Yeah i got mine when they were 3 months old and it looked exactly like that

    • @MrNawrasss
      @MrNawrasss 4 роки тому +1

      Less than 4 months

  • @brauhartc
    @brauhartc  6 років тому +612

    2017 and Time For Some Further Explanation.
    I don't check this video often and am amazed to see how many people have seen it. Thanks for all the nice feedback. Scrolling through the comments, there are some recurring questions and statements..............1. Yes the birds are wild. Check the other two videos on this channel if you have any doubt. It is nearly 100 km to the nearest town and 50 km to the nearest house. It is extensive bushland.
    2. They are not thirsty. They were not interested in any food or water around our camp.
    3. There is absolutely no way any of us would have taken one of these birds. They probably would have died if we did something so stupid.
    4. The especially tame birds (most did not get close enough to handle) were not sick.
    5. I have only seen budgies behave anything like this once. However, flies are like this every day in the bush. You get used to it very quickly. Now for some more context for those of you who are interested. The man who shot the video, Rob Wood, is not me. We were working together exploring for gold southeast of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. The day before hundreds of budgies descended on the camp, six of them visited me and my field assistant while we were out working. Over the space of an hour or two they got closer and closer to our vehicle, like they were checking us out until one went INSIDE THE CAB. It wasn't scared when we very carefully went in and from there at least two or three of those six budgies landed on us and "played" with us. The cricket was on the radio. Maybe that had something to do with it.The next day, OMG, there were hundreds of budgies at the drillers camp. We all got to see them and interact with them. You see some of this in the video footage. Unfortunately (for me), I was not there when Rob shot the most amazing footage of the budgies on the windscreen. I had gone in to town to refill the water trailer. The budgies went out with the drillers to the drill rig. I am told that they were not the slightest bit put off by the deafening roar of the drill rig. They spent an hour or two swarming all over the mast, in and out of the cab of the truck and perched on the driller's helmets. Then they flew off and we never saw them again.Carl Brauhart
    Geologist
    Perth WA

    • @Tony-rz4uw
      @Tony-rz4uw 6 років тому +3

      New sub for you

    • @adjiewahyupradana2696
      @adjiewahyupradana2696 5 років тому +10

      Dude. Plz pinned this
      So the people can understand if that bird is real wild animal

    • @mfibonacci5275
      @mfibonacci5275 5 років тому +2

      Thank you for the added background info. Super sweet interactions. Looking for gold, whew thought u were mowing down a rainforest or something

    • @danpatterson8218
      @danpatterson8218 5 років тому

      Did you see George W. out and about?

    • @HydraWayne
      @HydraWayne 5 років тому

      👍👍👍

  • @chrismaguire3667
    @chrismaguire3667 Рік тому +1

    The one he was stroking "I might be a budgie, but I ain't budgin', mate!"

  • @PlanetBacon
    @PlanetBacon 2 роки тому

    What a good little budgie! Doesn't scream when you touch her!

  • @taylorgould1389
    @taylorgould1389 6 років тому +266

    I wish my budgies loved me like those budgies loved that truck 😭

    • @artziehaul1985
      @artziehaul1985 5 років тому

      O my God same.

    • @mino73T11
      @mino73T11 5 років тому +2

      Get a truck mask! 😉

    • @kubajcz
      @kubajcz 5 років тому

      @@mino73T11 😂😂😂

    • @cplcabs
      @cplcabs 5 років тому

      Become a truck and they will

    • @samaraaacz
      @samaraaacz 5 років тому

      POND Parakeet BAHHAHA same here same here

  • @racheltrestik3543
    @racheltrestik3543 4 роки тому +192

    Him: pets birbs*
    Me: hmmm let me try
    My birb: are you challenging me?

    • @Robert-Cinque777
      @Robert-Cinque777 4 роки тому +9

      Birb: Peace was never an option

    • @AJZulu
      @AJZulu 4 роки тому +1

      Instead of running away you challenge me.

    • @AJZulu
      @AJZulu 4 роки тому

      I can't pet you if I dont come closer.

    • @AJZulu
      @AJZulu 4 роки тому

      Hoho! Then come as close as you like!

    • @Robert-Cinque777
      @Robert-Cinque777 4 роки тому

      @@AJZulu zo warudo