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Re:Intelligent, devoted, alien – parrots are unlike any othe... by FooHentai on Sunday September 23, 2018 @09:34PM (#18054428)
>as long as they didn't see a hawk

Last year we lived in a rental with a decent beach view. One afternoon our parrot spotted a kite surfer near the beach, and full-on froze rigid for 10 minutes until it went away.

We guessed that she thought it was some kind of massive hawk. Poor girl, must have been terrifying. Haast Eagle has been gone for a long time, but she doesn't know that.

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Re:Intelligent, devoted, alien – parrots are unlike any othe... by wanderr on Sunday September 23, 2018 @10:35PM (#18054636)
Ha! Ours were the exact opposite, they would fly into the living room and scream their heads off for a while, but then would be on high alert for the rest of the day, getting spooked by any sudden movements.
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