Bird

Why do baby birds chirp?

Baby birds go through a number of developmental stages before they grow into fully grown adults. After the hatching stage, these birds learn how to chirp, eat, drink, look for their own food and fly. This all happens over a period of weeks and months. If your baby bird is chirping you may be asking […]

Why do baby birds open their mouths?

Baby birds, like all other animals, do not have the option to talk and use words as a means to communicate with members of their species or with humans. Because of this, they make sounds and do actions to try to communicate what they’re saying or feeling. Birds of the same species are able to […]

Can baby birds eat rice?

Birds can eat a variety of scraps from your kitchen, rice is one of them. Many of us have seen people in parks feed birds rice and other starchy foods, and some of us are the people feeding these foods to birds. When taking on the responsibility of feeding birds, it is important to be […]

Do baby birds eat as soon as they hatch?

Just as with human babies, baby birds are born into the world unable to support themselves. They are weak, blind, naked and wet from the fluids that they’ve grown in. They need their parents, or a human, to feed them and help them grow into full-grown adult birds. If you care for baby birds you […]

How do birds open sunflower seeds?

Birds love all types of seeds including sunflower seeds, these seeds are great for birds as they contain a variety of healthy fats, several vitamins and minerals as well as beneficial plant compounds. These seeds have especially high levels of vitamin E and selenium which function as antioxidants in the bird’s body. However, if you’ve […]

How do birds whistle?

Animals communicate in a variety of ways, dogs bark at each other, cats meow and birds sing to one another. Animals have to use alternative forms of communication because they cannot use language as humans can. In some cases, birds can mimic sounds made by humans and can even whistle just as humans do. If […]

How do birds eat without teeth?

Eating is needed to sustain life, all animals need to eat in order to stay alive. Regardless of what we eat, we humans rely on our teeth to grind and chew food before it goes down our oesophagus. Chewing keeps us from choking on food and is the first step in digestion. But not all […]

Why is my bird licking me?

If you own a pet bird you’ve probably seen it express bizarre behaviours, these can include beaking you, screaming when you leave the room, nibbling on you and even licking you. Generally, we expect animals like dogs and cats to lick us. When dogs lick us, their bodies release pleasure hormones that make them happy, […]

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