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Earning My Ears
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- Jan 15, 2006
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Part of the Discovery Cove experience is swimming through an Aviary housing several of the most exotic birds you could ever hope to see in one setting.
Birds from all over the World. You actually can get out of the water and walk around this particular part and feed the birds with food provided. With staff on hand as nice as could be.
One of the variety of birds is the Magpie. This particular one is actually a foreign exotic type of Magpie but like all Magpies.......troublemaker.
Here we also find the timid ,keeps to himself, Tawny Frogmouth. A nocturnal bird but during the daytime so at peace and docile, that it doesn't even begin
to show you A HINT of life even if you pet it ,get near his beak and finally a meager attempt at blocking your finger by opening its mouth is made.
So here I am feeding the birds when I hear and look over and see the Magpie
making short loud shrieks at the Tawny Frogmouth RIGHT IN HIS FACE!!
At first all I could think was OH NO! The bird's Wild instincts have taken over.
this is about TO GET UGLY. A bird's fight and I'm right in the middle of it. Better duck and hope not to get scratched should a Battle Royal ensue.
Well I turn to get one of the staff's attention and one them says in a "well look who's at it again" manner, "WILSON!!!"
Then noticing no panic in the attendant's voice over what's happening I then realize The Magpie was MOCKING AND MAKING FUN OF The Tawny Frogmouth,just to be a Pain in the ***!!!!
"AAA!!" "AAAH!!" "AAA!!" Right in poor Virgil's face! Virgil being the name of the Tawny Frogmouth I came to learn.
The Magpie would then bang his beak furiously on the branch he and Virgil
were sitting on in hopes of knocking poor Virgil off or just to be a pain!!!!
Lucky for Wilson, Virgil's reflexes are Slow compared to his. I kid you not
Virgil was chomping back at him hard enough if he had caught him that would have been it. You could hear the sound of Virgil's beak snapping to a deadly extent.
Poor Virgil. Wilson was basically doing the old missed me,missed me routine,RIGHT NEXT TO HIM, mocking his slower reflexes even more.
I was then told though not to worry, Virgil finally did fight back once and gets his revenge at night when he's more alert.
So when you go ask about the Wilson and Virgil feud ,and maybe you just may witness some of it yourself.
Another funny moment ,as I was feeding one of the other birds ,a smaller parrot type with orange yellow feathers,who did not wish to be petted.
Perfectly alright to sit on your arm but he just wants to eat. So each time he bends his head down to eat from cup if you move your finger in to pet his head his beak comes right up to block, so I began to play with him,each time he bent down ,I would move to pet him, causing him to bring his head right back up, up,down,up,down,up,down,up,down,up,down.....finally he stops.
Pauses his head ,tilts it to the side and looks right at me as if to say
"Do we have an understanding here or do we not?" "YOU STAND STILL AND
I FEED" "NO PETTING" so I relented and let him finish.
I hope you have some fun experiences yourselves in feeding the birds especially if you love animals.
On a side note the CUTEST animal you could hope to meet.In addition to the birds they also have a couple of Muntjacs. Which are minature and appear to be baby deer. So delicate if you pet her anywhere else besides behind the ear
or underneath chin, she begins to cry,but its THE CUTEST SOUND you'll ever hear. She's just terribly nervous ,you can even feel her shake when you pet her properly, a poor bundle of nerves. So heartwarming though you wish you could have/make a pet of it.
Please share any of your stories of your feeding the bird's experience, I love it each time I go. Been there four times now ever since it opened.looking forward to my fifth.
Birds from all over the World. You actually can get out of the water and walk around this particular part and feed the birds with food provided. With staff on hand as nice as could be.
One of the variety of birds is the Magpie. This particular one is actually a foreign exotic type of Magpie but like all Magpies.......troublemaker.
Here we also find the timid ,keeps to himself, Tawny Frogmouth. A nocturnal bird but during the daytime so at peace and docile, that it doesn't even begin
to show you A HINT of life even if you pet it ,get near his beak and finally a meager attempt at blocking your finger by opening its mouth is made.
So here I am feeding the birds when I hear and look over and see the Magpie
making short loud shrieks at the Tawny Frogmouth RIGHT IN HIS FACE!!
At first all I could think was OH NO! The bird's Wild instincts have taken over.
this is about TO GET UGLY. A bird's fight and I'm right in the middle of it. Better duck and hope not to get scratched should a Battle Royal ensue.
Well I turn to get one of the staff's attention and one them says in a "well look who's at it again" manner, "WILSON!!!"
Then noticing no panic in the attendant's voice over what's happening I then realize The Magpie was MOCKING AND MAKING FUN OF The Tawny Frogmouth,just to be a Pain in the ***!!!!
"AAA!!" "AAAH!!" "AAA!!" Right in poor Virgil's face! Virgil being the name of the Tawny Frogmouth I came to learn.
The Magpie would then bang his beak furiously on the branch he and Virgil
were sitting on in hopes of knocking poor Virgil off or just to be a pain!!!!
Lucky for Wilson, Virgil's reflexes are Slow compared to his. I kid you not
Virgil was chomping back at him hard enough if he had caught him that would have been it. You could hear the sound of Virgil's beak snapping to a deadly extent.
Poor Virgil. Wilson was basically doing the old missed me,missed me routine,RIGHT NEXT TO HIM, mocking his slower reflexes even more.
I was then told though not to worry, Virgil finally did fight back once and gets his revenge at night when he's more alert.
So when you go ask about the Wilson and Virgil feud ,and maybe you just may witness some of it yourself.
Another funny moment ,as I was feeding one of the other birds ,a smaller parrot type with orange yellow feathers,who did not wish to be petted.
Perfectly alright to sit on your arm but he just wants to eat. So each time he bends his head down to eat from cup if you move your finger in to pet his head his beak comes right up to block, so I began to play with him,each time he bent down ,I would move to pet him, causing him to bring his head right back up, up,down,up,down,up,down,up,down,up,down.....finally he stops.
Pauses his head ,tilts it to the side and looks right at me as if to say
"Do we have an understanding here or do we not?" "YOU STAND STILL AND
I FEED" "NO PETTING" so I relented and let him finish.
I hope you have some fun experiences yourselves in feeding the birds especially if you love animals.
On a side note the CUTEST animal you could hope to meet.In addition to the birds they also have a couple of Muntjacs. Which are minature and appear to be baby deer. So delicate if you pet her anywhere else besides behind the ear
or underneath chin, she begins to cry,but its THE CUTEST SOUND you'll ever hear. She's just terribly nervous ,you can even feel her shake when you pet her properly, a poor bundle of nerves. So heartwarming though you wish you could have/make a pet of it.
Please share any of your stories of your feeding the bird's experience, I love it each time I go. Been there four times now ever since it opened.looking forward to my fifth.
