Legend has it that if you stare into the glass of the budgie cages at Petsmart and say “I wish they sold real parrots” 3 times, I’ll appear on the other side, explain to you that they are classified within the order Psittaciformes due to their hooked beak and zygodactyl feet and then drag you through the glass
After just having cooed at the budgies, cockatiels, green cheek and sun conures: “Yeah, but do you guys have any parrots?”
The yellow-fronted amazon for rehome in the middle of the room screams so I don’t have to.
the australian brushturkey is a large bird native to much of australia. despite their name, the brushturkey family is not closely related to american turkeys. though they share some similar traits, such as body shape and similar diets, the australian brushturkey is renowned as a unique bird. males build enormous nests, sometimes around eight feet in width, out of decomposing leaves and plant material. eggs are buried within, and the decomposing matter incubates them. brushturkey chicks are precocial, and leave the nest as soon as they have dug themselves out of the mound, with no help from their parents.
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