Really cute: wish I had known budgies could do this when I had them in my childhood – feel guilty they didn’t get a chance to play with toys like this.
Wonder though if it doesn’t think this is another budgie and is trying to either dominate, mate or chat up the ball (similar colour?)
The filming is also top class – focus and acuity of close-ups.
I used to own a female yellow budgie that liked to err . . .. “scratch her itch” . .as it were on the perch in her cage. Which would have been OK except it became like her favourite hobby and it was so embarrassing when we had visitors over and they’d ask what she was doing. Sooooo was that too much information?
LIST OF CIRCUS THINGS TO FIND:
~a talking dog (for the guy that always says things like “Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, to see the seeing of a life time!”.
~a tortoise that can do the trapeze.The reason for a tortoise:It would be VERY odd sounding, therefor it would attract lots o’ people.
~ a cat that wears water wings, sunglasses and a bikini while swimming.
~a cheese sandwich.
~a mouse orchestra that can squeak some sort of really faMOUSE song.
~Three ears of corn and engagement ring and a napkin holder.
~Please give any suggestions!
OK i’m cheking all the ideas i got help with because i haven’t checked on this comment in a few days everyone, by the way, thanks FirdBirfle for the cheese sandwich offer, just i need to know, wut typ of cheese is it??
i thought he was just doing something impulsive…until he went to the trouble of digging the ball out from under the furniture thinger over on the side there so he could keep playing.
I too vote for mating behavior; he’s acting just like Mr. Bird, who belonged to a friend of ours. He (Mr. Bird, not the friend) would do similar noises, puffiness, and movements while sitting on your hand and focusing on your thumb, culminating in…um…well, you can guess, at which point he would immediately cease to be interested at all and fly off like nothing had happened, not even pausing for a cigarette. Simultaneously cute and bizarre.
Theresa, in case there’s any doubt, Stephen Fry is at the top of my list of Husbands. Yes, yes, I am aware that he’s “not in the business of making babies”. All that this marriage requires is that I get to spend time in his self-deprecating, quietly ironic personality in order to give me hope that not all humans are stoopid and overbearing.
Firdie, the genius of the Invisible Stable of Interdimensional Husbands™– or just one of the many genius aspects– is that the gender preference(s) of the Interdimensional Husbands™ are completely immaterial.
Did I tell you that I met one of mine last month? In this dimension?
Sweetie, no, Dad was nowhere around. I was at the opera, and trying to get out before the huge crowd (long story), and I turned around to go down a flight of stairs, and walked right into him. It was amazing. My brain instantly switched off. I was a babbling idiot. He was completely, totally, inexpressibly awesome, and I love him more. He was the top of the IH heap, and now he is several steps above that.
As a budgie fanatic, I had to post (first CO post, though I’m a compulsive CO checker ). What a cute little budgie!!! Its funny that male budgies like to, ahem, “love” everything…especially if the everything is a matching color (mine usually just goes for his reflection, but occasionally toys like this also catch his attentions).
I like how he starts scolding it, then pecking at it a little bit, to try to get it to stand still. And then retrieves it from under the shelf: “Come outta there, you chicken!” Very sweet. Now I want a budgie. (Love the chirping sounds!)
p.s. I, also, admire the spotless floors.
You know, when I was little, I had a little blue budgie named Pretty Boy (yeah, I know ), who used to sit on my head. Maybe it’s a good thing I couldn’t see whatever it was he was doing up there.
OMG! Never thought I’d seen this again!!!
it’s been, what, 15 years since Linus the Budgie died! He was also in love with a tennis ball, chatting with it and trying to mate!!! And he defended it fiercely! if your hand was to closed to it, he attacked.
a very skillful budgie
– not sure, whether EVERYBODY ON THA planet already uses this, but ….
– a friend of mine once used the following statement about an attractive boyfriend, and I think it applies here, also:
“He’s not only functional; he LOOKS GOOD, too !!!!”
That budgie is SO skillfull!
*And it’s cute, too.
*Budgie’s Rock!* ;D
that just put a thousand smiles on my face. super cutie pie.
Lovely !!!
Really cute: wish I had known budgies could do this when I had them in my childhood – feel guilty they didn’t get a chance to play with toys like this.
Wonder though if it doesn’t think this is another budgie and is trying to either dominate, mate or chat up the ball (similar colour?)
The filming is also top class – focus and acuity of close-ups.
Or the biggest egg ever!
Nice floor too.
AKA: C.O. Guide to Family Planning
I do believe it’s trying to mate with that other puffy yellow thing
Very smart budgie. Well, except for the mating thing…
Yup, definitely trying to mate with it. Still cute tho.
Glad I’m not the only one who recognized that.
So, size does matter in mating?
I used to own a female yellow budgie that liked to err . . .. “scratch her itch” . .as it were on the perch in her cage. Which would have been OK except it became like her favourite hobby and it was so embarrassing when we had visitors over and they’d ask what she was doing. Sooooo was that too much information?
Matchingks!
Put this in front of the kitten who was afraid of the tennis ball. HAH! *spithissspit* *hophophop*
O.K. I’m thinking we have the beginnings of a budgie circus.
I’ll make the clown costumes ! What else do we need ?
Maybe a budgie ringmaster and a budgie trapeeze artist?
I have to agree that the sheer fun of this li’l guy made my morning.
I definitely sang the circus song while watching this. We need a concertina!
LIST OF CIRCUS THINGS TO FIND:
~a talking dog (for the guy that always says things like “Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, to see the seeing of a life time!”.
~a tortoise that can do the trapeze.The reason for a tortoise:It would be VERY odd sounding, therefor it would attract lots o’ people.
~ a cat that wears water wings, sunglasses and a bikini while swimming.
~a cheese sandwich.
~a mouse orchestra that can squeak some sort of really faMOUSE song.
~Three ears of corn and engagement ring and a napkin holder.
~Please give any suggestions!
I can provide the cheese sandwich!!!!
OK i’m cheking all the ideas i got help with because i haven’t checked on this comment in a few days everyone, by the way, thanks FirdBirfle for the cheese sandwich offer, just i need to know, wut typ of cheese is it??
How about a budgie lion tamer but all the lions are kittens? Cricket the uber-cute kitten would make a great “tiger.”
That is a good idea…I love eet.Lets just hope that the bugie doesn’t break the kitten cricket, I love that ubber-cute kitten
What a smart and determined budgie! Does it live with Maru–the floors are so clean!
I ditto your thought about the floors & Maru; that was on my mind while watching the vid, also
Cute little bird. He seems to actually be doing this just for the fun of it. (And, by the way: lovely floor!)
Birds are always cute!
That is some crazy good footwork, little budgie!
This video makes me ridiculously happy.
i thought he was just doing something impulsive…until he went to the trouble of digging the ball out from under the furniture thinger over on the side there so he could keep playing.
he’s a sports-budgie!
“if you can’t be a bird athlete, be a bird athletic supporter!”
Such a cutie and so talented too. Makes me miss my budgies though none of them could turn tricks like that.
Um, you could really mis-interpret that remark about “turning tricks”……..
Okay, I’ll go stand in the corner now. (hangs head)
Bend it like budgie.
Best comment ever!!
I too vote for mating behavior; he’s acting just like Mr. Bird, who belonged to a friend of ours. He (Mr. Bird, not the friend) would do similar noises, puffiness, and movements while sitting on your hand and focusing on your thumb, culminating in…um…well, you can guess, at which point he would immediately cease to be interested at all and fly off like nothing had happened, not even pausing for a cigarette. Simultaneously cute and bizarre.
heh heh “not pausing for a cigarette”
Are you saying it’s like Scirocco?
Seriously. Did this play on TV? “You are being shagged by a rare parrot!!!”
Yes, in the UK, where we know they have terrible loose morals.
Oi, our morals are perfectly uptight…it’s our sense of humour that plays fast and loose!
Theresa, in case there’s any doubt, Stephen Fry is at the top of my list of Husbands. Yes, yes, I am aware that he’s “not in the business of making babies”. All that this marriage requires is that I get to spend time in his self-deprecating, quietly ironic personality in order to give me hope that not all humans are stoopid and overbearing.
Firdie, the genius of the Invisible Stable of Interdimensional Husbands™– or just one of the many genius aspects– is that the gender preference(s) of the Interdimensional Husbands™ are completely immaterial.
Did I tell you that I met one of mine last month? In this dimension?
No, ma’am, you di-unt!!!!
Here’s a mint julep. DO TELL!!!!!
(Was your father anywhere nearby???)
Sweetie, no, Dad was nowhere around. I was at the opera, and trying to get out before the huge crowd (long story), and I turned around to go down a flight of stairs, and walked right into him. It was amazing. My brain instantly switched off. I was a babbling idiot. He was completely, totally, inexpressibly awesome, and I love him more. He was the top of the IH heap, and now he is several steps above that.
To quote Marnie:
“WHEEEEeeeeeeEEEEEEeeeEEee!!!!111!!”:)
Yes, I made that noise.
Anyone who has owned a boy budgie knows that he’s trying to bang that tennis ball.
Mine used to make sweet beautiful love to his mirror.
Bjorn Bjird. Score: love all
hi-larious!
That’s a bit disturbing….
TA DA… It’s the Brilliant Birling Budgie!
As a budgie fanatic, I had to post (first CO post, though I’m a compulsive CO checker
). What a cute little budgie!!! Its funny that male budgies like to, ahem, “love” everything…especially if the everything is a matching color (mine usually just goes for his reflection, but occasionally toys like this also catch his attentions).
More bird posts please!
can anyone figure out the dreamworks movie playing in the background?
Shrek?
It’s Monsters vs. Aliens.
Yup. DEFINITELY Monsters vs. Aliens.
The Messi of birds
I like how he starts scolding it, then pecking at it a little bit, to try to get it to stand still. And then retrieves it from under the shelf: “Come outta there, you chicken!” Very sweet. Now I want a budgie. (Love the chirping sounds!)
p.s. I, also, admire the spotless floors.
Are we sure the budgie is smart or is it spitting and pecking the tennis ball thinking, “WTF is wrong with this perch that won’t stand still?”
I love this video!!SOOOOOOOOOOOO Cute Overload-y!I lovve C.O.!
Typical male behavior, “nail” anything that moves.
With appologies to all my male friends, who are NOT like that of course
Of course!
*nudge nudge wink wink*
Say. No. More.
Just anything hot that moves. You know, like a tennis ball. Rawr.
The simplest things amuse the simplest minds.
Im so totally amused
Budgie-I’m afraid there’s no real chance of a lasting relationship here. She’s just not stable enough for that.
*snicker*
*snort*
OUTRIGHT LAUGHTER…!!!
Oh, thanks alot, cute overload. Now the haunting thought has returned to me that I want a budgie and I WANT ONE NOW. *pout*
Ya I’ve had 3 male budgies and it looks like that budgie is in LOVE with the tennis ball.. trying to mate with it…
Maybe birdie’s trying to “nest” that egg before it hatches?
At certain points I couldn’t tell – which is ball and which is budgie?
(BTW, glad it ended on an up note.)
Uh huh, sure it was just balancing for “fun”. Totally wasn’t trying to get its freak on at all with the fuzzy yellow tennis ball. Nope… no sir!
budgie, hooray!
hmmm…. budgie porn.
Speaking of non-human porn, my friend was giving out some…ahh, interesting facts about the you-know-what habit of various animals. During LUNCH.
AB. SO. LUTE. LY. CLASSIC.
So *that’s* the colour description for a budgie; Tennis Ball Green…
You know, when I was little, I had a little blue budgie named Pretty Boy (yeah, I know
), who used to sit on my head. Maybe it’s a good thing I couldn’t see whatever it was he was doing up there. 
Oh come on, Theresa! He wasn’t a creep; he just loved you for your mind.
I budgie he’s a professional
I love that the budgie is the same color as the tennis ball…very sweet!
Whoa, lookit that little guy use his li’l boidy footses to get the ball out from under the piece of furniture! That’s one talented boidy!
Definitely the most impressive thing to me was that he was able to get it out from under the furniture. My dog is still trying to master that one….
It helps if you’re low to the ground.
Budgies are pretty hilarious. There’s a veritable treasury of budgie LOLz on YouTube.
Check out this little fella, reading his pal The Riot Act:
This is so cute. I have a parakeet so I know what it’s doing is not as innocent as it looks. Here is mine, Birdy.
I fell to pieces laughing during this.
Thank you, Z.R. for providing an earworm to one of my personal heroes.
I’m not familiar with this particular video tribute, but it’s on THAT SONG,
so here goes:
Excellent!
She is/ was, isn’t/ wasn’t she???
that bird is “having a ball”
<3
What a cutie……Want………
OMG! Never thought I’d seen this again!!!
it’s been, what, 15 years since Linus the Budgie died! He was also in love with a tennis ball, chatting with it and trying to mate!!! And he defended it fiercely! if your hand was to closed to it, he attacked.
I know what he’s truly doing with that ball, CuteOverload. You can’t fool me!!!
But yes, it’s still cute <3
Did anybody else catch him saying “good boy”? My little Oliver used to talk in full sentences; boy do I miss that little guy!