Silly face

[Debby]

:eek:
Umm, how do I describe this, Tiki does this strange little motion-beak-tongue-neck thing in which it appears he is either trying to talk (no vocalization though) or cough up a hair ball. Or in his case a feather ball. :rolleyes: Anyway, I believe it to be some form of friendly banter or play. What do you think - does this mean anything. Its actually quite comical!

[Budgiekin]

Hi Debby. I am quite familiar with the beak, neck, tongue thing! I actually made up a name for that behaviour. I call it "whorking" (pronounced horking). Don't ask me how I came up with that, but it just seemed to suit that kind of beak, neck tongue activity.

I am not sure what it means though. My budgies, particularly Skyla, "whorks" quite a bit. When she really gets her neck into it, I call it "norking". (Again, don't ask how I came up with that either!).

I'd be interested in hearing what other people think this whorking/norking behaviour, as I call it, means.

[Bea]

Budgies do this when they get a little bit of seed husk or dust in their throat, i think it looks so strange!

[Debby]

LOL!! Love the responses! Especially the whorking!! How cute!

[Amy]

Yeah most of the time after 'whorking' (!) a feather pops out of their beak! So its totally normal and yes your quite right it is rather funny!

[Kiko&Kina]

"whorking".....lol thats funny. My birds have never done that before...but okay! Oh, by the way I got some pictures up today!!!! YAYYAYAYAYY!!!!!!!!

[alechenrybell]

thanks, i know this is such an old thread, but i was exploring the site and i found this usefull, as bertie was doing this yesterday.