Bird & Mammal Precursors

Clyde

• hair standing up on end

• lots of sudden vocalizations

• grabbing leg/ climbing up leg

Dash

• running away

• tail up

• stomping

Rico

• puffing fur out

• hissing

• opening mouth

• swinging arms/ reaching out towards trainer

Amelia

• grunting

Johnny & David

• mouth on hands

Alexis & Moira

• hissing

• balling up

• quills up

Diamond

• very vocal

• puffs up feathers

Zoey

• puffing her feathers up

• becoming very vocal and lunging

• rubbing beak on perching

• face turning red

Eugene

• puffing up feathers

• becoming red in the face

• lunging

• baiting trainers & rubbing beak on trainers hands

Ariel

• puffing up her feathers

• leaving mouth slightly opened

• baiting trainers

• scraping beak against trainers’ fingers when taking food

• refusing to do all behaviors in a session

Annie

• beak knocking

• putting mouth on hand

• putting crest up and saying “Annie”

• ignoring her trainer

• sampling many behaviors

Sibbiti & Blodyn

• puffing up feathers

• kicking like a bull on cage bottom

• beak knocking

• refusing behaviors

Harley

• feathers standing up with mouth open

• crouching and leaning forward

• cranky vocalization

• beak swinging

Luna

• beak clicking

Rex & Bowie

• becoming puffy

• sticking wings out while hanging head low

• swinging head back and forth

• lunging

Tyrion

• high pitched “kee” vocalization

Huey

• puffing out feathers

• flying

• pulling out of tow hole

• moving away from trainer