Wild Budgerigars

Courtesy of Rob Wood - driller on Woodline gold exploration Project:
Wild budgerigars behaving in the most extraordinary way !!
2017 and Time For Some Further Explanation.
I don't check this video often and am amazed to see how many people have seen it. Thanks for all the nice feedback. Scrolling through the comments, there are some recurring questions and statements.
1. Yes the birds are wild. Check the other two videos on this channel if you have any doubt. It is nearly 100 km to the nearest town and 50 km to the nearest house. It is extensive bushland.
2. They are not thirsty. They were not interested in any food or water around our camp.
3. There is absolutely no way any of us would have taken one of these birds. They probably would have died if we did something so stupid.
4. The especially tame birds (most did not get close enough to handle) were not sick.
5. I have only seen budgies behave anything like this once. However, flies are like this every day in the bush. You get used to it very quickly.
Now for some more context for those of you who are interested. The man who shot the video, Rob Wood, is not me. We were working together exploring for gold southeast of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. The day before hundreds of budgies descended on the camp, six of them visited me and my field assistant while we were out working. Over the space of an hour or two they got closer and closer to our vehicle, like they were checking us out until one went INSIDE THE CAB. It wasn't scared when we very carefully went in and from there at least two or three of those six budgies landed on us and "played" with us. The cricket was on the radio. Maybe that had something to do with it.
The next day, OMG, there were hundreds of budgies at the drillers camp. We all got to see them and interact with them. You see some of this in the video footage. Unfortunately (for me), I was not there when Rob shot the most amazing footage of the budgies on the windscreen. I had gone in to town to refill the water trailer.
The budgies went out with the drillers to the drill rig. I am told that they were not the slightest bit put off by the deafening roar of the drill rig. They spent an hour or two swarming all over the mast, in and out of the cab of the truck and perched on the driller's helmets. Then they flew off and we never saw them again.
Carl Brauhart
Geologist
Perth WA

[@ericke9611]

Budgies in the wild: *tame* My pet Budgies: You dare enter my cage prepare to loose a finger or a hand

[@bigmrcriticman5596]

Yes

[@notanotherguitarchannel]

you know, parrots are a great judge of character

[@tashab6343]

Same

[@sharathyadav954]

Those chicks are first time out of the nest which means still learning to fly. So that's why looks tamed.

[@tashab6343]

same.

[@slidetek]

Everybody seems to be really surprised at how passive the wild budgies are. _This is deceptive._ While these little buggers were distracting the driver of the lori with their "cute budgie" act, their mates were going through the cab and relieved the driver of all his cash, his GPS, his cell phone, his bagged lunch and a sixer of Fosters. Two others siphoned off all of his petrol. To add insult to injury, after he was forced to abandon his lori on the side of the road and walk 11 km home, they called him at his flat that evening on his _own cell phone, drunk on his beer._ *Don't trust budgies in the outback.* Little wankers.

[@honeythemute2478]

this is hilarious

[@TailsIsDisappointed]

They're all terrorists I tell ya!

[@binda33]

Real Aussie men don't drink that Fosters crap.

[@carmelcreamdestroyeroffood6793]

You British people are funny

[@Bella-xk3gr]

slidetek lol

[@aimerhalalboy88]

the people at the pet store: "they're calm and tame" me: *Those bastards lied to me*

[@LeviAckerman57551]

Lmfao

[@eissaalzaabi6587]

Those pet store workers lied at me 😤 I bought 2 lovebirds and they said it’s tamed, when I came home the 2 lovebirds were scared and couldn’t get at my hand

[@qwantaa]

@@eissaalzaabi6587 the fuck ru saying dude u need to have patience

[@robertajones961]

Blue sear boy. Yellow or pale pink girl. Very cute

[@eissaalzaabi6587]

@@qwantaa SHUT UP, maybe your that worker that lied at me (But I still love and care about my birds)

[@blackcitroenlove]

So kind to the birbs. That's the sign of a good man, how he treats animals. You can clearly see he'd never harm a single feather on those birds, ever.

[@HullzOSRS]

Nobody asked.

[@chipreal]

@@HullzOSRSI asked

[@boiled_egg_]

@@HullzOSRS Good job they don't need permission to write a comment then

[@blackcitroenlove]

@@HullzOSRS how about you fuck off? I like how kind he is to these sweet birds. Get a goddamned life.

[@abrahamsamuel2952]

@@HullzOSRS no one asked you to comment

[@-redacted-]

*Wild budgie when a hand approaches* : hi how are ya :> *Tame pet budgie when a hand approaches* : so you've chosen _death_

[@dancearoundtheworld5360]

I had this happen but realized get them out the damn cage, they didnt have water and had them forced to eat only seeds.. now cage is open got them to eat lettuce,brocoli sorta make them throw it up, pool of water so one day theyll clean themselves

[@svetoslav166]

3 out of 1 is tame

[@stitchuwu1998]

I was literally running away from my budgie cuz he was flying and chasing me 😟🖐

[@aryastark3148]

@@stitchuwu1998 I wish for the sake of the birds that people like you wouldn't have them.

[@stitchuwu1998]

@@aryastark3148 wym?? that has happned to me when I started. I started doing research after that and eventually learned my mistakes. they are very healthy now and happy 😃☝️

[@eliseheartless4636]

If a birb gets on your hand: *"I am the chosen one"*

[@saadsajidul9001]

Yes birb not bird

[@nas6246]

@@saadsajidul9001 of course!

[@Suge67]

*Bird

[@nas6246]

@@Suge67 _it's intentional my guy_

[@FiqahMyh]

Such an adorable birb😂

[@greathornedowl1783]

For anyone wondering why they are sitting on the window wiper. I think they are mistaking the windscreen for water, you can see them try to drink it. These desert birds are constantly on the lookup for it

[@travelphotos7662]

Or they are attracted to the reflection. While wild, they still show characteristics of domestic budgies. Domestic budgies go "mad" chatting into the mirror.. Other birds (e.g. magpie-lark) can often be seen jumping all over a car and harassing the mirror and windows. The video caption says they weren't interested in the food or water on offer in the camp.

[@nadie1868]

I love how those "Wild" birds are like super chill, while my pet one used her little sharp beak to painfully pierce my skin while I was feeding her.

[@musteycraft9854]

My budgie will only hurt me if it's playing or I swing my finger to fast

[@parakeetbudgie]

becaue these budgie are young and they don't tink human are dangerous. when they adults they more cautious and you can tell they are baby because they have stripe all around their head and they have beak with darker color

[@RayRayViolet25]

Wild budgie: *lets random human pet it's back* My budgie: *screams and bites whenever I try to pet his back*

[@davidmdyer838]

Not if you spend time with it, especially when it was a baby like these guys.

[@donnadavidson4234]

RayRayViolet because they weren’t meant to be pets!

[@IHateYoutubeHandles615]

That's ok, you shouldn't pet birds on their backs. That's mating behavior, and in captivity can lead to various self destructive problems like self harm and plucking. Pet them on the heads only. Not on their belly, not under their wings.

[@lucarin8191]

I have finches and they're the same. One came from an abusive breeder and another came from a pet store. They dont like being touched and that's okay, they sometimes will land on us or next to us to see what we're doing. That's all I need ♡

[@Motorcyclesandgames]

Sounds like mine

[@mayankbhagat6864]

This guy afterwards: "you know, I'm something of a Disney princess myself"

[@xxcreamythefoxx7086]

Underrated

[@bee5607]

MIRIO HELLO

[@bigcrab2794]

Damn good one too he didn’t even have to sing

[@guidedmeditation2396]

Always carry a ziplock of parakeet treats with you when you go driving down that road. I have learned to carry a small amount of cat treats with me when I hike or go through ruins to feed the temple cats. There are always some there and they seem to know who the cat people are.

[@monqueen8398]

C est où sa trop mignon

[@AllThisPainButStillNoSharingan]

Wild budgie: *Kalm* My budgie: *RUN!! HE IS GONNA DEVOUR US!!!*

[@musteycraft9854]

Only if he's in his cage or the room its in Go take ur budgie to your room and then they will stay calm

[@Katiee0592]

😂😂😂

[@fukuoka-musician]

Man, those are some tame flies. Oh, the budgies too.

[@ElijahAngelo-lc2xq]

Lmao

[@DariusNzy]

Lol

[@NuYoukai]

He's secretly a Disney princess

[@pinkiwi]

lol

[@xdas11]

That's the best one XD

[@reeseyme9613]

snow white

[@rajory6057]

😂😂😂

[@dragonslayer9547]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@soybean1610]

Me: *Shows this to my pet birds.* See? THIS is how you should act. Birds: -v-

[@ilovebirds8663]

Grace The True Tortured Soul hHA 😂🤣

[@milliewayz3327]

XD

[@Pepnmayo]

Birbs:Well that's a piece of shi- ÒvÓ

[@moonlightmagic8703]

These birb: Wow Hooman cool My birds: ATTACK THIS UNHOLY BEING DONT LET IT TOUCH US

[@tuolivviahehe]

Lol i do this too

[@vanissaberg5824]

I can see why they became so popular as pets when they're so curious as babies like this.

[@SpookyDookySr]

Touching a birds back like that is a mating thing. You just gave all those birds a wild lap dance. 😂

[@gummy_soundboard]

Budgerigars: hmm... yes, the window is made of window

[@Pepnmayo]

Other birbs:THEY KNOW THEIR SECRET

[@youv27]

That one bird: *Yes*

[@KKwinsi]

This actually funny

[@enmused]

I'm surprised they're not slamming into it 😂

[@pericakuvar2929]

Logic!

[@Mobin92]

1:00 "Sir? Me too pls."

[@annelise6236]

Mobin92 ik he was watching the other one being stroked and then he came over and looked down 😂

[@Vaikida]

Ikr ! They're so smart !!😍

[@jjjjjj9157]

Los xD

[@dragonslayer9547]

2:40

[@walllyisbestbird5227]

wild budgies: tame af my budgie: YOU WILL NOT PET ME. NOW GO GET ME MILLET

[@syedamirhussain120]

no ima drop it in they’re poop 💩

[@musteycraft9854]

My budgie screams when I touch his back when he's In his cage In my room he's like these in the video

[@JohnMichaelson]

It may be their only up close interactions with humans in their lives. Thank you for making it a gentle, loving one!

[@thomasscott6252]

Wild Budgie: :> My Budgie: *Biting and screeching his defiance as I save him from a pot of soup he dove into*

[@Konozure]

Honestly 😂

[@brenn7754]

Your comment made me laugh and get out of bed this morning, thanks :)

[@Zack_Zander]

Wild Budgie: Chilled and happy birb... Pet Budgie: FURIOUS BEAST WITH A SOUL OF A CAT

[@ndrej0]

Exactly

[@marceloho1984]

Lol

[@wep244]

To people comparing these to their pet budgies. Budgies are very social and research suggests that they even name each other, but they're also very trusting by nature. The trusting behavior benefits them as large mammals like cows are safe while providing protection, but when you get a young budgie it has very likely seen the hand invade their cage and grab one of their siblings, whom they never see again. So at a very early age they come to view the hand as a predator. A few weeks ago, I introduced my budgie to a cat, (while he was in his cage of course) he kept on singing and playing with his toys while the cat was staring him down, a little while later he even climbed on the side of his cage where the cat was, maybe introducing himself. My budgie had never seen a cat before, and didn't know it would most likely eat him if he wasn't in his cage, but it has seen a hand "eat" one or more of his previous flock. It's what you get when you combine parrot intelligence with flock mentality. It can take a very long time for them to regain trust.

[@RandomGuyyyy]

Makes sense

[@ninjaofspy]

I dunno man, I didn't know what a shrike was and one had landed on my porch one day (a baby but was about ready to leave the nest) and I wanted to show my bird another bird since they sing to the birds in the morning. Well, my budgie wanted nothing to do with that other bird, and knowing what shrikes do to their prey, it astonished me how my budgie knew that bird could be trouble.

[@esterleng860]

Ooh shit so what would be a better option?

[@papermachete8071]

I'm not sure if you should introduce your bird to you cat...

[@Lapis.hnk.1984]

Wow uh interesting

[@peanutoreo8052]

God is truly an artist. Those birds are beautiful.

[@xenonproductions1990]

thank you for sharing this, its so nice to see cute birds getting the attention they deserve

[@denisify5425]

The whole comment section is basically people saying that these birbs are more tamed than theirs

[@legoboywebkinz]

I can relate

[@kitdoesartg]

But they are more tame

[@the-red-ghost]

True

[@conf1rmed819]

yes

[@mismak1840]

what's the name

[@tronixfix]

While you are petting the budgies there was a fly on your hand petting YOU!

[@shizukagozen777]

😂😂😂😂

[@shizukagozen777]

@IwishIneverExisted d There are flies everywhere so...

[@louiereyhan7089]

IwishIneverExisted d yea in Australia theres so many flies :( especially since he is in the dessert there’s many other flying bugs

[@ChaosBW]

So rare to find a tame human that doesn't violently kill everything The fly had to pet it

[@guidedmeditation2396]

This video has some of the greatest comments. I dunnowhy. LOL.

[@wYatt121509]

I know that I am a SHIT TON of years late but I like this. An American says, 'Thanks mate!' God bless brother!

[@gautamv952]

Very friendly budgies, and equally friendly flies.

[@Fckwitt]

The bird was literally like "oh ok" when he got picked up

[@adamkhader8658]

Not funny for me

[@roLegionnaireOfficial]

@@adamkhader8658 keep your opinion to yourself

[@adamkhader8658]

@@roLegionnaireOfficial iam

[@YinPCVR]

@@adamkhader8658 your not, you just straight up told everybody lmao but okay

[@squidwardtesticles1191]

@@adamkhader8658 oh ok

[@shiva72945]

Young birds. Just flew out of their nest, no idea of humans. I'm glad they found a nice guy.

[@angelmartin7310]

I was worried they were sick.

[@magpieloaf8214]

The birds look like adults tho

[@theabirde]

@@magpieloaf8214 they don’t. Look at their large eyes and how striped their faces are. Totally babies 🐣

[@magpieloaf8214]

@@theabirde oh i see now

[@moonshroom5879]

@@theabirde it also depends on how they stand. If their legs a far apart it's most likely they are young.

[@luckyme6888]

AMAZING!!! You lucky duck! Can’t believe how tame they are 🤩 wow!

[@kingcrimson234]

How the hell are these wild budgies more tame than my pet budgie???

[@hetmulskeclosed621]

kingcrimson234 hahahaha

[@robclippo1161]

kingcrimson234, because they don't get grabbed at like pet ones

[@kitnelson1357]

kingcrimson234 sad

[@babysquirrel2124]

Because they are babies, and babies are more curious than their adults, since the adults will be cautious around things they haven't seen before. That's why it's recommended to get budgie's when they are babies so they can get used to human contact

[@unorthodoxmolossers4860]

Teddy Barnaclezz all of them were adults. you can tell by the color above their beaks.

[@hoaksoul391]

I love that he said "hey little man"when he was holding a budgie

[@vennelaj7076]

😆

[@tereybebe72g]

🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

[@Birbzz]

plot twist it was a little woman

[@gloria7876]

@@Birbzz the one he had was a male. He (the bird) had blue on his beak.

[@Birbzz]

@@gloria7876 I know, that was just a joke

[@AgentSmartnumber86]

This video alone is enough to make me want to move to aussie I love budgies they are soo cute and curious and friendly most of the time

[@carolkemp5935]

I've driven through the outback in Western Australia, and walked it, never seen such tame budgies. Your video is a treat, watching all those little birds behaving so tame. I can't wait to get back out there and see for myself. Most of my family live in the area, my son-in-law works for Harmony. When I visited Harmony mine, near Leonora, I was surprised how tame the animals were. Perhaps you were drilling not far - as a budgie flies, from a mine where budgies went for a fuss and a feed. Please keep the videos coming. Thank you.

[@yuviaromero9763]

These budgies are more tamed than mine

[@karenreyes8318]

same

[@ashcampbell4395]

Same omg

[@PeculiarLancer]

True hhh

[@solixoaj143]

How is it true I don't get it mine just rage at me

[@skyblue4230]

+AshTheGreat Aj I give my bird my finger and it just stares at me like "what du u want me to do".

[@egorence2149]

australia:buncha snakes,venomous spiders,basically a huge variety of predators also australia:homes a lotta cute lil' birbs

[@AUmarcus]

And some big ones too....wedged tailed eagle, cassowary and emu.

[@TheDragonCat99]

Egorence With the rest of the wildlife, cute things can only survive in the air

[@aliciabradbury3142]

THIS IS SO TRUE LOVE EM OR OR LEAVE EM 😂😂

[@veng3r663]

You forgot TO mention the blood-sucking courts if you're a Man...

[@marsupialmole3926]

@@TheDragonCat99 True. further examples include the flying fox and the sugar glider

[@affordabledesertliving3487]

Great to see young budgies only days out of the nest. These are only about 5 weeks old. I bred 100s of them in captivity years ago. I have also seen and filmed them in the wild in OZ but the ones I filmed were all adults and very wary.

[@fatbudgiekillen8997]

How good to see these merry little birds in their natural habitat, very trusting.

[@phoeberia2734]

Difference between wild and store bought budgies. One hasn't really seen people the other is traumatized by them

[@captainruthless]

Phoeberia 100% true

[@captainruthless]

These budgies are way to calm

[@phoeberia2734]

@@captainruthless likely young to just they've been fed and interacted with before

[@Rideca74]

Truth.

[@galactic-hamster7043]

That explains a lot of the comment section i guess.

[@AAvfx]

*Such bravery and trust!*

[@dahen2039]

I know right? My tamed budgie won't even let me get my finger close to her

[@kitolamus3238]

@@dahen2039 I don’t think she’s tamed then

[@dahen2039]

@@kitolamus3238 she is quite violent and bites, but won't try to escape

[@mosquitomilk9877]

I don't think that's why they aren't flying away lmaooo

[@kitolamus3238]

@@dahen2039 I’m pretty sure that’s fear

[@Daaaredevild]

It’s crazy how tiny they are compared to domesticated budgies, and so cute how they’re all so interested in the glass!

[@ThreeSalamandersInATrenchCoat]

These ones have stripes all the way down to their noses, I don't think all wild ones are smaller, these ones just aren't fully grown

[@jess.azuria]

i own a budgie amd shes only about that big too, ive had her for almost a year now :)

[@FeminineDevourer]

I came, I awed and loved. Well Played Rob.

[@Stratocaster893]

These budgies are all babies. That probably has something to do with how friendly they are. They look like they've just come out of their nest about a week or so prior to this video.

[@jjrj8568]

exactly. Look at all those stripes on its forehead, nearly touching the beak.

[@Ansonidak]

Ahh that explains much. he was an inexperienced flyer and probably tired.

[@goldipaul4691]

@@jjrj8568, This is going to be flowing in water but... WHATEVER! Every budgie has it. They are not new born or a week or 2. They are around 1 year old or younger. My Budgie has it, and even my brother has a budgie wich has it. My Budgie is a boy and so is my brother's. Actually, my brothers budgie is an adult. My Budgie is still allot younger. We got my brother's budgie as a gift, as mine was bought normally from a pet shop in Liverpool. And also, my brother's budgie has more than mine. This means that it doesn't include the age of the meaning. Stratocaster893 is not wrong or right. He is in the middle.

[@jjrj8568]

@@goldipaul4691 hmm, pal,the more stripes a budgie has on its forehead, the younger he/she is; old (+10 yo) budgies basically lose the stripes on their heads, ,the head is either fully green, blue or white

[@goldipaul4691]

@@jjrj8568, WE'LL IT NOT GOING TO BE 4 TO 5 CM TALLER IS IT!? AND IT WON'T BE KS ING WITH THE OTHER GENGER ON THE BEAK IS IT!?

[@mewtwo.150]

Those flies are like: "We wanna be pet too" >:v

[@xylagaming5420]

;(

[@undeadpresident]

naw they want to drink the sweat off his skin and if he were to die lay their eggs in him

[@travelphotos7662]

My pet budgie was very social. We'd let it fly in a bedroom for exercise but it was easy to get back in the cage. Later in life, when I had an aviary of 40 or so budgies, none of them were social to humans. You couldn't get near them (except for someone's escaped budgie who found the aviary and we let it in). They were extremely social with each other. The one that wanted in was very good to a more elderly female who couldn't fly. He would feed it (regurgitating food) and when she was climbing the wire from the seed bowls, he would climb with her chatting away until she reached the perches.

[@evelynrose2257]

Aww those are just babies! How cute!

[@satan-pm5er]

Fearing humans is actually a learned behavior. Animals from the antartic who've never had any contact with humans are generally friendly, too!

[@user-hf3fu2xt2j]

especially the polar bears!

[@kanatsizkuss]

because baby birds

[@thegoeppishow]

@@user-hf3fu2xt2j Polar Bears are not living in Antarctica...

[@utku3340]

Not exactly. Prey animals will be scared against potential dangers even if they see it first time. Antartic animals are relaxed on land only since there are no predators.

[@robertoromero8053]

Also humans are kind of big animals too. Not giant like hippos or elephants but still kinda big. A lot of animals might be a little cautious about attacking an animals taller than it. Even though for our size we are very weak. Also the budgies in this video are young, so they probably dont know what a predator is. If a snake was slithering towards one they'd probably go in for a closer look. When one gets caught the others learn snakes=danger.

[@sweetdrag0n]

Probably babies or young budgies who didn't see you as a threat. Younger budgies are more passive to humans and easier to tame. For example if they are hand reared from chicks they can associate the human as an odd part of their flock. The budgie you held doesn't really look sick. It's probably just a young one. His eyes and beak don't show any signs of ill health. Him closing his eyes seems to be very content. My first male budgie was very easy to tame from day one he was out on my finger. This particular flock probably has seen human interaction before. Wild animals can sometime associate with humans if there natural habitat is in close contact with human communities. They are wild but over the generations have learnt humans in their area are not a threat and humans equal easy food and water.

[@StarTrekOnlineLive]

No not young they are Adults you can see it on the blue dots on the cheek.

[@ricky0738]

Ceesie007 to see if you learn a little more, look at the peak, are pigeons still possibly the generation that parents expelled from the nest to breed again, these birds small the cereo he looks pink or you would see white or blue, no you put to talk without knowing and having if you learn a little more ... what he says sweetdrag0n is true ...

[@linuxwitch]

They are very young. You can tell the age of budgerigars by the amount of barring on the head, as well as dark pigmentation in their beaks These guys are newly fledged, and from the amount of dark pigment remaining in their beaks, they are about 6 weeks old.

[@wildwoodwanderer6980]

VeganDragon IT looks like a young one, you're right. I've raised more than 15.

[@RealFarknMcCoy]

Actually, in that area, they would probably have never seen a human before. So there is no fear - they don't know yet that humans are bad news.

[@mymysticaqua2952]

These little green fluffy birds are so adorable. 😍

[@kurachaberry642]

wild budgies: ok my budgies: screaming and biting me as soon as I put my hand in the cage

[@musteycraft9854]

They don't have trust In you You should spent more time with them

[@rossylopez9340]

😂😂😂😂same here

[@birdlover8357]

Mine always go to his cage

[@CALNDStuff]

That's because you probably bought them for 3 bucks at a pet store where they mass breed them in terrible conditions

[@samimertoglu8783]

Unfortunately these little fellas are paid actors

[@maryniellesalvador9547]

Sami Mertoglu hahahahaa

[@MrMan-np9jg]

Doubt

[@salt8888]

lol (türk)

[@luckytaco4344]

😂

[@luckytaco4344]

Gd Roy Storm no shit it’s a joke

[@sixinterger]

Can we just appreciate the fact that he is more focused on rubbing the Budgie's body than the flys that land on him.

[@svetoslav166]

He is Racist

[@thiloopsyy902]

@@svetoslav166 allllright then

[@babysocrazyy2455]

@@thiloopsyy902 fr it was so random 😂

[@HXRMXNYSVBEroadtosubs]

Idk I'd scream

[@rogueisded]

There's flies everywhere in the Australian outback, especially in summer, ya sorta just get used to it.

[@drew8958]

It's like the first ones you guys met were scouts and that they communicated that to the flock that followed ! 🤯 Great vid capture !!

[@nancyayotte2297]

Big man hand delicately petting the birbs. Love it

[@mahikasharma3301]

I showed my pet budgies this and one of them pooped on me and went away.... Welcome to my life

[@The_Demonic_Artist]

Mahika *gives comment award* contrats , this made me laugh

[@mariannejohannessen9751]

😂

[@arsalaniftikhar5920]

Girl! Give them some food Gain their trust slowly

[@stephanginther9051]

I had a pet bird when I was 11, he was a finch of some kind, a neighbor found a nest and kidnapped them to sell. Wanting to be nice he gave me one. (I didn't approve of him raiding the nest but, it was already done). The girl that watched me and my brother while our dad was away insisted his name was 'Stef' after his 'father' (aka me). The little guy would poop on people that made him mad. He was pretty good about not pooping on you as long as he was in a good mood.

[@CreativeGigi]

😂😂

[@hollyanderson8503]

It would have been hard for me to not take them home with me.

[@yuviaromero9763]

I would take each one of them home hahah

[@PeculiarLancer]

I would take them all and make a whole budgie army out of them.

[@TheOpelkoenjas]

I have to admit, it would have been difficult for me too. But these are birds that are used to live in nature. If they want to interact with you, that's awesome, but leave hem where they are at. They'll be more happy there. Cheers.

[@chandnitomar1495]

Agree !! Admire the creature, maybe take a selfie or 2 and let go !!

[@victoriam586]

+TheOpelkoenjas Actually, they won't be more happy there. Budgie mortality in the wild is absolutely abysmal thanks to the harshness of their natural habitats, and otherwise-healthy birds will starve or thirst to death in the _millions_ if there's even a minor drought after a population boom. Wild budgies tend to live miserable, razor's-edge lives in constant risk of illness and death, and only survive as a species by breeding faster than nature can claim them - not a happy life at all. Plus, I'm pretty sure the baby budgie that was clinging to the guy in the video may have been slightly sick. Letting them live in the wild isn't better for them just because it's "natural", it's really closer to torture... You wouldn't let your children live in the woods just because our ancestors did, would you?

[@jjk4891]

Aww so chonk and cute. Must be living their best lives out there :)

[@rudranilchatterjee7013]

I can't believe they are so tame. Lovely birds they are! My pet bird doesn't trust me so much as these cutie pies

[@phoneguy4637]

- *pets a wild budgie:* budgie's like "yaay!" - *pets a pet budgie:* budgie's like "DON'T YOU DARE PUTRIFYING MY PLUMMAGE..."

[@Jenny-yl5pb]

Yeah- ;w; They are always like Lemme just- Run

[@devour9938]

That’s because when they catch budgies the budgies get scared and don’t know what happens next those budgies are calm because they don’t think the guy will hurt them from grabbing them and putting them in a cage

[@izzybizzyplayz6055]

True phoneguy

[@CALNDStuff]

@@devour9938 they don't catch parakeets they aren't natural, parakeets are Americanized budgies the reason why they have distrust is because cheap petstore parakeets are mother raised

[@Hidde_]

He attac He protecc But most importantly He cute as hecc

[@mirsad96]

And he pecc pecc pecc

[@josue2662]

@@mirsad96 and it hurts like hecc

[@Wanwood2]

This and the other two comments are funny as hecc

[@VoidWimp]

It's his way of giving love becc

[@bunnynations6864]

He is so cute my heart is melting 🥰

[@chrismaguire3667]

The one he was stroking "I might be a budgie, but I ain't budgin', mate!"

[@jedjones5406]

Wow amazing that they let you pat them. Those wild budgies are so adorable and beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@violetcrystal4787]

I’m crying at how these wild budgies are more tamed than my pet budgie...

[@MajikkaniHand]

They're babies. They'll get wilder.

[@sandyalls]

SAME

[@reinventlove1866]

same

[@arthurmorgan9689]

Stolen comment

[@JustAChinesePleb]

That means they do not trust you. You probably did someting to them or just have to have patience. A lot of people doesn't and they'll end up hurting birdies.

[@13lade23]

I read the title as "wild bulgarians" Disappointed once again

[@uabir8338]

Aren't them the same?

[@danie336]

I get cause they seemed to be like tamed even tho they're wild

[@nuschger2]

"wild Bulgarians" Just search for: Bulgarian dog spinning

[@belo8763]

lmao

[@shizukagozen777]

HAHA 😂😂😂

[@timothy6966]

They’re all very young. You can tell that these little birbs are no more than a year old or so ❤

[@soleilbelkis9010]

This is a precious gift 🙌🐦🤗

[@looops444]

Budgie: why does tree pet us

[@ilikeroblox1055]

LÖÖÖPS 😂

[@coffeepigeon8490]

I don’t see how these budgies are way more tamed than my screaming, super spoiled pet budgies

[@pukamaroo]

It's because they're really young. Babies are naturally more curious than adults. They've probably never seen a human before and wanted to check them out. Also, because they're wild they probably feel as if they can escape danger easily if the people turned out to be not so friendly, so they're a lot less fearful than what one in a an enclosed area would be

[@zibafu]

birds in pet shops deal with people (and kids) daily, being loud and not careful around them, not to mention pet shop employees who arent always great with birds, other animals around etc, confined space, I have a green cheeked conure, he lived in the petshop in a tiny cage with 5 siblings, the pet shop worker snatched him out like a damn predator grabbing prey, its taken 4 years to get him used to me grabbing hold of him even tho hes been relatively tame for the entire duration. They learn through experience, and probably havent dealt with predators yet.

[@donnagaunt9232]

If I held mine that that he would scream

[@davidmdyer838]

You have to spend time with your budgie every day, you have to socialize it.

[@cozmic7388]

CoffeePigeon urs have aids

[@Srekwah]

Thanks for the 'Show more' Carl. You struck a rich vein after all.

[@dansuehath]

Awwwwww! Baby Budgies! They are so Un-afraid at that age! 🥰

[@sergiowilliam6135]

1:37 Bird : *Sits on the guys thumb * Also bird : Why is tree walking

[@SorrowBell]

Xd

[@colingaming3993]

COPIED

[@emilyzhou2576]

I have no idea how this dude isn’t freaked out by all the insects flying on his arm

[@Ozraptor4]

This is normal for outback Australia. The flies are everywhere in warmer months and there is nothing you can do about them. If you work outdoors, you have no choice but to endure dozens-to-hundreds of flies following and sitting on you all day long.

[@mythras]

@@Ozraptor4 I don't care too much about spiders, snakes and the like, not that they can't be frightening but they're always avoidable. But to have this amount of flies around you constantly seems outright disgusting to me :( do you really get used to them to the point that they don't bother you anymore?

[@Ozraptor4]

@@mythras Never get 100% used to them (you notice them even when wearing a fly net), but you have to learn to grin and bear it.

[@nicojw9131]

Bailey satisfying more like disgusting

[@roger5384]

Once you have swallowed one or two , you get used to them

[@jaz58107]

This is wonderful thank you!🐦

[@origma99]

Amazing. Thanks for that video 😊

[@fluffypuff766]

*looks at my budgie* Budgie: *SCREAM! CRY! BITE!!! Me: Q_Q i...I just wanna pet you...

[@bobbieland6992]

Thats how i feel about mine -_-

[@ghostbovods2188]

My birds hate me

[@khanaltamash7805]

Because a prisoner will never love you.

[@daimonwings3838]

Well, probably because you trapped him inside a cage

[@nasimkarimi1241]

@Silverfang *Well,* you can’t just free them in the house like *that*

[@LemonNote1]

Disney princess: *sings* Any animal in a 2 mile radius:

[@xxcreamythefoxx7086]

Lol

[@lbnrobloxstudio4711]

Wow! I can't believe a wild budgerigar landed on your hand!

[@barryklinedinst6233]

That is so awesome. They are such smart little birds. Hard to believe they let someone touch them . I would have a ball

[@Ambipie]

So what youre telling me is that their natural state is "friend object".

[@honeyjar2970]

Yes! But humans treat them horribly in stores and the poor things become terrified of people

[@zeko1170]

These are babies thats why they are friendly

[@zeko1170]

@@honeyjar2970 there are way worse than shops and thats breeders who put them in a cage thats too small for 1 budgie

[@foskfismfus]

Not death biter?

[@rockiexsomething9298]

Sunflower_ Honey oh that’s why my birds are hella scared of me

[@mtb2625]

me after watching this video: Tries to touch my budgie birb: So you have chosen... death Edit: this is only for the memes, my budgies are the nicest in ZA WARUDO.

[@gulinaylin6927]

My budgie is hurt my hand :s It is hate me 😐

[@yumnamohamed6130]

My male budgie is a little OK with me touching her back but sometimes she tries to bite me but it feels like licking instead of pain trust me

[@PunkyPlays]

OML

[@LOLGAMERWr]

Gülin MUTLU I lost my budgie

[@polskiobywatel553]

My budgie was screaming to lick my finger, really

[@WonderfulDay2023]

Wonderful birds. I had some of them in the past.

[@Ang-dj2ws]

I always come back to this video when I need to feel better after a hard day

[@alikemalalc9150]

1:56 when he said hey little man it was so cute

[@rosieluvswater1324]

Ikr

[@joexyaa_]

That's a female

[@rosieluvswater1324]

@@joexyaa_ cute my cockatiel is a female

[@jaumegenaro7673]

@@rosieluvswater1324 i want a cockatiel too

[@v4mpirie]

@@joexyaa_ it’s a boy actually

[@zukizumi5928]

I swear, I thought the title said *_Wild_* *_Burgers_*

[@annelise6236]

Exotical Gaming lol me too

[@cassandrareynolds2997]

😆😆😆

[@andrewperillo3446]

thats actually a female your holding. every bird has there own personality just like you and me. some dont like to be held. some do. also the birds you get at the pet shop are treated very poorly by humams therefore they dont trust you at all when they get to your houses. it verys between every bird.

[@cassandrareynolds2997]

@@andrewperillo3446 but the amaxonhg thing, our unique bonds with our little featherball friends changes their mind wntirely, isn't it neat, one living person changes their opinion of an entire race, they hate everyone... until they love you! Like my little featherball Cherry the teil!

[@andrewperillo3446]

Cassandra Reynolds thats an interesting way to look at it.

[@buffbonnie6969]

Thank you for sharing your video, it was amazing.

[@MrMiki819]

THIS IS SO WHOLESOME

[@verticalsmurf]

Did you ever find out why these fledglings were so attracted to your truck?

[@brauhartc]

Hi verticalsmurf, Sorry I don't check in very often. There were budgies everywhere that day. The drillers had a big tent and it sounded like it was raining with all the birds landing and taking off. So, yes they liked the front of the truck but they also loved the fire-place, the tent, the caravan and some very tame ones liked us!! It was an unbelievable event, never repeated.

[@verticalsmurf]

+brauhartc Probably thirsty and needing some mud and salt. Gorgeous little things.

[@rad2gnarly9]

they like looking at their reflections. When I had some, we put in mirrors that they loved.

[@georgebishop4876]

Cali Fresh and

[@cliqueanimates9004]

Cali Fresh Birds think mirrors are other birds. It makes them less attached to you, and lowers their sanity level. Please don't keep mirrors in a budgie cage.

[@archaeodesigns3844]

Amazing experience, thanks for sharing. At 0:58 you can see the budgie enjoying being stroked, and then the envious one on the right tries to get his head stroked too!

[@josephadams4500]

Little critters are crazy for their reflections, super cute

[@senkail6625]

I have birds like him and they go crazy every time I come near them

[@zerosan989]

One day this will be in everyone's recommend.I rest here until then.

[@LilPigeon11008]

🙏

[@user-qt5xg5ju8z]

the day has come

[@aprilalmanza34]

Pffft

[@GamezKiD.]

Hallo there

[@ayuvell4790]

So it happened

[@death.thricedrawn9939]

*grabs them all* i'll be taking these home thank you

[@findpicasso4364]

Pffft petsmart tryna scam me of 20 dollars? oh heck naw!! i can go grab my own budgie from the wild!

[@omni-man8647]

@@findpicasso4364 I bought my budgie from a guy walking in the street with a shit ton of them at 2 dollars lol

[@DragonProtector]

I of rescue them

[@findpicasso4364]

@@omni-man8647 Lol

[@dutchstrain7239]

Subhanallah you are very blessed to do this . All praise to Allah , I am a Muslim

[@vanamalaswathi5331]

Budgie: hey I got a tree that's taming me and walking 😍😍😍

[@brauhartc]

2017 and Time For Some Further Explanation. I don't check this video often and am amazed to see how many people have seen it. Thanks for all the nice feedback. Scrolling through the comments, there are some recurring questions and statements..............1. Yes the birds are wild. Check the other two videos on this channel if you have any doubt. It is nearly 100 km to the nearest town and 50 km to the nearest house. It is extensive bushland. 2. They are not thirsty. They were not interested in any food or water around our camp. 3. There is absolutely no way any of us would have taken one of these birds. They probably would have died if we did something so stupid. 4. The especially tame birds (most did not get close enough to handle) were not sick. 5. I have only seen budgies behave anything like this once. However, flies are like this every day in the bush. You get used to it very quickly. Now for some more context for those of you who are interested. The man who shot the video, Rob Wood, is not me. We were working together exploring for gold southeast of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. The day before hundreds of budgies descended on the camp, six of them visited me and my field assistant while we were out working. Over the space of an hour or two they got closer and closer to our vehicle, like they were checking us out until one went INSIDE THE CAB. It wasn't scared when we very carefully went in and from there at least two or three of those six budgies landed on us and "played" with us. The cricket was on the radio. Maybe that had something to do with it.The next day, OMG, there were hundreds of budgies at the drillers camp. We all got to see them and interact with them. You see some of this in the video footage. Unfortunately (for me), I was not there when Rob shot the most amazing footage of the budgies on the windscreen. I had gone in to town to refill the water trailer. The budgies went out with the drillers to the drill rig. I am told that they were not the slightest bit put off by the deafening roar of the drill rig. They spent an hour or two swarming all over the mast, in and out of the cab of the truck and perched on the driller's helmets. Then they flew off and we never saw them again.Carl Brauhart Geologist Perth WA

[@Tony-rz4uw]

New sub for you

[@adjiewahyupradana2696]

Dude. Plz pinned this So the people can understand if that bird is real wild animal

[@mfibonacci5275]

Thank you for the added background info. Super sweet interactions. Looking for gold, whew thought u were mowing down a rainforest or something

[@danpatterson8218]

Did you see George W. out and about?

[@HydraWayne]

👍👍👍

[@angelmartin7310]

Living somewhere where these little angels are everywhere must be heavenly. They are the happiest little critters not even afraid of you!!!! Look at that.

[@PlanetBacon]

What a good little budgie! Doesn't scream when you touch her!

[@Retr0g4merxxx]

They a baby budgies So cute!!!!!!

[@kayaritvards9200]

They are adults, wild budgies are very small compared to pet ones

[@cristinac.6589]

@@kayaritvards9200 i think they are young judging by their stripped feathers on their head to the cere but i may be wrong

[@theholybuttfungus5911]

Kaya Schaubloren Baby budgerigars have barring on their heads while adults don’t. They’ve also still got those black beady eyes.

[@Yuki-Thylacine]

@@kayaritvards9200 these are chicks. You can see it at the head. The stripes go from the back to the forehead. And the beak is black. That means they're really young.

[@kayaritvards9200]

@Rafael Suprayogi lmao what

[@TrulySaucy]

The budgie seems to be pretty young maybe that’s why he was so calm

[@Beautiful_Sound_1995]

It's usually older animals who are more laid back.

[@novathekeet2359]

Those budgies are young, seeing as they have stripes on their foreheads still

[@foxxpenguin3036]

Its because they dont see humans as a threat because its their first time with them

[@auggery156]

@@foxxpenguin3036 yup, same thing with the Galapagos island birds

[@goku445]

He was sleepy too.