When not to run to your parrots rescue.

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What NOT to do if your parrot is on a window and starts screaming loudly?

Scenario Background:  Your Sun Conure, for example, is in the kitchen on a window sill staring out into the street, watching and listening, and probably dreaming of freedom, when suddenly it starts screaming loudly (in an alarmed manner)...

You run to your parrots rescue and find him stiff and staring out the window.  He has likely spotted a large bird (perhaps a crow), or maybe an aeroplane, it does not matter really.  You reach to get him to step up only to get a hard and seemingly aggressive bite.  

What did you do wrong?

You put yourself in danger.  Your companion bird spotted a threat and you ran straight towards it. You arrived and did not detect the threat yourself as your a human and not scared of planes or crows (your bird does not know this of course).  Shocked and further alarmed your parrot bit you in order to scare you back and away from the threat!

I write this as a warning, because 10 minutes ago I copped a hard bite to the eye lid whilst peering out to see what had alarmed my Sun Conure.  

[this is one theory :]  There are many, like 'displaced aggression' for eg.   

What do you think?  

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