POMONA BIRD SUPER SHOW! 100s of birds and parrots!

So this is the LA Pet Fair, the largest pet fair in the world. Next door are fish, you can see that on this channel. Next door to that are reptiles, you can see that on Dave Topham's Reptile Adventures channel, that link is in the description below. But in this building is the Bird Super Show. Here you're going to find more parrots and birds under one roof than maybe anywhere else in the world. So in this video I'm going to tour the Bird Super Show, show you guys some of the most incredible parrots and other birds that are under this roof right here. So over here at Colorful Creation Conures, we're talking with Petra and you have some of the most amazing conures here. How long have you been working with these birds? Around, since, around three years. Three years, okay and how old are you? I'm 13. 13, so you've been working with these since you were 10 years old. And who do we have on your shoulder here? This is Angie. And what kind of conure is he? He's a green-cheeked conure and he's a dominant red factor. And he's a little shot. Yes. So this is your dad over here, right? And so you and your dad do this together? Yes. Which is really cool. Where do you live? Where are you on? Stilmar. Stilmar, California? All right and how many birds are under your care? How many, Dad? Over 200. Over 200 birds under your care. That's a lot of work. Isn't it? All right, so let's see some of your conures here. These are sun-cheeks. Sun-cheeks? Yes. Can we take one out? No, they're not friendly. They're not friendly. All right, so on that note, what makes a friendly conure and what makes a non-friendly conure? Conures can be trained but the main thing is if you raise them like as a baby, which I'm pretty sure we raised Angie as a baby, but I literally just took him out and now we're friends. Now we're friends. Yep, so this happened in 15 minutes. 15 minutes. So that was a non-friendly conure that is now friendly in 15 minutes. Yep. How did you do it? I have no idea because we just came out of the cage. That's why his name is like angry. Okay, I got you. Look at that. Oh, look at that. He's not angry anymore. All right, so this is a dominant red conure. And what makes him expensive is his red chest. All right, so the other one next to him is a sun-cheeked conure. And how expensive are we talking about? All right, the price on the market, that's $3,400. $3,400, okay. These are crimson belly conures. They're under six months old right now, but once they become older, the red on their chest will completely cover their whole chest area. Oh, wow. And they look exactly like the green-cheeks, but they're actually not conures, they're parakeets. So what is the difference between a conure and a parakeet? Well, parakeets are usually smaller. Parakeets are smaller. But again, these are also parakeets, so they're more related than these guys. Gotcha. So if somebody wants to get their very first conure, what advice do you have for them? It's a lot of work. It's a lot of work. I bet it is, especially when you have 200 of them. Yeah. Yes. So if somebody came and wanted to buy one, but didn't know a lot about their care, what would you tell them? Mostly that getting it from a good breeder who ethically breeds them, like us, make sure they're healthy and they live for a long time. So around maybe 15, 20 years. Gotcha. So you have to make sure you have enough time to care for them for 15, 20 years. Thank you so much for showing off your conures here. That bird loves you now. Okay. That is just absolutely awesome. He has to bite me. So we have to take the chance of working with them, and that's the result. Yep. That's fantastic. Hey guys, I just want to tap into this video real quick to show you something bizarre that happened while I was editing it. So I used these microphones that are very, very sensitive. And as I'm looking through the B-roll, which are basically clips that aren't the A-roll, I'm picking up language that the birds are speaking to each other, or I think that that's what I'm picking up. Listen to these clips and let me know what you think. So as you can hear, you can hear my voice on the audio. So there's nothing doctored about this audio. That's raw audio of parrots speaking. I don't know. The cadence sounds like they're actually speaking a language. I'm going to leave this up to you guys in the comment section below. Did I really capture parrots speaking a language on audio? Comment below. Let me know what your thoughts are. All right. Let's get back to the Bird Expo. All right. So this is Lori from Birds in Paradise. You have my favorite macaw ever. That is the highest macaw. Her name is Dory. She's seven years old. I've had her since she was 10 months old. I do actually own her parents, too. I bought them two years after I got her. She is a love. She absolutely loves these trade shows. It's her favorite place. She does live in our bird store at Birds in Paradise in Menifee, and anyone can come in and visit her at any time. But she really adores these shows. She just loves all the different people coming up and loving on her. Their main diet is macadamia nuts. So 90% of her diet is macadamia nuts. Those are expensive. And her favorite fruit is banana, where most birds don't care for banana. Right. It's one of her favorite things to say, though, is banana wants some more. Can you do it? She's not going to around all these people. I was She's a love bug. She is a love bug. So if somebody wanted to get a hyacinth macaw, what do they need to know? First, they're about $35,000 a piece. So most people can't afford them. They are very powerful. So you have a very powerful cage. She lives in a very large six foot by four foot by eight foot tall stainless steel heavy duty cage. She's only in it at night for sleeping. Want your ball? Nobody can do that with her but me because she is bonded to me. She will not hurt me. How long have you been working with birds? I have been working birds for 40 years. 40 years. There goes the mic again. She loves it. Maybe she wants to be Mike. She does. She does love all the attention. That is her thing. She thinks all attention should be on her at all times. Of course, of course. She's been on Netflix. She's been on pet stores. She's been in many videos all over online. She's a little bit famous. Wow. Look at that. She knows it. She loves seeing herself on film. Loves it. Dory does have scoliosis so you'll see the scurvature in her spine. Most will not have this. This happened in the egg shell. She was twisted in properly in the egg and she did come out with a fist. I see that was bothering you again. She has a feather growing in it. It keeps on flipping up to her eye and it's bugging her. Yes, us with long hair, we have that same problem. Their skin is actually gold through their whole body. If they're outside in the sun, their whole skin and their whole body will turn this gold color including the white part of their tongue will be that gold color. She does not get that much sunlight. She lives indoors most of the time. Her parents are fully gold. Even if you lifted up this and looked at their skin, their skin would be gold. She got sunlight a lot. That skin would be that color. Oh wow. So that's kind of a neat thing about hyacinths. They're the only ones that have gold skin. She is without a doubt the most beautiful bird here. Thank you. And I see that we have another macaw over here. Yeah, that's the harlequin macaw. He's just about to turn two years old. He was actually purchased yesterday but not going home for a couple days. I see. We're going to be doing some testing for them on the bird and full grooming before he goes home. Can we meet her? Yeah. All right. That's all right. So he's actually a major talker in the store. He talks all day long. He loves saying Dory's name and he tells her what to do all day long. You're going to go with Dory? Say hi Dory. Hi. So when it comes to macaws, macaws are like the dream parrot for a lot of people. Correct. But it really comes with a lot of care for these guys. The biggest thing is not being afraid of them. And not owning an animal you're afraid of is number one. Animals still fear. So if you show fear, they're going to feel it. They're going to be afraid. You're going to hurt them. And then they can retaliate by trying to protect themselves, which can end into a very nasty bite. Like a bird like Dory could take my whole arm off if she wanted. But don't bite me because she's bonded to me. All right. So what do we have here? This is a baby sun conure. They're very cuddly, sweet, loving birds. Their backs are completely turned yellow except the tips of the wings still stay green at about a year of age. They're born these color once their feathers come in. Very sweet birds. Can't learn to talk. Not great talkers. Wonderful screamers. Absolutely wonderful screamers. They can scream 10 hours a day if they want, but not all do. Come here babe. He wants to get back to his buddy. There we go. All right. So here we have a golem, my favorite Australian cockatoo other than maybe a palm cockatoo. But these guys are literally everywhere. You land in Australia and they're on street lights. They're in people's yards. I see these all over Australia. Considered pigeons and pests. That's right. Here they are praised and run about $5,000. Wow. And sweet loving birds. Really cute. The only cockatoo that has gray on them. All other cockatoos are either white, pink, or black. A lot of people don't know cockatoos come in black, but they do. They are extremely rare and just as expensive as Dory the hyacinth would be. The first cockatoos that I saw up in northern Australia, I sat there and stared at them for hours. Amazing. And they're huge birds. Yes, they are. All the blacks are really large. They're not a small bird. And the red tails are about the size of Dory, just with a shorter tail. Right. Another thing about these is in America, they call them rose rested cockatoos. So a lot of people will be confused with the galah. But here they're just like the parakeet. People call them parakeets. The real name is budgerigar. Exactly. Exactly. And the first one of those I saw in Australia, my first thought was, oh, somebody's budgie got out. And then I was like, no, you're on Australia. Yeah. Well, thank you so much for showing off your birds. These are absolutely amazing. Thank you. Incredible displays here at the bird show. Yeah. Thank you for taking the time. No problem. Anytime. Thank you. All right. So this is Ellen from Flight Club Foundation. You have another one of my very favorite parrots. You have an African gray. Who is this? A Congo African gray. Specifically, there's another one called a Timnay. Max has been my bird for about 12 years. And this September, he will be 60 years old. Sixty. Sixty. So that lets you know these guys really can live a long time. He's had some damage to his toes, as you can see. I had to have front two toes amputated. Oh, no. How did that happen? Well, it's a long story. He got bit by another bird. But they don't deal with pain like we do. So he tore the other toe apart. Oh, wow. So by the time I got him to the vet, they both had to go, unfortunately. But he's learning to use it again. And I'm really, really happy with that. I love Max to death. And there are still days that I want to drop kicking out the door. Right. So but yes, we are a nonprofit foundation. We're based out of Seattle. And our whole goal is to educate people about these kinds of birds. So people get a lot other animals as well. But parrots especially seem to get rehomed a lot. Because they're loud. They're messy. They can eat your house and they convert you. And they always are owners. Yes, exactly. 60 years old. 60 years old. Yeah. And in really, good shape for that. He is fully flighted. As you can see, he's not going anywhere. Right. They want to stay where they're safe. Of course. Because they're a prey species. Now, does he say any words? Max says all kinds of words. Not always when I ask. He's enjoying his apple at the moment. And of course, you cannot talk with your mouth full. Can you say hello? That's not hello. Can you say hello? Can you say hello? Hello. There you go. Good boy. So it's pretty quiet. And it's pretty echoey in here. Oh, you're really enjoying that apple. At home. I literally can't shut him up. He talks all day long. There's a lot of activity around. It's the echo part that he gets really annoyed with. And because I'll keep saying, can you say it again? Can you say it again? African greys have the reputation of being the smartest birds in the world. You don't know that they're the smartest. They have the best vocal skills, vocal abilities. However, they're just like us. Some are smarter than others. Right. Occasionally you come across a brilliant bird. Right. And Alex, that Irene Pepperbird had, we all know that because that bird was incredibly intelligent. Max is smart, really smart. He figures stuff out pretty quickly. But that's how they survived for 50 million years. You're literally looking at a living dinosaur right alongside of them. That is correct. Their beak is unique. No other birds have this style of beak. It is joined by a membrane instead of being one solid unit. So they can not only bite up and down, they can bite like this and grind, which is why the bite hurts so bad. Right. They have two toes forward, two toes back, which no other bird has, except for a woodpecker, but they do not use their feet the same way. They're called zygodactyl feet. Me and Max, we have full on conversations and that's really fun for me. Parrots actually learn cognitive speech. Wow. So when he asked me for water, he wants water. Exactly. And how long have you had Max? About 12 years. About 12 years. So if somebody wants to get an African Grey, what is the advice that you have for them? Do your research first. Read some books, go volunteer at say a rescue or a pet store that has them. Be around them before you get something. You know, I can't stress that enough. Watch some YouTube videos. There's some great YouTube videos for people that do excellent work with these birds. I know a really good YouTuber that, yeah, Dave, uh, anyway. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, there's Bird Tricks, which does a pretty good job. Sure. Yes. I love those guys. There's Apollo the Grey, who is doing Gizmo the Grey, and they all do a really good job at showing you what these birds are and what they aren't. And I think that's really important that people know exactly what they're getting. Another issue that I see is because they're not mammals, they don't think like we do. Right. So you're learning a whole nother set of body language here. And keeping in mind that because they're a prey species, things that come at them like this, they're pretty sure it's going to eat them. You're right. Yes. And so that's something that they step up at all. It's pretty remarkable. Well, Max, it was great meeting you. So Max, can you say bye? Bye. There you go. There we go. Can you teach him to say rattle on? I can try. They take up what they want. Exactly. Well, it was great meeting both of you. Thank you so much for showing Max off. What an amazing bird. Okay. So this is Beto over here. Beto has some of the most amazing Amazon greens. Let's see some of these guys. Let's just start with these guys right here. Oh, this is a beautiful Mexican redhead Amazon. Like these two. And do these guys have names? Not yet. Not yet? Not yet. Well, let's give them names right now. What would we name them? Oh, what name do you want to put? On the spot, right now. Okay. Well, we have this one. This is looking like female, right? That's the female? Honey. Honey. Okay. That's your name now. You're Honey. Hi, Honey. I think she just said Honey. Yeah? I think so. I think just now. All right. All right. So moving on over here. Who do we have here? All right. This is like the conure. This is an Andes. That's a beautiful bird too. Yeah. These are beautiful conures. And then the turquoise green-cheeked conure. And over here we have more Amazons. Yeah. We have the beautiful double yellowhead Amazon. I think out of all the Amazons, the yellowheads are my favorite. Yeah. They're most common, aren't they? Yeah. Yeah. Most common. They talk a lot too. Leave it to me to pick the most common one as my favorite, right? Yeah. But how can you not love these guys? Do these guys have names? Uh, Paco. Paco. Paco. That's Paco. And who do we have over here? Hello. Now, do any of them talk or say anything? Oh, they start to talk right now. They're about four months old. Oh, they're about four months old. Gotcha. I still am feeding too, you know. Gotcha. All right. Yeah. And how long have you been working with Amazons? I have like maybe like about 12 years. 12 years? Yeah, 12 years. Gotcha. All right. Yeah. So all these guys are from the Amazon. They're from Central and South America. And they are just the friendliest birds. Now, what got you into Amazons as opposed to like macaws or cockatiels? What about Amazons do you love? Well, I love my favorite birds are eclectus. Yeah, of course. Eclectus from Australia. Of course. Yeah, that's my favorite birds. But I love this guy over here too. That's a mini Amazon. That's a bigger one. On the Amazon birds. Right. That's a big one. Can you leave my camera alone? Thank you. I know it looks like a treat, but quit biting my camera. Hey, what did I just say? What did I just say? Now, they don't listen very well, do they? Yeah. So over here we have two other Amazons. And who are these two? That's sleeping very well. I think that's sleeping all the night. With all the noise in here, how can you sleep so well? With that. Were these guys up partying all night? I say I'm tired. Yeah, look at that. I've had too much bird seed. So how many birds do you actually have? How many birds are in here? Well, I have about like maybe 200 birds. 200 birds. Yeah. I have a cockatiel, wow. So you can't talk on the phone at your house because it's way too noisy, right? Yeah. I would assume so. Well, thank you so much for showing us. Thank you very much. So guys, that is the Bird Super Show. It's a brand new element to the Reptile Super Show. Now it's called the L.A. Pet Fair. This place is absolutely incredible. If you are in the Southern California area, come check out this place. It is really an amazing way to spend an afternoon. So guys, as always, thanks for watching and until the next adventure, love the planet and rattle on.