This video demonstrates how birds exhibit complex social behaviors and adapt to environmental conditions during winter feeding times. The content shows various bird species including magpies, cockatoos, and corellas gathering at feeders despite cold temperatures (minus 3°C), with birds displaying territorial behaviors, cooperative feeding, and communication patterns. The presenter notes that birds can be 'crazy' and 'excited' when food is available, and that different species have distinct behaviors - for example, cockatoos are described as 'taking over' while corellas are more 'shy.' The video also highlights how birds adapt to environmental changes, such as when ice forms on feeding stations, and how they work together in groups, with some birds being more dominant or 'bossy' than others.
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Added:Okay, 8:00 a.m. They are all here.
Let's have a look.
We've got our cockatu friends. We got the Corella mob here.
Few more cockatos over there. Maggies are just next to us. And what a magnificent day. Have a look at this.
Wow. Wow. Wow.
A blue sky and the rails are iced over. Let's have a look.
Ice is a bit stuck at the moment.
Definitely going to need some hot water.
Wow. Good morning. Minus 3° today. Can you believe it?
Have a look at these guys. Good morning.
We've got all our friends here. It's uh sunrise here in the Yara Valley.
Adam, big good day.
BNS hides. Wow. The early bird gets the worm. Sorry to get you up this morning.
BC minus 3°. Can you believe it?
And uh yeah, big good day. Just poured the coffee. Welcome to the gang.
Cheers. Hi. Cheers everyone.
But um we've got plenty of friends here.
Look, they've seen that it's going to be a cracking day.
Have a look at these Christmas ornaments we've got over here. Bit of a chimney situation.
Oh, well done MG. Big day. Wow. All the presidents are on. There's a movie about that, isn't it? Yeah. Minus three. I couldn't believe it. I nearly slept in today.
It was a close one. A body just got me out.
We're the only ones um here this morning. Everyone else is in bed morning.
There's a baby bird up in the tree. And yesterday I found the um mum magpie is making a new nest. So collecting uh sticks used 50% through. So the old one at the top of the tree looked pretty good a few weeks ago, but too many storms.
It's a goner. So, she's uh yeah, making a new one much lower. So, pretty happy to hear that and see that, I should say.
Big good day, Nemo. Welcome. Hey, and big thanks for watching the video yesterday on the travel channel. We finally got a proper tour of Brunettes.
They didn't kick me out.
Instead of being fuzzy, we got Brunettes in 4K. All the cakes, all the um Italian food, beautiful fkatcha pizzas.
Yeah, I tried hides, but it was a close call this morning. Resist. Yeah, it's going to happen one day.
And uh I've got some new cups as well, just for a bit of fun for these guys. Yeah, minus3 degrees. Last year was our minus 4.7 was the best.
Do they ship international? That's a good um question. They um they've upped their game. They've also got Brunettes, I didn't know, at Melbourne airport um in the new down below in the new train station, Chadson Shopping Center, Mooney Pond. So, they got six or seven spots now. I used to only go to the one in Carlton, but yeah, all it's just um always packed and always good. So, how can you resist, eh?
But I noticed there was a lot of new shops um new places in the city, but can only go to so many.
Oh, really, Adam? I thought we're going to get a break from this. Thanks for letting us know.
But what a amazing day we have out here.
Abby, big day. Have a look at this guys.
I show you.
Timing is impeccable. Look. Have a look at that. 8:00 a.m. these guys show up.
One of them has an eye watch for sure.
And have a look at this. We're going to have to feed him pretty quickly cuz look, standing on ice.
And that is rock solid that ice.
All right, we'll look after you.
Look in the sunshine.
Happy chappies. Yeah, look at that.
The bowl is frozen over. Oh, shivers. I didn't clean it last night. There's ice in the bowl.
There you go. You think it was spring?
>> Big day everyone. Let's get some uh seeds for these guys. Look at them.
There's some hungry chappies in there.
I hope you got your hot chocolates and uh Vegemite toast all sorted eggs and croissant. We got breakfast.
These guys are ready for it. You can hear the yips from Cory. He's a little yipster these days.
Let's get some feed in to see.
Come on, fellas.
They're a bit excited today. Don't blame them. There's the comes out there iced over.
Doesn't take long for them to get a bit excited.
Hey guys.
Oh, Anya MG, thanks for helping these.
Look at him go.
Cory's going off. As you you guys know, a frog in a sock.
All right, Cory, there you go.
He's down here. Look, little Cory.
Okay.
Well done, MG. Thanks for celebrating winter here. There you go, fellas.
You two are very shy, aren't you? Wow.
Even under the um under the begola, there's ice.
All right. Sounds like they're sending Morse code. We'll see who comes down.
Yeah. Look, Cory's doing Morse code. You can hear it. Dot dot dot dash dash.
Welcome to a cracking Sunday, everyone.
We're here in the Arrow Valley in Melbourne. We're the only ones up and we only just made it up today.
Minus 3°. I'm sure it's still minus today. Adam, I'm sure you'll let me know if it gets to zero.
But we've actually got the place to ourselves. No one else is up. Not even the dog walkers.
Yoshi, good day. Nemo. Vicki, big day.
Oh, heatwave. Oh, no. Dealing with wildfires in Canada. Yeah, I saw the news. Looked crazy. I saw also uh fires in Norway that took a 100 homes. So, you got the opposite happening.
Take care everyone.
Oh, I was going to watch that later, Yoshi, but I know you're fast with the results.
I think that's what you wanted, wasn't it?
Good to have you on anyway. Thanks.
You're a good sports reporter, actually.
Divinity. Gay MG Robbie Hides BC.
Yeah, mother nature.
These guys are loving it. Look. So, I had um yesterday afternoon it was really nice. I had the the galars come over.
Had a few snacks and the lorries did too. So, they know to get their timing right, which is pretty awesome.
And look at these guys. They own the feeder.
Koi one and two. Oh, hello.
The uh real dirty Harry's down here.
Oh, is that right, Heidi? It was I had this crazy dream yesterday that I um went to Vancouver and had I didn't have any um transport to get around. So, it was pretty tough.
So, I dreamt about Canada yesterday.
Maybe after seeing the fires, I don't know. But sending our best to everyone who's challenged out there in the heat. We've got the opposite here.
Wow, what a morning. These guys are pretty happy with themselves.
So, just counted. We just got over 20 at the moment. The cafe is bulging a bit.
Someone's taken off with the cups.
Put it back down for safety. I get it.
Oh, no. taken off with the other.
Yeah, dirty Harry.
Someone's owning that down there.
Great to see everyone. Welcome to an awesome Sunday morning. Thanks again for watching the travel video. New one up last night about Brunettes in the City.
Definitely made me hungry watching it.
And um yeah, it's it's great to watch it on the big screen actually.
All the food comes to life.
Ah, tell us more about it, BNS.
Oh, Colorado sending her best out to everyone in Colorado. MG.
So BNS was at Bunnings.
800 snags.
Wow. $25,000. That's a lot of uh that's a lot of bangers with sauce. I wonder how many with onion, how many without onion. What was the split?
Uh-oh.
Oh, B.
One cup went. He was excited to hear your Bunnings news.
What was your best story out of um 800 snags yesterday, BNS? Cuz that's a big day.
Most had onion. Really? 90% with onion.
How interesting.
Wow. These natives have a lot to say today.
That's it. BC took off with the cup.
Just All right. Looks like we're going to have to continue first breakfast here because sent the cockatu spokesperson over. Good morning.
Is that a smile on your face?
I think it is.
All right. This way. Come on. Oh, you too.
Hey, fellas, watch out.
Wow, that ice is really stuck out there.
Whoa. Do you see that?
I can see you.
You're not shy anymore, are you?
A Cory. Look, Cory's here.
Dirty Harry Raising hell. Yeah.
Wow. We have got a few more uh customers here that just came in.
I hear you BNS. Uh bit different for everyone, isn't it?
Hello. Good morning.
We've got the Sunday rush here.
Wow. And they have a lot to say.
There's a couple of bossy boots here as well. But what a party down here. Look at this.
And what a beautiful day. Wow. Wow. Wow.
Oh, that's amazing. BNS.
fantastic support for the community and the channel. Keeping the seat up for these guys. Welcome to the members area.
And uh don't forget to use your emojis.
Be a part of the uh team.
Well done, BC.
Ah, Matilda. Is that Hildy?
I think we can easily.
Well, we definitely got the party started here. All these guys have got some healthy snacks. We boosted up the snacks for these guys.
Extra fruit and vegetables in there.
Yeah, well done, uh, BNS. And who were you raising money for and how long did it go for? Oh, well done, DC.
Oh, still fresh as a daisy out here.
Not going to complain. There's no snow and we're going to have an amazing day.
The sun is up already.
I tell you what, the swingers club is going to be in full force after all these seats.
That's right, Vicki.
[screaming] It's 8:30 nearly. It's brekie for these guys.
So, we've got corellas and cockatos.
Maggie's came in and took off.
So, a bit shy out there.
Couple of bikies going past.
Get them on a Sunday. But gee, they'd be cold on a motorbike today.
Yeah, that's true. MG.
Have a look at this. It's a real picnic, isn't it?
And cuz it's so cold, all the condensation is coming off the roof.
It's just about raining here now.
Well done, BNS. So 8 to four, money was raised for the community childcare center. Oh, fantastic. Non for profit.
Buy lot. Yeah, we'll get lots of it.
Toys, resources for the kids. You can never have enough.
It really is. Um, yeah, a big day out.
Um, it's quite exhausting actually doing a bunning saucy sizzle. So, a couple you guys know.
We've got two camps over here. The the red camp and the um black camp on BC. Good day, Nathali. Welcome everyone.
It's the Sunday morning crowd here and they bought a few more friends. That's tug of war down here.
There's a dance party. [snorts] There's a dance party on the ceiling at the moment.
Ice in the water bowl.
Real party action today. And uh big shout out to MG and BC for the uh support for the birdies and for our community. Well done.
And uh I was going to say being there, I reckon you would have put your feet up last night after a big day.
Yeah, they are funny buggers, aren't they?
Two two new cups and one has already gone a T.
I've got a romper stomper on the roof, but the roof is icy, so I don't know what they're doing up there.
Yeah, everyone else is in bed. Not a soul has gone past.
Look, two different parties.
Must be the um the old crowd up near me and the young crowd up the back.
The regulars in front of me here.
Ah, well done BNS. Go Tigers.
Thanks for the amazing support for all our feathered friends.
This red container is making its way around the world.
It's had a couple of um crashes. It's the worst for wear.
Hopefully, it doesn't go over. And look, we got a few guys resting up top at the moment.
Definitely a full house today. Well done, BNS.
Amazing. Guys, make [laughter] sure you check out BNS's channel. Whoa.
Couple of Scooby-Doo exits there.
Look at that blue skies. Can you believe it? Ah, well done. Fantastic PNS. Hey, trains. Good day.
I think it's a cockatu takeover, too.
The poor the corellas have um had their snacks and moved on and more cockatos have moved in.
Hey, great work. Come with the jewels.
MG. Fantastic. Uh-oh.
Gee, they have a lot to say today.
What a lineup.
You can see the plants have gone here.
They've done a few uh alterations. Whoa.
Careful stick. Oh, it's Henry.
You come in through the tradesman's entrance and I've got it blocked at the moment. Trying to get a bit of privacy here.
Good day, mate.
I didn't see you helping with the sticks.
Just on Swoop Patrol.
Everywhere you see the mums, they got sticks in their mouths collecting and working hard.
Hello.
Working as a team, these guys. What a family.
Excuse me, sir.
Oh gee. Dirty Harry. Look.
Wow. That's about as dirty as you can get, isn't it?
Can you see his face?
Hey, Nathali.
Wow.
On a cold day, imagine your face full of that much mut being frozen. That's pretty tough. He's got to clean his beak on the rails as they all do.
Yeah, I think he uh he missed he missed the shower when his mates went in.
Wow. Must be nearly apple time. We got to um help this crowd.
calm the farm a bit. Anna, big good day.
Yeah, feeling sorry for these guys.
Look, it's still quite Wow, that was close. Still quite iced over.
Good morning. Oh, the alarm. Uh-oh.
Wow.
Yeah, well done BNS. You do have a great setup. You've been putting out some magic videos. Well done. OMG. Loving the emojis. Oh, I'm getting rained on with condensation. I just did not realize that would happen.
Wow. Must be dessert time now.
Wow, it's so cold. The the coffee is already cold.
I might have to get a refill soon.
All right, setting up a bit of cheap love for these guys.
Let's see how we go with that.
That is how you wake up the neighbors.
Sorry neighbors.
All right, let's see how we go here. Hey, fellas.
Look at that sunshine. Oh, look. You can see where Dirty Harry's been. Still iced up.
All right, time for some dessert here.
Hedgehogs make trouble. Oh no, DC.
Ah, some candles. Cool.
Wow, what a morning. Just beautiful here. The sun is up. It's peeking around the corner.
Dirty Harry's mob has just come back.
They've done a fly around.
Peanuts. Hey, Nemo.
Ah, good on you. He hides.
Uh-oh.
The apple has just done a done a big whoopsie. It's gone in the drop zone.
All right, let's see what else we have for these guys. And um wow, what a morning. Yeah, I agree. He hides, you know what? You can sit on the you can get on the fence in country footing. You really hear all the bumps and groans, all the call outs. You can go up um quarter quarter time. You can you can listen to the address go on the field. Pretty cool.
All right. Hey fellas.
Even you too.
Look at that. Not shy anymore. Mr. Harry is Oh, karate.
Okay, the chip mobs here. Look, five in a row.
Doesn't take long, does it?
Oh, Murray Bridge. Wow, how awesome.
I've only driven through there once.
Harry's gone healthy. Nemo. Yeah. Look.
Look at this.
Harry has gone healthy.
[screaming] Wow. What a face. Hey, what a dirty bird.
That's amazing, isn't it?
I think he's going to take about um three baths to get through that.
And how's these two? Aren't they very cool? Look, Cory, one and two, [screaming] they know how to look after each other.
They're listening to the neighborhood.
There's a few flybys going on here.
Uh, well done, Abby. We know the cookies in the neighborhood. They called out yesterday.
He does need a makeover. You're right, Heidi. Spot on.
Wow. What a morning, everyone. See? And see how white the cockatos are. Look.
What a difference. White as white.
Bomb.
Well, I'll tell you what. It's just after 8:30 and those rails are still iced. I'm not sure the temperature now, but started at minus 3. It can't be much above zero yet, but I think we're going for 18 or 19. So, pretty pumped about that.
Mostly blue sky up there. The punkies are back in the tree taking over.
Oh, I love that.
Who doesn't want that song? Hey, Heides.
It's got the beat. Come on, Cheeky.
This way, fellas.
Correct.
Oh, it's funny. That's right.
There you go.
That's right. These guys shuffling on the rails. They're starting to break up some of the ice, which is pretty cool.
But wow, we still have a full house here.
Hey Kathy, they eat um grassroots. So they stick their face in the ground and dig holes and they can dig some pretty big holes actually.
Calling a Nemo spot on.
Just taking orders then.
One needs to put the heater on, that's for sure.
[laughter] Yeah, spring is around the corner. MG, I'm thinking about spring. Not thinking about winter. Look at the lineup we have here. Look.
Well, these guys are having, excuse me, a great time.
Hey, Nathali. Big good day.
What a morning everyone. Big welcome.
Great to have you here. Shout out to BC and BNS sending our best to everyone who's [snorts] in the heat wave and have fires around. We're the opposite here in Melbourne. Saying it hasn't rained much this uh winter, so not much rain, but um a few cool days around, but yesterday was unseasonally warm. In the afternoon, you could have got sunburnt.
Wow, they've got a lot to say today.
Good morning.
There's a face off down here. These two.
Wow. There goes there goes the orange cup down the street.
And [snorts] somebody's come to see me.
Just helping out Maggie behind me.
Definitely getting busy here.
And uh great to have you all here on a Sunday morning. Let's Let's do a little check.
See if we can see that sunshine.
She's trying to bite me. She lace.
All right. Might get to clean the rails here, too, now. Yeah. Look at that. The sun is up.
Welcome to Sunrise in the Valley, everyone.
Pretty awesome.
Still blowing out steam like a choo choo train.
But um yeah, going for 18 or 19 degrees, something like that. So, it's going to be magnificent. Ow. Ow. D shoelace.
I'm going to try and wipe the ice off the rails.
Nemo, you're a classic. You have got it nailed. Hey, you got it all worked out.
Wow, someone has gone off happy, I think.
Good morning.
Got a couple of friends here.
Look how beautiful these guys are.
It's the morning crew, Kathy. Yeah, a lot of competition when there's a few here.
Look, air traffic control is pretty full up there. And uh look, Dirty Harry's got a new mate.
Two centuries up there. Ah, well done, MG.
Yeah, thumbs up would be great today, everyone. Thanks for being on board.
Said, "Welcome to a cracking Sunday morning here. The sun is coming up.
Looking for a great winter's day. Get out in the garden.
Did a little bit yesterday. Got a lot more to do today.
How many frogs in a sock if they're cane toads? Not too many.
Ow ow ow. Shoelace.
right here.
Bit cold on the toes to be uh biting them.
Hey, Jonathan. Yeah. Waiting um waiting for the cocoa bar. Is that right?
I'll show you these other guys here. Oh, Robbie. Yeah. I wonder if you're going to get it. Have a look at these guys.
Look, they're all lined up in the sun.
These pigeons are much smarter than people take them for committee meeting.
They've broken up a little bit. Just a few guys on the at the committee spot.
Someone starting to play.
toasty rack.
Well, the sun is on it and uh-oh, these tricksters. Look. Going to have to try and get that back.
Wow. As soon as as soon as one takes off, two more come in.
I could probably take that when he's not looking. What do you think?
Hey, Sue is big. Good day. Welcome.
Great to have you here.
We've got um Dirty Harry set that shop here and the Cory's are over here as well.
I love the little pontiff crest. Really cool. These guys are pedaling meddling over here.
Yeah, I'm going to try.
Oh, if this guy takes off, that's going to be my chance.
Oh, he's dropped it. Thanks, mate.
Boom.
Whoa.
I reckon that was uh four out and three in there.
Well, see, they have a lot to say when the when the new ones arrive. They have a good toot to let everyone know. Um they acknowledge them coming in.
Whoa. Whoa. That's a way to break up a relationship.
I don't see this.
Look at that. What a crest. Can you believe it?
Very talkative this morning.
Couple of the early ones are peeling off and some of the smaller ones. Yeah, three is a crowd. That's exactly what happened. Some of the smaller ones have big voices. Whoa.
Officially waking everyone up in the neighborhood.
Mandu, good day. Welcome, bailed. Yeah.
[laughter] Spot on, BNS.
Yeah. How cute are these three? Hey, couple of troublemakers there.
Whoa.
And look at Dirty. He's had a big night.
Wow. Wow. Wow.
Yeah, it's like um the cockatus are screaming down the phone line, isn't it?
Well, morning everyone. Great to have you here. It's uh said sunrise in the valley. We're coming up from minus 3.
We still got plenty of corellas here.
And whoa, look at that face.
That is a dirty bird. Poor thing.
It'll all dry off later, but that's as muddy as winter.
Cookar here.
Oh, they are going off.
Just up at the pine trees. Destiny, big good day. Welcome. Wow, CC's in the house.
We just had a cooker on line one. Now CC, big day. Welcome. Great to have you here. It's Sunday morning and uh we're all still waking up. We've got through first and second breakfast.
These guys can tell the time. 5 to 8.
There wasn't a soul here.
The maggis keep coming back over here.
And uh looks like the ice has turned to slush. Pretty happy about that.
I think we can get that off the rails in a minute.
And uh look at that blue skies.
Well done. Hides. [laughter] Oh, different species there. They have little crests.
Maggies are back.
Look at these.
Standing room only for the dirty birds.
Ah, Destiny. Yeah, Galas are coming um in the afternoon when the coast is clear and um yeah, they've been loving it actually.
Yeah, Robbie, I've just found it. The orange cup has been returned.
Somebody's dropped it at the bottom of the driveway. Look.
So they played games with it today.
It lasted about two minutes.
Yeah, pretty gorgeous there.
I'm just happy it's not uh it's not broken. first first day out and uh they went straight for the orange cup.
You got to close your eyes when you're getting groomed.
Those beaks are sharp.
Well, thanks everyone for being on today, keeping us company out here in the cool weather.
Cracking day coming up.
Big shout out to uh MG, BC, BNS.
Amazing work looking after these guys.
So, thank you Mthali, Hides, Nemo, Trans and Trevor. Big good day. Kathy, Robbie, CC, welcome to the Sunday crew. Mandu, Destiny, Vicky, Abby, and Yoshi is our new sports reporter.
Susan, Adam, great to have you guys on.
Jonathan, Definity, Lab, big day.
Shout out to all our friends in Western Australia.
Mev, Jess, John, Anna, and Camper. Big day. Welcome.
Johnny, great to have you on. Lee, thanks for coming on the walkabouts, Lee. Awesome work.
Look at this uh sun. Oh my god.
Corellas are uh the thali. Awesome work.
Look, these two are firing on all cylinders today.
Ah, good to hear. Suz, any more updates from everyone? I saw the um fires in uh the smoke coming over from Canada and Norway had um really bad fires as well.
So 76. Oh yeah. 24. Okay.
bird army. Wow, that's pretty apt for today. Look, these guys are all firing up here.
The swingers were having a good time.
Look, one leg up means business. Look, that's a busy bird there.
You got a family in Norway, Adam. Wow.
Yeah. I was just uh caught up on all the news and fires and uh pretty uh pretty tough to see when people lose houses. Oh, Lee, you're melting. Oh, I'm sorry. Hey, Adam. Have we made zero degrees yet? Look, these guys just want to play.
The beautiful magpie is keeping an eye on everyone here.
Nine. Wow, what a big difference. That's summer, isn't it?
Wow. Someone got the heeie-jies in.
Look, you either have a seed coma, you either go groom or you play.
Wow. CC.
Look at this. [laughter] He's part of the swingers club.
Bird army. Great name. Well done. Look at these guys. Very cool operators.
The air hides. It's um it's pretty pretty chilled out here, so to speak.
Uh the krellas are doing laps. They're in and out back in the tree. Look at our friend here. Look, he's owning the um the black box.
sitting in it. We're going to take him for a ride, I think.
Oh, next next cab off the rank. Whoa.
Bit feisty today.
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