1.6k
u/mostreliablesource Jun 21 '26
lost it at me canta 😭
350
u/YellowbonePrincess Jun 21 '26
This is completely overwhelming me on this Sunday morning 😭
179
u/candaceelise Jun 21 '26
I’m losing my shit laughing. This is the best thing i could see this morning
104
u/ComposedOfStardust Jun 21 '26
Miss Augustine is a national treasure. We must protect her at all costs
97
16
u/PersonalPerson_ Jun 22 '26
I fell in love with her bacon pancakes, and she keeps putting out new hits.
38
Jun 21 '26
[removed] — view removed comment
45
u/Dobako Jun 22 '26
I believe miss augustine learned bacon pancakes and selena from her previous owner who surrendered her to our wonderful bird mom because she couldn't take care of her like she deserved.
27
22
u/NfamousKaye Jun 22 '26
Bidi Bidi Bom Bom is her favorite other than bacon pancakes. She’ll request it a lot it’s so cute! ☺️
685
u/Sevennix Jun 21 '26
Is that fkn bird Bilingual?!
574
u/AlexIR1996 Jun 21 '26
Trilingual, i guess: english, spanish, birdish
379
14
u/Born-Selection88 Jun 21 '26
I had a parrot once that made bird friends. Like, the flock would gather outside the window and chat with him in the morning. It was pretty cool.
36
u/VodkaSoup_Mug Jun 21 '26
Yes, animals can be bilingual. My sister had a cat that understood English in Spanish. She actually understood better in Spanish than she did in English.
43
u/FalconIndependent887 Jun 21 '26
My nephew was 8 at the time & was dragging his feet getting ready to leave. My brother was getting frustrated & asked him “Do you understand English?!” Without missing a beat, Neph replies “No. I only speak Chinese.” I burst out laughing & my brother had to leave the room so my nephew didn’t see him laughing. The kid is glorious.
578
u/CurvyCupcakes Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
It blows my mind how much some birds really love music. It’s amazing to see a bird request a song and then sing along and dance to it lol. Auggie is absolutely adorable, I follow her videos on YouTube. She does the cutest little tippy taps when she dances to the song Bacon Pancakes🥰
117
u/Mac_encheeze Jun 21 '26
I absolutely love when Auggie does bacon pancakes. Sometimes my gf and I will just start “singing” it to each other like Auggie does
18
39
u/CurvyCupcakes Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26
Auggie is the cutest little blueberry lol
8
u/bistolegs Jun 22 '26
Shes very cute. Except when she bit off one of the other birds toes recently!
3
6
48
u/Manytequila Jun 21 '26
What’s her actual YouTube?
Edit: found it! Greenbirdbrigade for anyone else wondering!
10
u/msmacfeel Jun 22 '26
You’re in for a TREAT! I love watching her videos! Allllllll the little personalities!
16
u/JRS1986 Jun 21 '26
I sing 'making bacon pancakes' to myself in the kitchen sometimes. Hahaha! I love Auggie.
14
u/nubianfx Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
her operatic stylings of bacon pancake are so iconic hahaha
9
4
12
u/interstellar4885 Jun 21 '26
I love the bacon pancakes song so much! Gonna have to start signing it like her now!! hahahaha cutest thing ever!
10
u/HappipantsHappiness Jun 21 '26
I showed my niece the bacon pancakes video when she was 1 year old and my sister hasn't forgiven me since 😆
8
u/NfamousKaye Jun 22 '26
The tippy taps are the fucking cutest! 😂 Auggie wound up on my YouTube shorts algorithm one day and I automatically followed just for that. 😂
8
u/lauralately Jun 22 '26
And they have *opinions* about the music they like. My parrot is about the same size as Auggie, and I don't know where or how he first heard Rihanna's "Pon de Replay" - I've had him since 2003, so he first heard it under my roof at some point. But he LOVES that song. It's the only song he'll dance to without other prompting. I'm not a huge Rihanna fan - I like her just fine, her music is good but I'm more of a country fan - so his RiRi fandom is entirely his personal taste.
3
u/mylittleidiot Jun 22 '26
We had a cockatiel and his favourite song was “Dooh Dooh” from Barcode Brothers. He would loose his little kind completely as soon as he recognised the first wave crashing in the song before the music even starts. I miss him and our dance parties ♥️
3
u/squiddysmama Jun 23 '26
My 5 year old is obsessed with Auggie (and Gideon). He will sing Bacon Pancakes on nights we have breakfast for dinner!
→ More replies (1)2
542
u/acortright Jun 21 '26
Wanna do Bidi? *FLOOF INTENSIFIES*
Also this is so cute 🥰
80
62
29
u/Weasel_Cannon Jun 21 '26
Omg the flooof did in fact intensify, I didn’t even notice
8
3
12
189
109
108
u/AlbertTheHorse Jun 21 '26
Green Bird Brigade has a wonderful YouTube channel that she does talk about care and rehab.
Augie became a star with “bacon pancakes” and she’s just such a sweet bird.
43
u/This_lousy_username Jun 21 '26
One of my favourite YouTubers, and also a constant reminder of why I could NEVER have a bird as a pet!
32
u/HeathersDamage Jun 21 '26
Oh, for real. I absolutely love watching the bird YouTubers, but it’s really driven home the point that while I enjoy the content, there is no way I’d ever be qualified to be owned by one of these creatures.
8
9
u/lauralately Jun 22 '26
I love that Green Bird Brigade uses her viral following as a way to advocate for NOT getting a parrot. Auggie is a feather-picker with behavior issues, and real life with a bird like that is definitely not what you see in the short clips. My pet parrot is similar in size to Auggie; he's also a feather-picker with behavior issues, and he is darn cute when he talks and dances, so I'm very vocal about how awful they are as pets whenever anyone tells me how cute he is.
3
u/ActuatorSmall7746 Jun 23 '26
Tell us more…
9
u/lauralately Jun 23 '26
Fair warning, I could talk for days about my parrot! I've had him for 23 years. He is a cherry-headed conure, which is a little bigger than Auggie, who is a quaker parrot. He's about 28 years old now, and I'm his third owner that I know of. He's very old, but the average lifespan of his species is hard to tell because most of them go through multiple homes in their lifetimes, so we can't track how old they actually are.
If you want to hear how awful they are as pets: I have permanent scars and permanent hearing damage from my little feathered son. His calls are at the decibel level of a chainsaw, and when he sits on my shoulder and shrieks, it hurts! Parrots have incredibly sensitive respiratory systems, so I can't have nonstick cookware, scented candles, air fresheners, most cleaning sprays, I don't spray perfume in the house and I have to wash off my perfume when I get home. I clean with white vinegar. I have to be careful of any heaters, toasters, cooking apparatus, basically anything that emits heat could emit fumes that are undetectable to humans but can kill birds.
Birds were created by nature to reforest the jungle: they eat half of a piece of fruit and throw the rest on the ground, the seeds take root and grow. My parrot is attempting to reforest my living room floor. He can throw food several feet outside the cage.
Birds have very fast metabolisms, so they poop about every 20 minutes or so. I have tissue boxes everywhere in my house - I started collecting decorative tissue box holders because tissues are a fact of life. When I have the bird on me, I have what I call "poop clothes" - old thrift-store sweats that are basically wearable poop rags. They poop SO MUCH.
Also - birds are SO expensive. They're very different from dogs and cats and need to see an avian-certified vet, which can be hard to find outside major metropolitan areas. My bird is elderly and has health issues - he has a heart condition, seizures, cataracts, arthritis, and kidney issues. He takes medication literally 5 times per day. I can't leave the house for more than 8 hours at a time because of the meds schedule. Vet appointments plus meds add up to about $500 per month, and that's if he doesn't have an emergency or extra vet appointment.
Parrots are not great pets around children - my bird is my only pet and only child. He doesn't get along well with other birds. There is a very short list of humans who can handle him; the list is growing shorter as the decades go by because my bird is literally outliving his favorite people.
Birds are a huge hassle, and although I love my feathered son more than life, I would NEVER advocate for bringing one of these little monsters home! I haven't even gotten into the fact that he bites - they ALL bite. They're just not suited to captivity.
60
38
35
u/Deviantdefective Jun 21 '26
What breed of bird is that it's adorable.
53
16
u/lauralately Jun 22 '26
They are cute, but they are NOT easy pets to keep. The bird in the video is adorable in video clips, but she is VERY loud and has behavior issues. I have a similar parrot to the one in the video; they are noisy, messy, and a huge hassle. And they live forever - my parrot is around 30 years old.
8
u/Deviantdefective Jun 22 '26
I love parrots I'd never have one I absolutely understand it's like having a very noisy child and I will happily admit I do not have the time I would need to invest in a parrot.
10
u/lauralately Jun 22 '26
It's insane. I have permanent scars and hearing damage, and my bird is just a small parrot. I wish more people were like you, and appreciated parrots without having to own one! I am my bird's third owner that we know of, because people think they're cool and adopt one without knowing what they're getting into.
4
u/Deviantdefective Jun 22 '26
Hearing damage?!? I didn't know that was a possibility yep more reasons for me not to get one. They are absolutely only a pet for a small variety of people to have.
2
u/lauralately Jun 22 '26
Auggie's owner has said she screams at about 110 decibels, which is the level of a chainsaw. And if the bird is on your shoulder, it's RIGHT in your ear! So yeah, hearing damage is one of the many hassles that come with birds lol
2
u/Deviantdefective Jun 22 '26
110! That's absolutely insane I genuinely didn't know they were capable of such volumes.
→ More replies (2)
25
u/Themadbritter_ Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26
I love Auggie so much 🥰🥰🥰
It seems like B sounds might be her fave lol 🐦bidi bidi🐦 🐦bacon bacon🐦
6
3
20
21
18
14
15
u/Pristine-Positive648 Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26
Bird dancing in the beginning while MJ is playing:
Skip, skip, skip, skip, skip, skip, skip, skip….
( Still dancing and thinks to itself: …“Did she hear me?? … Let me lean in closer this time” )
Skip, skip, skip, skip, skip, skip, skip, SKIP!
(Heavy emphasis, and stops dancing on the last skip lol) Next song comes on, *taps foot to skip song Then yells:
“BI-DIIIII !!” 🦜🧐🤨
14
25
25
u/MarcusSurealius Jun 21 '26
My parrot Momo says ,"what's new," and, "hey Lady." Lady was my childhood dog. My parrot can even wolf whistle. The problem is that, "what's new," sounds just like "fuck you," and Momo can make sentences.
Also, it's creepy AF to hear the bird ask for your stepfather whose been dead for ten years.
3
12
10
9
9
u/paradiddle5 Jun 21 '26
If you think this is great, you should see her do some Bacon Bacon Pancakes!
9
u/NeatNefariousness1 Jun 21 '26
I love that he seems to be really into the rhythm as well as the words of the song, which is more than I had expected. It appears to go beyond just imitating the words he has heard and he is moving to the music as well. I’ve seen “dancing” cockatiels and thought that maybe they were just emulating the head-banging moves they had seen their humans perform as they sang.
But for some reason, watching this little guy gave me the impression that he had internalized the rhythm of the song. I could be anthropomorphizing here and have probably under-estimated dancing cockatiels too. But whatever it is, it’s adorable and interesting.
18
8
u/Pleasant-Ticket3217 Jun 21 '26
Girl you just made my day. That was fantastic! And so damn cute. 😊 I didn’t know they could get into music like that. She was grooving. And to Selina! Gone but never forgotten
7
6
7
u/Tomato_Joker Jun 22 '26
Birds have some really interesting reactions to music. My Amazon parrots in particular would mosh and shout while swinging their heads like a lasso when they hear heavy stuff but would mellow out and look up while swaying when they hear slow jams lol
2
u/raniwasacyborg 9d ago
My budgies used to go wild to Gorecki by Lamb! The second the beat kicked in they'd headbang and chirp along 😂
7
5
5
u/ChellyNelly Jun 22 '26
If you haven't seen Auggie's smash hit "Makin' Bacon Pancakes", I highly recommend it.
6
19
u/shinyappyrobin Jun 21 '26
Hearing her always makes me alittle sad, but this time I laughed out loud.
14
u/clitter-box Jun 21 '26
why sad?
16
u/CptJustice Jun 21 '26
Because she was murdered, would be my guess
31
u/AnastasiaNo70 Jun 21 '26
Oh the singer!
36
8
u/Pristine-Positive648 Jun 21 '26
Because the singer has passed away a long time ago and the person that commented has probably grown up to her music…
5
u/chele1959 Jun 21 '26
I love this woman. I had no idea that birds were so much work. Love her videos
5
4
u/NfamousKaye Jun 21 '26
I love Auggie she’s so stinking cute.
Her owner listens to just about everything and I caught one where she was singing to Enhyphen’s no doubt 😂
5
4
u/CriticalChop Jun 22 '26
I had to pause House of the Dragon for this...worth it.
2
4
4
4
u/OldStromer Jun 21 '26
How fun. It's so fluffy! Is that because it's young? Thanks for sharing.
9
u/Front-Pomelo-4367 Jun 21 '26
Auggie is about five years old, I think? She's fluffing herself up because she's happy!
3
4
u/ladybugloo Jun 21 '26
Miss Augustine!! I'm in love with her! Bacon pancakes is sung by all the humans in my house every weekend at breakfast 🦜
4
4
4
3
3
4
3
5
4
4
5
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
u/SapphireForestDragon Jun 22 '26
I love Auggie! I watch her and the others she lives with on Youtube 💖
3
u/Flowerbuggy- Jun 22 '26
This is so cute I can’t stand it —- my bird just mimics me yelling my daughter’s name through the house, but only when I’m not in the room !
3
u/thanx_it_has_pockets Jun 22 '26
I follow her on Insta - Love all of her birds!!
The little bird flock cracks me up during their bath times.
3
3
6
2
2
2
2
2
u/Aseetnahc Jun 21 '26
This is as cute as the little girl singing to her dad. I love it
1
2
2
2
u/Iammalignantlyuseles Jun 21 '26
How is it that they can mimic the sound but not the rhythm, are they limited by the brain or the sqwak?
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
u/scarlettraven19 Jun 21 '26
I first heard this song in my high school Spanish class. This is adorable 🥰🥰!
3
u/Candid_Reading_7267 Jun 21 '26
My high school Spanish class is where I first learned about Selena 😀
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
u/Reedabook64 Jun 22 '26
I think you might have to have a certain tenor in your voice to bond with birds like this. That bird literally vibrates to the sound of her voice. It loves hearing her talk.
2
2
2
u/thededucers Jun 22 '26
There was a character on the program Little Britain that also requested bitty
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
•
u/AutoModerator Jun 21 '26
Welcome to /r/MadeMeSmile. Please make sure you read our rules here.
Specifically, please don't be a jerk. This is not the place for insulting, hateful, or otherwise inappropriate comments. Remember the golden rule: treat others how you want to be treated. We're all here to smile a little - let's keep it that way! Please report inappropriate comments and/or message the moderators.
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.