You're holding a parrot for, say, 15 minutes and the whole time it holds it's wings a bit away from it's body, but seems perfectly happy with you holding it?

Is this hormonal? Just behavioral? A Macaw thing (it was Harlie)?

Could have been a love quiver. He also may have been a little over heated. They do this when they are hot.

Hmm yea I thought about being over-heated at first, but I wasn't working him up prior to and his beak didn't seem warm.

He wasn't shaking the wings either, like they do when they're being lovie.....

Hmmm..........

They cant sweat or cool off like we do, so the just open the wing a little away from the body to cool by exposing blood vessels. The room may have been warm.

Right.

That could have been!

He wasn't doing it before I was holding him, though...but maybe that's cause he got a little excited.

Mine do it to be dramatic I think lol....like after they fly or something. It's like...look at me....my wings are out...I'm SOOOO exhausted! Silly silly.

I have seen my two hold their wings out and sometimes I see a little quiver to them when they're really excited.

Ollie does it when she's excited. I often see her do it when somebody she knows but hasn't seen in awhile comes over to visit, like my brother or my dad. She'll fly to them and sit with her wings slightly out. I tell my brother (teasingly) that its so she's prepared to fly at the drop of a hat because she doesn't trust him. She likes him though.

scared and ready to fly away?


well, we all know better then that!!!

Marley does that when he ses the green beans comin out of the fridge or when he sees my mam... basically anytime he wants something and he wants it NOW!!