 Good boy, Hosea, good boy. Lean McCohen here, the elephant in the room, I know I haven't been here for a while, but I'm excited to be here. Here's the thing, today is my birthday and I didn't come on to tell you that it's my birthday, I don't really care, but something is happening today that I know you would be very interested in, and I think this is going to be one of those perfect situations for you guys to learn from, love, and enjoy this story. It's kind of a sad story, but it happens all the time. So instead of me just kind of, you know, doing what I do and helping birds, I thought that it's best if I share this with you. Something today is, there is a bird coming in who has been with his owner for 30 years. His owner is now moving into a nursing home, I don't know if it's a nursing home or like an elderly care home, I'm not sure, but she's going on to that next phase of her life where she cannot bring her bird. She lives in Florida. I was reached out to from Eldad from Hope for Paws, and he said I have a friend that his mom has a bird, and we need some help, we don't know what to do, at least give him some advice on what to do, or where to take the bird. One option was a sanctuary in Florida, but the thing is guys, a lot of these sanctuaries, they do great work with birds, and I hope this more so encourages you to help sanctuaries and donate. A lot of them are individual people that have opened up a 501C, and they need help, and they end up with tons and tons of cages. There's nothing in the state or in our cities that lends itself to helping birds. There's no laws for these parrots because they're considered invasive in a lot of states. Here in California they're called introductory species, which is an amazing thing, but still that doesn't mean we have shelters and all sorts of things for dogs and cats, but there's really nothing for birds. So a lot of these individuals end up with so many cages, and they're just the best place for the birds because they're going to do no harm to the birds, they're going to make sure the bird's taken care of and fed and everything, but that doesn't guarantee the bird a beautiful free life like they were used to. So it's been months, it's been like five months since I heard about this bird, and I kind of said, look, if you're willing to bring the bird from Florida to here, I will help find this bird a new home. And consider keeping it part of my flock, but I didn't tell George that part. The lady made a beautiful video about the bird. This is Jose. Jose is a yellow-naked parrot, and he is about, well, we don't know for sure how old he is. We've had him for a little over 30 years, so he's probably about 40. He's a very sweet parrot, and he loves to have his head scratched. Don't you, Jose? Won't your head scratch? Oh, yeah. This is what he loves to do. Any time I feed him in the morning, he's right over there with his head up against the cage for me to scratch him. He talks a little bit, not very much. He says, hello, several different ways. He says, a reba, a reba. He says, pit bull, don't know where he got that. And that's about the end of his vocabulary, but he's a sweetheart, and he likes to sit on shoulders, but he really likes his cage. That's his home, isn't it, Jose? Is that your home? Huh? Yeah. What you do is pray that your baby gets a home after you, and these birds outlive so many people. So this bird's been with his owner for 30 years, and this morning at 4 a.m., he was taken from his home by the son who loves the bird and is doing an amazing, amazing job worrying about the bird. I should probably back up. So I was contacted by the son, Brew, who really cares for animals and wants to do everything possible for this bird. And I said I would possibly bring him here, but I thought about it in these five months. I was looking for anybody that might be a potential good home. A lot of you think that I have unlimited amounts of people that I can help you guys find kind of alms for your birds, but the truth is not many people are great with birds and all my friends that have birds have too many. But I found a great home for this bird potentially. The bird's not going to go there today, we're going to get to know the bird. I haven't even set anything up for the bird. So that's what we're going to do. And yeah, the main thing here today, my main goal is to make sure that this bird has comfort. A lot of parrots go through a lot of trauma when they feel like they're getting abandoned or they're losing the person they love. Luckily, he knows the son, so he knows he's in good hands. But at some point when this bird comes here, he won't be seeing Brew anymore. So I'm going to try to be that level of comfort for the bird as the bird makes this transition. Even though I do have a home for the bird, the reason I'm not going to be taking the bird right over there today is because, first of all, I want to get to know the bird. I want to get to know its personality. I want to make sure the home I have for the bird is perfect. And I want to make sure that I learn everything I can to translate this info of what they need to know about the bird. Very steady. Okay, you want to go here? You can go on my shoulder. Come here. There we go. Now, my dad, who passed in December, what he used to do is he would lay, good boy, Hosey, good boy, he would lay this way and he would press himself in and like mate with my dad. He really loved like being on my dad's shoulder and he would eat all my dad's buttons. He'd crack them in half and then he would start chewing on his shirt. He's a good boy. Hi, Hosey. So it's Hosey? Hosey, we usually call him Hosey. Because I heard your mom say Hosey. Yeah, but we usually call him Hosey. Hi, Hosey. Hi, Hosey. Well, I'm impressed. He's just so calm. Like he's never been not calm, but you know, this has been a very stressful day at Grand. That was a 14-hour travel day. He seems to be doing really well. I think so. I think so. Right? Do you want to, do you want to take him? Do you want to step up, baby? Oh, good boy. Hi. Good boy. Hi. Oh, look at you. You sniff so good. Oh, I love you. You're so cute. Oh, you smell so good. He's really a human scent. Do you want a head scratch? Or would my nails be scary for you? Do you want to see? My dad's life rate always took him out, right? And not always, but a lot. He was out. And then it became less and less. And I felt like he missed that sort of attention. So as you're saying that, George wasn't you closer to me? Because he's like, oh, it's a guy's third. She knows me, too. Do you want to come? Give me the other hand. The other hand. He likes the other hand. He likes the other hand. You want to come? They have, like, yeah. They do, and a lot of them tend to want to go. It's hard to explain. It's not necessarily that it was this hand, but it was this hand now. Gotcha. I don't know how to explain that. It's like, I can see the behavior and the decisions in every single bird and where they're going to want to go from where they are. This bird, I'm like, oh, it's going to be traumatized. It's leaving. Like, they love their people. But if they're going to somewhere where they can get real warmth right away, then we can ease that transition. Yeah, he loves my mom very much. Yeah, you can. I mean, don't get me wrong. Like, he can be so happy now loving us, but he will feel like the loss. Yeah, I'm sure. What is your problem? You love him already? But like, you came here for, I'm the bird whisperer. I'm going to do if it's a guy's bird. It's supposed to be for Alex. I know you guys are going to ask. I didn't get the reaction of Brew leaving the bird, but he was very emotional, understandably so. But you're doing good. Today, I brought Hozi to the office. He kind of turned down a lot of food. We drank some water. Today I can tell that he's missing his mom because I had to go run a quick errand and he didn't want to step up to me. Maybe he was just comfortable, but he had like a cry. However, I left him in here on his stand looking out the window. When I came back, he stepped right up to me. So I know he missed me. He knows that I'm like, I wouldn't go so far as to say he missed me, but he probably was uncertain and somebody he does feel comfortable with came back. Oh, who's that? It's you. Okay, guys, update on Hozi the bird. So I have been really anxious a little bit because I didn't get to see Hozi eat a lot. When I give Hozi a peanut and things like that, Hozi does eat, but I can tell that the bird is stressed just from the change, obviously. Sometimes when I give the bird things that I know that this bird specifically would love, the bird throws them at us. So excited because I'm here making a bagel, getting ready to do our podcast. I really hope I'm not going to be late. And the bird ate the bird is eating. So I'm really excited about that. You know, this is a life change for a bird. I don't expect the bird to love me and want to be best friends with me. What I am trying to do is make sure the bird spends as much time with George as possible just because the bird does seem to find a lot of comfort in George. So I'm actually trying not to get too close while the bird is eating just because I don't want the bird to stop. But as you can see, it's not going to be great video, it's going to be easy, Hosey's eating. You know, I'd go right up to a bird for any reason all the time. It's just, I don't want, I want this bird to eat. I need to make sure this bird eats. That's something you have to be aware of and pay very close attention to. When you have a bird like this, this bird right now hasn't spoken yet, hasn't made a noise. Like it could be really easy to kind of ignore the bird and forget you have a bird. I mean that happens, you know, sometimes he's worn off, but what you don't realize is that every day they get more and more family oriented, more and more. I mean, some of them have to go through this trauma first, this grievance period, then the period of acceptance and the period of opening up and then they start doing all the crazy things that you never thought this bird would do. Like Vinny dancing. Vinny didn't do that when we first got him. Could have been years before I realized Good day! I was just sitting here and he's not walking up to me. He went right up his arm. He went up my arm, I didn't know what to do. You don't understand Kenny, this bird like is really sad because it had an owner for 30 years and she's going into a nursing home. Okay. So you just got this bird? Yeah, like and the bird's like kind of picky and kind of not wanting to eat and stuff. I did see the bird eat this morning but like he he or she tends to like guys so I put the bird here and I'm like I really just hope it bonds with someone today because it needs soothing. I've never seen, is that a bird? What do you think it is? I've never seen a bird that big except for pigeons. Pigeons are not this big. This is the same kind of bird as Leo but a different species. Right, but he ate Leo. He's really big. He won't want to come to me, watch. See? Oh, you see that? Yeah. What the hell, is that a cat? But he wouldn't. I know. What do I do, take him with me? Where are you going? Home? So Chuck, I have to go to lunch, can you babysit? I mean, what time are you going? Hello? Oh my god, there he is, Taki. Hello, what day today? Is it the fifth? No. Oh my god, the bird's like putting its face on you. It's so warm too. I miss Jose. Jose? She's like, she speaks Spanish, I know it. She told me about pasta, she told me about beans. All the things I want to hear. Yeah, I heard you make tacos. She's like they've been giving me vegan things, so. What's going on? We're taking this back. You're kidding me. Why, you think the bird's hungry or what? Oh, you smell good. Look at Ty, Ty's like, what the hell is going on here? Like this bird? So basically, my brother sees the bird and then he was like, I wonder if I'll get along with Lucy and my brother does. Why did you ask a question like that? That's what he was thinking when I was saying it. How would you feel like the bird's stealing the bird? These birds 45 are ringing for the experience. Bye, Ty. No, I'll find out. People can see you or something. Can I just do it? Like some piece of advice. Anything you try to do in life, there's going to be a block. Wait, on your block? No, no, no, no. You're not on my block. You're like both. You're like the thing that gives you... I am your block? I just went and got you a battery. What block is that? I just released your block. I just confirmed that the person that just came by is not the block. Sometimes the best person in your life can also be the block and what you have to do is work around that. How about if you're going to be in a block? Because they're getting fun on this. They're enjoying this right now.