The birds on the balcony that found TikTok fame - BBC News

Katrina Smith was living a city lifestyle in Melbourne, Australia, when Covid hit. Fearing a lockdown, she packed up and rented a place on the Surf Coast of Victoria.
She started posting videos of the birds that showed up on her balcony. Those birds quickly found online fame, notching up millions of views on TikTok and Instagram.
Now she's left with the dilemma of whether or not to return to the city at all.
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  • @randorific333
    @randorific3333 жыл бұрын

    It's so nice to see a joyous, happy, feel good story amongst the not so happy news.

  • @TotalGAMIX

    @TotalGAMIX

    3 жыл бұрын

    Agree

  • @CEK51
    @CEK513 жыл бұрын

    How fortunate you are. Those birds are the most beautiful I have ever seen! Lucky lady!!

  • @truevegas
    @truevegas3 жыл бұрын

    A big G'day from Australia to all our UK and overseas friends :)

  • @SteveXNYC

    @SteveXNYC

    3 жыл бұрын

    What going on?. You guys dopeing or hoping

  • @truevegas

    @truevegas

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@SteveXNYC Say what? 😂 maybe both idk lol

  • @truevegas

    @truevegas

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Mot Kaou Nice, but we have 2 minute noodles where I live bud. You should try them 😉

  • @bierrollerful
    @bierrollerful3 жыл бұрын

    Australia: countless awful things that _will_ kill you Also Australia: super friendly, cheerful birbs

  • @jimimased1894

    @jimimased1894

    3 жыл бұрын

    Actually most deaths in oz are from European bees, true story

  • @mehere8038

    @mehere8038

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jimimased1894 actually horses cause more deaths than bees, but yup, European honey bees cause more deaths than Aussie natives like snakes

  • @cumoreview442
    @cumoreview4423 жыл бұрын

    I'm in centre of Sydney and all those species of birds and more visit my balcony, they come and say hello from the bushes on the sides of the street when I go for a walk, they come right up when you sit in the park. The things is, nobody feeds them, it's not about food, there is plenty of food on the trees even in the centre of our cities, they are just playful and curious. Different species hang out together, tease each other, clearly birds have a sense of humour. The thing about the centre of Sydney is that nobody has cats, so they have no preditors and they are just so confident.

  • @karene.4196

    @karene.4196

    2 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, this woman DOES feed the birds and encourages them to climb on her to get food. She's a fraud.

  • @tc1817

    @tc1817

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nobody feeds them. hahahahhahahahahha Right. The birds just want to be friends.

  • @seanbayley7452

    @seanbayley7452

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@karene.4196 I didn't hear her say she doesn't feed them so what If she does and these birds come round without feeding them everywhere along the east coast of Australia

  • @karene.4196

    @karene.4196

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@seanbayley7452 This is such an old post ... she's already been reported to the relevant authorities in her district who were not impressed with her feeding them. So ... I don't know what to tell you, other than: she's habituated these birds to human interference, all for the clicks. Sorry to disappointed. Sincerely sorry. 😞

  • @bestuish

    @bestuish

    Жыл бұрын

    Sydney in your description sounds more lovely than heaven 😄

  • @dorothybutton9656
    @dorothybutton96563 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely enchanting. You are so lucky to live in paradise.

  • @graphitepencil6522
    @graphitepencil65223 жыл бұрын

    It reminds me of my birds who stayed with me for 3 months, during day time they took a flight with wild birds and came back home... This continued for 3 months... After that they just disappeared and never came back! 😐 I suspect they got killed or they have gone with their wild friends. That's my childhood memories

  • @b.visconti1765
    @b.visconti17653 жыл бұрын

    A Big Happy Smile From Southern California for finally finding your birds..what a Pleasure!🎈

  • @ronkirk5099
    @ronkirk50993 жыл бұрын

    The birds of Australia are amazing. Back in the day, when I visited for a six month bicycle tour I'll never forget the sound of the Kookaburra's call in the morning when I woke up in my tent while primitive camped in the bush. The huge flocks of pink and grey Galah's were also memorable. Pretty amazing country, but sadly, they are right on the front lines of global warming (as they were for ozone depletion).

  • @anthonyobrien6832

    @anthonyobrien6832

    2 жыл бұрын

    What

  • @Glenn-ei3xp

    @Glenn-ei3xp

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolute garbage

  • @sophiakh9590
    @sophiakh95903 жыл бұрын

    I love this so much!

  • @CatsInHats-S.CrouchingTiger

    @CatsInHats-S.CrouchingTiger

    3 жыл бұрын

    She’s got friends! 💞

  • @KaiXingSophia
    @KaiXingSophia3 жыл бұрын

    They’re all beautiful birds

  • @bhupinderkaur3970
    @bhupinderkaur39703 жыл бұрын

    So beautiful

  • @sharmilacorea8627
    @sharmilacorea86273 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Amazing!

  • @CatsInHats-S.CrouchingTiger
    @CatsInHats-S.CrouchingTiger3 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful birds! 😍🥰 they really like her!

  • @makeracistsafraidagain
    @makeracistsafraidagain3 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful. I have a big crow who loudly demands his two apple cores every morning. After he gets them he's very friendly.

  • @Meghnaaad
    @Meghnaaad3 жыл бұрын

    This world is so beautiful.

  • @miiache6563
    @miiache65633 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @cecelialee2179
    @cecelialee21793 жыл бұрын

    Simply beautiful 😍😍

  • @AnnesreborndollsandfunW
    @AnnesreborndollsandfunW3 жыл бұрын

    Love her ! Love the birds !

  • @lazymusician10
    @lazymusician103 жыл бұрын

    There such beautiful and cute birds. 🥰😭😊

  • @eaglewings-tn2rw
    @eaglewings-tn2rwАй бұрын

    So beautiful❤❤❤

  • @marsanthini9
    @marsanthini93 жыл бұрын

    Same me I alway crazy to birds they are so wonderful creatures

  • @AnnaLissasFamilyVlogs
    @AnnaLissasFamilyVlogs3 жыл бұрын

    I love them all so cute birds.❤

  • @ravishingriz548
    @ravishingriz5483 жыл бұрын

    All birds in this video are beautiful, including you. 😘

  • @rozeenajamil
    @rozeenajamil2 жыл бұрын

    I need to live in a place with a bunch of birds, I love watching birds

  • @lynbeck2359
    @lynbeck23593 жыл бұрын

    Awesome birds walk 🐦

  • @t.n.9736
    @t.n.97363 жыл бұрын

    Wow!This is my dream!!

  • @mathipadmadi
    @mathipadmadi3 жыл бұрын

    Lovely! Amazing! Unbelievable!

  • @thepolishastronaut7940
    @thepolishastronaut79403 жыл бұрын

    If I was offered Australian citizenship I would take it. It seems like such a cool place to live

  • @george4vIogging

    @george4vIogging

    3 жыл бұрын

    What about all the dangerous animals?

  • @thepolishastronaut7940

    @thepolishastronaut7940

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@george4vIogging They mostly live in the arid wasteland in the middle of Australia, but either way I feel that punching spiders the size of a school bus daily is a worthy price to pay

  • @aishakassiasalihu9072

    @aishakassiasalihu9072

    3 жыл бұрын

    They have spiders in Australia that eat snakes.

  • @george4vIogging

    @george4vIogging

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@aishakassiasalihu9072 Spiders that eat snakes? Are you serious bro?

  • @mehere8038

    @mehere8038

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@aishakassiasalihu9072 we have some VERY little snakes you know lol Seriously, our spiders are great on cockroaches (we get huge ones of them) & apart from that & other garden pests, they really don't bother anything :) We haven't had a spider death here since 1984

  • @destinynguyen3721
    @destinynguyen37213 жыл бұрын

    Amazing

  • @Greenpoloboy3

    @Greenpoloboy3

    3 жыл бұрын

    aww thanks!

  • @philippinesunfiltered421
    @philippinesunfiltered4213 жыл бұрын

    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @hebneh
    @hebneh Жыл бұрын

    I’m amazed that so many Australian birds like these will become so tame. She can put flowers on them and they just sit there!

  • @niko-ni6ps
    @niko-ni6ps3 жыл бұрын

    Its a good thing you keep the mood up after all this non stop India CoVid news was so sad

  • @janicekarpas6747
    @janicekarpas6747 Жыл бұрын

    great video

  • @bunyoeun8868
    @bunyoeun88683 жыл бұрын

    I want to raise this bird because it is so cute

  • @TatianaBerkoh
    @TatianaBerkoh3 жыл бұрын

    Nice❣

  • @duallove6909
    @duallove69093 жыл бұрын

    Am I the only one who had a trouble listening?. The sound seemed muffled, not clear. Couldn’t get half of what she was saying.

  • @delsi1204

    @delsi1204

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes the music was to loud 😪

  • @Greenpoloboy3
    @Greenpoloboy33 жыл бұрын

    I saw a pigeon yesterday :)

  • @Greenpoloboy3

    @Greenpoloboy3

    3 жыл бұрын

    @BITCOIN INVESMENTUK no

  • @thomasfholland
    @thomasfholland3 жыл бұрын

    Hi BBC! Thanks for providing the link to her channel! 🙄

  • @alaskatheakita7217
    @alaskatheakita72173 жыл бұрын

    The bird is the word

  • @noorsihan3194
    @noorsihan31943 жыл бұрын

    😍😍😍😍😍 Lovely...

  • @chaithanyarr1225
    @chaithanyarr12253 жыл бұрын

    i cant believe.only one bird came to my balcony and build nest was red vented bulbul.lots of birds on ur balcony.

  • @karene.4196

    @karene.4196

    2 жыл бұрын

    But you can at least feel good that you didn't habituate them to humans like this girl does ... check out her Instagram. She trains them with food.

  • @lopuyh
    @lopuyh3 жыл бұрын

    Nice species.

  • @cijicamp
    @cijicamp3 жыл бұрын

    she now has a youtube , "birds of oz" , if anyone wants to see more :)

  • @donaf6206
    @donaf62063 жыл бұрын

    😍

  • @double1363
    @double13633 жыл бұрын

    You gonna talk bout the huge fire in Portsmouth or no?

  • @elizabeth8895
    @elizabeth88953 жыл бұрын

    Awwwwwww cho chweet

  • @RS54321
    @RS5432111 ай бұрын

    Why did she get rid of all her YT videos? ☹

  • @galleryteneuesartnouveau9353
    @galleryteneuesartnouveau93533 жыл бұрын

    Adorable Kookaburras & the rest of the gangs luv those brilliant Corvid magpies best nature cures for Covid19 😘👍👌

  • @Liuhuayue
    @Liuhuayue3 жыл бұрын

    Finally, some Australian animals that don't want to kill you.

  • @mark-ish

    @mark-ish

    3 жыл бұрын

    That still might happen. Maybe Katrina only approaches after they're fed.

  • @mehere8038

    @mehere8038

    2 жыл бұрын

    Should see my fingers right now courtesy of my lorikeets lol Reality is the birds are FAR more likely to bite than any other Aussie animal is!

  • @diogeneslantern18
    @diogeneslantern183 жыл бұрын

    This is the sort of stuff the Dodo posts. This is not news.

  • @balham5606
    @balham56063 жыл бұрын

    Nice news story

  • @bunnylady6758
    @bunnylady67583 жыл бұрын

    She should wear a princess gown and start singing or something😁

  • @fatehyabali
    @fatehyabali3 жыл бұрын

    😊

  • @nathanleigh3486
    @nathanleigh34863 жыл бұрын

    Seems like God has put you exactly where you are supposed to be right now. Roll with it love.

  • @lfeb
    @lfeb3 жыл бұрын

    Cute

  • @sharan96vj87
    @sharan96vj873 жыл бұрын

    😊😉

  • @morpheos111
    @morpheos1113 жыл бұрын

    How are these birds so chill? Are they not wild?

  • @makeracistsafraidagain

    @makeracistsafraidagain

    3 жыл бұрын

    Birds are very smart.

  • @mehere8038

    @mehere8038

    2 жыл бұрын

    They're Aussies :) Ever heard the Aussie saying "she'll be right mate" or "no worries"? That's how the birds & all the other Aussie animals feel about life too :) They tend to be cautious the first time they visit a new person, but as soon as one of them has done so & found it's safe, they spread the word & all the species in the area come in :) The ones to win over are the noisy miners, they send out alarm calls to all the other birds. Get them happy & all the rest will follow without fear

  • @exortus359
    @exortus3593 жыл бұрын

    Even australia wild birds are tiktokers now 🤣🤣

  • @HilarityBribo
    @HilarityBribo3 жыл бұрын

    Tiktok is the sewer of the internet.

  • @zollen123
    @zollen1233 жыл бұрын

    Let me guess, you must have a bird feed somewhere in your balcony. You have no cat or dog.

  • @seanbayley7452

    @seanbayley7452

    2 жыл бұрын

    These birds will show up without being fed we get all of these types and dint feed them and we are on the gold coast not to far from her

  • @nyxxose
    @nyxxose3 жыл бұрын

    1:25 “The most beautiful....” *TURKEY NOISES*

  • @sreedevisuresh8147
    @sreedevisuresh81473 жыл бұрын

    She is the luckiest girl in the world

  • @alexsfamily4166

    @alexsfamily4166

    3 жыл бұрын

    she is not my girlfriend..

  • @sreedevisuresh8147

    @sreedevisuresh8147

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@alexsfamily4166 😂😂

  • @hiroshimootspsychology2323
    @hiroshimootspsychology23233 жыл бұрын

    Medical,radiation, emergency lifesaving, nursing care, welfare, education,school lunch making,truck driving, wholesale / retail, self-restraint, funerals, police firefighting traffic, water, electricity,gas Thank you to those involved in finance. #ThankYou #spreadthanks

  • @jeyaramsathees6128

    @jeyaramsathees6128

    3 жыл бұрын

    Finance sector is the driving force of inequality

  • @afr8734
    @afr87343 жыл бұрын

    Bird whisperer

  • @Chemson1989
    @Chemson19893 жыл бұрын

    Birbs on the balcony. Birbcony.

  • @ewlchen
    @ewlchen3 жыл бұрын

    This lady looks like Emelia Clarke

  • @rhydian7332
    @rhydian73323 жыл бұрын

    Hi

  • @dsanders401
    @dsanders4013 жыл бұрын

    Those birds look like they r performing for the camera and will some point want their cut of the profits.

  • @mehere8038

    @mehere8038

    2 жыл бұрын

    they do - but they're lazy, they expect us to convert it into food for them & then pay them in seed :)

  • @balham5606
    @balham56063 жыл бұрын

    What is her tiktok username ?

  • @kismetau

    @kismetau

    3 жыл бұрын

    Birdsofoz

  • @auro1986
    @auro19863 жыл бұрын

    bbc replacing tiktok?

  • @epiccool6242
    @epiccool62423 жыл бұрын

    Are this pets or this fly every time to her balcony 😁?

  • @CatsInHats-S.CrouchingTiger

    @CatsInHats-S.CrouchingTiger

    3 жыл бұрын

    They fly to visit her!

  • @kismetau

    @kismetau

    3 жыл бұрын

    She lives next to a forest with many birds and she feeds them seeds but only a little so they don’t depend on her.

  • @mehere8038

    @mehere8038

    2 жыл бұрын

    They're wild birds, but in Australia the animals view the land as theirs & if humans move in, the animals all expect to continue living there & for the humans to share everything with them & make sure they're happy. If the humans don't oblige, they get angry & squawk until the humans wake up & give them what they demand to shut them up. That's just how it is in Australia :)

  • @bernardfender5147
    @bernardfender51473 жыл бұрын

    Wholesome!🤗 Now waiting for the tin foil hat wearer's comments...

  • @ben31uk
    @ben31uk3 жыл бұрын

    Defund the BBC Cancel them direct debits Save £160. Move to streaming services

  • @steelchampion
    @steelchampion3 жыл бұрын

    birb

  • @trinity00matrix00
    @trinity00matrix003 жыл бұрын

    this is not news

  • @RobertSmith-pt7gl
    @RobertSmith-pt7gl3 жыл бұрын

    All's good until the ebris turns up and won't leave or the Indian miners.

  • @gabriellaszendi3103
    @gabriellaszendi31033 жыл бұрын

    She looks like The Blonde Psaki

  • @ben31uk
    @ben31uk3 жыл бұрын

    Defund the BBC Cancel them direct debits Save £160

  • @first8956
    @first89563 жыл бұрын

    How could the Brits leave such nice land to the "prisoners" back then? who're the "prisoners" exactly?

  • @mehere8038

    @mehere8038

    2 жыл бұрын

    yup, prettywell how the convicts felt lol It was noticed right from the start, kids born in Australia grew up taller & naturally stronger than those born in Britain & the claims about whipping etc in Australia were mostly just propaganda designed to hide the fact that convicts were happily just working to pay off their debt & get given their land in return. My ancestor was a farmhand with nothing in England, with no chance of ever rising above that, by the time he died in Australia, he had enough land for each of his 14 children to have their own large & very profitable farms. He had his own farm & 2 convicts assigned to help him work it (at no cost to him) within 6 months of arriving in Australia

  • @GandhiKesav
    @GandhiKesav3 жыл бұрын

    தமிழ் மக்கா😍

  • @prajodcp7145
    @prajodcp71453 жыл бұрын

    BBC??!!

  • @sutats
    @sutats3 жыл бұрын

    The city's only good for partying. Real living is out in sticks.

  • @ilasilas3261
    @ilasilas32613 жыл бұрын

    I wish tiktok wasn't owned by China.

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    @marioparragutierrez37013 жыл бұрын

    Jajajaja LO LOGRAREMOS?..... FAMILIAAAAA CREEN USTEDES QUE SI LO LOGRAREMOS?...... JAJAJAJA XQUE YO SI LO CREO PLENAMENTE QUE EN ESTA EPOCA DONDE YA ESTAMOS INVOLUCRADAS 3 GENERACIONES..... VAMOS A LOGRAR CONVIVIR PACIFICAMENTE TODAS LAS ESPECIES DE SERES Y CRIATURAS VIVAS QUE HABITAMOS EN ESTE PLANETA JAJAJAJA.

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    @user-vu4yt7di7d3 жыл бұрын

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    @user-vu4yt7di7d3 жыл бұрын

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  • @tanouchelemanouche
    @tanouchelemanouche3 жыл бұрын

    BBC PCC propagande inn't!

  • @jordanhunt4867
    @jordanhunt48673 жыл бұрын

    Birds on TikTok now?, oh please someone get Jamoriquai back in to do a 'virtual insanity' 2021 remix/edit/version because if he thought the internet was bad enough, then that was the tip of the iceberg for him, he should have waited 20 years on when Instagram and TikTok addicted the world, because this is real virtual insanity, the internet back in the turn of the millennium was nothing compared to what is literally the virtual insanity of the present day with social media taking over the world, SOCIAL MEDIA, INSTAGRAM, TIK TOK, 21ST CENTURY VIRTUAL INSANITY

  • @seanbayley7452

    @seanbayley7452

    2 жыл бұрын

    U sound actually insane nit virtually what's wrong with birds on tik tok compared to the absolute crap U see on it its goid

  • @tyameow181
    @tyameow1813 жыл бұрын

    😍

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