Yo, thanks for playing and especially streaming! I've gotta say it's really cool (and sometimes frustrating when there are problems) to see other people play my game.
I watched your playthrough and I would agree that that bird had an unnecessary amount of sass, haha.
But actually, it had some weird behaviour that I thought I had fixed so maybe it was a bug? I dunno
[As a side note, you can fly slower by holding SPACE. Something that I obviously haven't made clear enough :S]