I just found out - Salty is a closet talker !!

[wrench13]

SO Geri is down stairs, I am in the john, when Salty, in quiet conversational level, starts talking to himself, and I realize he talks way way more than I thought he did. Little bumb, he says a lot of stuff I never heard him say in front of me. And of course, now we are both sitting in the living room, and he is quiet as a grave. He must be part African Grey.. Ah Salty, Salty, me boy, ye betray me, ye do!

 

[GaleriaGila]

That is so coolio! Just one more reason parrots are so... non-mammalian.

Why do you think some birds do that?

The Rb does not. What you hear is what you get. I spy on him enough to know he doesn't talk or sing much when alone. Just screams and rings that bell you gave him.

 

[Inger]

Bumble used to do that. It was really cute because she had this sense about when I was napping and she'd start singing and talking and making all kinds of sounds. I haven't caught her at it in a VERY long time, but that doesn't mean she isn't still doing it; just that maybe she's more savvy now. I heard her kissy noises and peekaboo that way long before she busted them out "in public."

 

[Kentuckienne]

Was he saying “the treasure be in the master suite, argh, in the dresser drawer, shiver me timbers”? Do you think he has a cell phone up in there and is calling Nigel on the down-low?

I read that lots of birds practice talking in private before trying with the humans. What kind of things does he say? Can you get a tape?