I thought there was a parrot!

[Owlet]

I'm currently babysitting some kids and we are just playing outside and I hear this noise that sounds very much like a parrot trying to talk so I go looking and low and behold... it's a crow. I've heard of corvids learning to talk but who knows. Certainly and interesting experience.

 

[dhraiden]

Crows are pretty dang smart. Some of the birds in the area around my home definitely sound "parrot"-like, at times. I wonder if they're mimicking Mango!

 

[GaleriaGila]

I've seen some TV specials and read some internet stuff on talking and otherwise clever corvids.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uyz3kkxRCQ"]Jimini Crowket Talking Crow - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFXU7o0fYII"]mischief the talking raven - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTid6B6EsIE"]Funny crow Talking - YouTube[/ame]

 

[noodles123]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!love crows!

 

[lplummer52]

Mynah birds are crows, right?

 

[Owlet]

doesn't look like it. different family / genus

 

[lplummer52]

Hmmm. They look like crows to me. Anyway, crows are excellent talkers for sure. We have a colony of wild conures here in Indialantic. Birdie gets very excited when she’s in the porch and they all land in our back yard live oaks.