Whats some funny/favorite story about your bird?

[Macawdamia Nut]

I was feeding my macaw 2 pistachio nuts when the doorbell rang. I forgot to put the lid back on the nut box. I came back less than 5 minutes later and came back to 22 (or more) pistachios shelled and eaten! He must have been hungry.

 

[Kahlua’s Mom]

The title says it all! Whats stories do you guys have?

My Goffin Cockatoo… barks like my dog did. 3 yaps a pause and 3 more yaps. She also has a “Devil Bird” impression…. Its pretty funny! It’s kinda like someone speaking in tongues. She also dances to “ Another one bites the dust”. She high steps to the bump bump bump another one bites the dust and when the synthesizer sound comes on she twirls her head around…. Its funny to watch. Its like she knows exactly what to do. She looks like she’s marching. She also has the Cockatoo Strut down pat… She can also be a sneaky little birdy, I watched her open her seed cup door in 1.37 minutes. She also tried the door latch but she couldnt get that one open.

 

[texsize]

We tend to let Bella free range in the house a large part of the day.
She spends much of the time in the kitchen.
We mostly have to depend on sound to know if she is up to no good.
Unfortunately.
Bananas don’t make much noise

 

[Macawdamia Nut]

We tend to let Bella free range in the house a large part of the day.
She spends much of the time in the kitchen.
We mostly have to depend on sound to know if she is up to no good.
Unfortunately.
Bananas don’t make much noise

At least Bella attacked only one banana. Mine would have taken bites out of the middle of each one.

 

[ScottinSoCal]

Scooter the African Grey learned to bark, and did it well enough that she could trigger the dogs to run to the patio door and start barking, looking for an intruder. Then she'd laugh.
She learned crow calls and scared herself when she called to a flock of crows who decided to land in our backyard while she and I were out there enjoying the sun. She doesn't do crow calls to crows anymore.
She learned the pigeons around our house are afraid of crows, so she saves her crow calls for them and scares them away. When they scatter, she laughs.
She has kind of a wicked sense of humor.

 

[rheashard2]

We tend to let Bella free range in the house a large part of the day.
She spends much of the time in the kitchen.
We mostly have to depend on sound to know if she is up to no good.
Unfortunately.
Bananas don’t make much noise

Scooter the African Grey learned to bark, and did it well enough that she could trigger the dogs to run to the patio door and start barking, looking for an intruder. Then she'd laugh.
She learned crow calls and scared herself when she called to a flock of crows who decided to land in our backyard while she and I were out there enjoying the sun. She doesn't do crow calls to crows anymore.
She learned the pigeons around our house are afraid of crows, so she saves her crow calls for them and scares them away. When they scatter, she laughs.
She has kind of a wicked sense of humor.

You're lucky it's crows. Nameliss mimics the red tail hawk(s), owls, and other predator raptors. Yard gets dive bombing on semi-regular basis. I didn't realize how aggressive owls could be! Unlike your Scooter she continues. Her 'Vincent Price' laughs during the episodes convince me she knows just what is doing!

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

WHo's parrot likes to mimic the Microwave? **Raises hand** Vortex is learning to mimic the microwave. Thank heavens I can tell her voice apart from the actual contraption. She has such a sweet, high-pitched voice! And she does it so softly!

 

[Pickle's Mom]

Bella again.

This is a bit embarrassing.
Bella has a signature noise for my son and I.
She only does it now and then and it’s unpredictable.

For my son it’s the sound of blowing your nose.
When my son walks by she makes this blowing honking noise.

For me.
It burps
I walk past her cage and she makes a loud belch and says “Wes” very clearly.

Piccolo copies my cough. He sometimes gets a terrible, awful cough if he isn't getting enough attention. He won't stop until we go over and ask if he is alright.

 

[texsize]

WHo's parrot likes to mimic the Microwave? **Raises hand** Vortex is learning to mimic the microwave. Thank heavens I can tell her voice apart from the actual contraption. She has such a sweet, high-pitched voice! And she does it so softly!

I started a thread on “what noise does your parrot fool you with “.
Bella is as good with noises as she is with speech.
The microwave is a favorite but we don’t get fooled by it.

But I have been using solar generators (not an accurate name) to lower my electricity bill. The fans on it can go from sort of noisy to silent depending on power draw and solar input. They also make a very short beep if something is wrong.
When the fans go from noisy to quiet Bella makes that beeping noise and I have to go look at it and make sure everything is copacetic.

That same noise is just about the same as the instant pot makes when programing it.
When Bella….. we’ll Bella associates that noise with my wife and makes it at different times