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.


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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.The title says it all! Whats stories do you guys have?
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
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
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!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.
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.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.
I started a thread on “what noise does your parrot fool you with “.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!
WHo's parrot likes to mimic the Microwave? **Raises hand** Vortex is learning to mimic the microwave.
No matter what the 'specialists' birdies can choose words they like to indicate things, people. Nameliss does mimic. I've spent weeks trying to figure out some things; the sound of dog kibble hitting dish and floor took the longest.I love these stories!
The Rickeybird is not a wordsmith, but he has his moments. After 40 years, he knows our names, semi-appropriate comments, various noises, BUT...
When he is so incensed and furious that no real words will do, he screams out "MITBOT! MITBOT MITBOT!" while snapping his beak and lunging and stomping. I don't know what it means, but he's been yelling it since he was only a few years old.
Family and friends who are aware of this sometimes will hurl the epithet around. I have also shared this here, and it really tickles me when folks will use the term, like back a ways in a thread about people who don't leash their dogs... we all agreed. They're MITBOTS!"
Well, there's an instant classic! Hysterical!!No matter what the 'specialists' birdies can choose words they like to indicate things, people. Nameliss does mimic. I've spent weeks trying to figure out some things; the sound of dog kibble hitting dish and floor took the longest.
Birds can develop obsessions about their people. Removing pierced earrings, necklaces, watches, barrettes, fingernail polish or tips and yes feet! My grey watched a sitcom where they did the foot tickling with 'woochie, coochie coo'. The actors would laugh and be silly. He then flew to coffee table I had my bare feet on. Rubbing his beak on bottom of my bare feet repeating that phrase. I ignored him and I am not ticklish there. He grabbed my big toe repeatedly saying 'woochie, coochie coo'. In terror I forced laughter. He laughed and kept ahold and repeating himself. He finally got tired and let me go. After that I wore shoes or socks and extra LONG pants plus used a blanket when laying on couch. When they get an obsession distraction works very well. The type depends on your birds personality. My grey only went after bare feet. In my case I had a reason and easy fix. Does your friend like toys, foraging items ect. I suggest that rather than food. You don't want to reward with a treat which has a chance of encouraging this behavior. Believe me, I sympathize completely. The terror of having that razor sharp nut cracking beak around my big toe has me very careful.My 4-year-old budgie Ginger has always had an obsession with feet, I know other bird owners can relate with their birds. Whenever I take her out of her cage she immediately flies to my feet attacking them. When I bring guests over and I take him out the same thing happens he goes chasing everybody's feet.
My 4-year-old budgie Ginger has always had an obsession with feet
Bingo”s kitchen fascination.