- Jun 29, 2012
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- Parrots
- 'Jack' (Blue & Gold),
'Maynard' (Military),
'Zaffer' (Hyacinth),
'Salsa' (Green-wing)
Salsa says quite bit. He's about 4 years old and his first owner was a close friend of mine who recently passed away. This is his second home and he more or less came pre-loaded 
Among the words and phrases Salsa says are:
Salsa (his name)
Hi
Hello (he yells it sometimes and he'll say it softly when I shake hands with him - ie, his foot, my hand)
Gooood birrrrrd!
Who's a GOOD bird?
Am I a good bird?
Be a good bird
Are you a good bird?
What a good bird!
Eagle birrrrrrrrrrd! (usually while spreading his wings)
I love you (often after making kissy noises)
OW! (repeated over and over)
Go Cubs, Go! (as a rally cry and also at times as a question with an
upward inflection)
Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
Up up!
Right now! (usually after saying "Up up!" and tapping his beak on a hard surface or his foot-fist on the perch)
Who's there? (after tapping his beak several times on a hard surface to make a knocking sound - sometimes it sounds like "who d'ere")
I wonder who it could be?
Who's that?
Wooo! (as well as various "woo woo's" and "who hoo's")
C'mere! (and if you don't do it he starts saying it in an emotional whiney voice as a child would)
Uh-oh! (appropriately after he drops something - or I drop something - or one of the other birds drops something)
Too loud! (after one of my other birds screams - and sometimes after he, himself screams)
Papa/where's papa?/where's da papa?
The papa
What?
Heyyy! (he says it as if he's surprised, with inflection as if to mean "I didn't expect that... that's really cool!")
Look at that
Oh bird
What's your name?
Big bird
Hello bird
Now? (upward inflection)
Take a bath? (upward inflection - sometimes followed by "Now?")
An apple? (upward inflection - sometimes followed by "Now?")
How are you?
Oh-kay
Is it me?
Why?
No! No! No!
Hurry up!
Other things Salsa mimics:
He laughs a couple of different ways (one of them is an hysterical belly laugh)
He mimics a perfect yappy little dog barking (sounds exactly like a dog)
He burps quite well
He hums the Andy Griffith theme song (and can whistle part of it)
He wolf whistles (I actually taught him that)
He mimics a really great human cough (sounds exactly like a person coughing)
He mimics someone's violent sneeze
Zaffer can say several things but usually doesn't talk much. When he gets in the right mood he'll chat away though. He came pre-loaded as well. I rescued him from being boarded at a vet clinic in 2005. He was there for 1 year after his owner had passed away.
Among the things Zaf says, are:
I love you
How are you?
Cool! (I taught him that)
C'mere
Step up
No! No!
Pretty bird
Hello
Hi (he whispers it too)
Jack only says "hello".
Maynard doesn't say a thing. But he screams brilliantly!
Among the words and phrases Salsa says are:
Salsa (his name)
Hi
Hello (he yells it sometimes and he'll say it softly when I shake hands with him - ie, his foot, my hand)
Gooood birrrrrd!
Who's a GOOD bird?
Am I a good bird?
Be a good bird
Are you a good bird?
What a good bird!
Eagle birrrrrrrrrrd! (usually while spreading his wings)
I love you (often after making kissy noises)
OW! (repeated over and over)
Go Cubs, Go! (as a rally cry and also at times as a question with an
upward inflection)
Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
Up up!
Right now! (usually after saying "Up up!" and tapping his beak on a hard surface or his foot-fist on the perch)
Who's there? (after tapping his beak several times on a hard surface to make a knocking sound - sometimes it sounds like "who d'ere")
I wonder who it could be?
Who's that?
Wooo! (as well as various "woo woo's" and "who hoo's")
C'mere! (and if you don't do it he starts saying it in an emotional whiney voice as a child would)
Uh-oh! (appropriately after he drops something - or I drop something - or one of the other birds drops something)
Too loud! (after one of my other birds screams - and sometimes after he, himself screams)
Papa/where's papa?/where's da papa?
The papa
What?
Heyyy! (he says it as if he's surprised, with inflection as if to mean "I didn't expect that... that's really cool!")
Look at that
Oh bird
What's your name?
Big bird
Hello bird
Now? (upward inflection)
Take a bath? (upward inflection - sometimes followed by "Now?")
An apple? (upward inflection - sometimes followed by "Now?")
How are you?
Oh-kay
Is it me?
Why?
No! No! No!
Hurry up!
Other things Salsa mimics:
He laughs a couple of different ways (one of them is an hysterical belly laugh)
He mimics a perfect yappy little dog barking (sounds exactly like a dog)
He burps quite well
He hums the Andy Griffith theme song (and can whistle part of it)
He wolf whistles (I actually taught him that)
He mimics a really great human cough (sounds exactly like a person coughing)
He mimics someone's violent sneeze
Zaffer can say several things but usually doesn't talk much. When he gets in the right mood he'll chat away though. He came pre-loaded as well. I rescued him from being boarded at a vet clinic in 2005. He was there for 1 year after his owner had passed away.
Among the things Zaf says, are:
I love you
How are you?
Cool! (I taught him that)
C'mere
Step up
No! No!
Pretty bird
Hello
Hi (he whispers it too)
Jack only says "hello".
Maynard doesn't say a thing. But he screams brilliantly!
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