Bird stories. What is the funniest thing your bird has done.

[I_Make_Mistakes]

My CAG has her own room, anything that goes in there is fair game.

One day I was mopping the floor, (I do 1/2 a room at a time, her cage is fairly large) and moved a tall standed oscillating fan to help with the drying into her room and went to the toilet to dump the bucket.

When I came back, she was having a good time oscillating on the fan.

[purr]

1. My Amazon will fall off her perch

and go 'damnit!' then slowly crawl back up lol

[Ladyhawk]

18. My friend's African grey learned how to swear from the roofers.

All day he would hear the roofers drop some tool, then say, "SHIT!" Now when the grey drops a toy, he says, "SHIT!"

[Stepup2]

2. My TAG

She loves to yodel Yoohoo when anyone comes to the front door. I don't know where she got this, I am not the "yoohoo" type...

[I_Make_Mistakes]

5. Do you leave the tv on? Mine answers every different phone ring

with "Hello!".

I am thinking there was that commercial that went "yahoo, ya Hoo hoo (with a long hoo.".

Mine learned the paging cell phone sound, Cingular? from the car radio!

They hear some sounds once or twice and they never forget them, others a million times and they never learn them! What ever catches their attention is beyond me!

[Stepup2]

6. You might be right!!

She picks up tunes and then whistles them in snippets before taking her afternoon siesta. Her "jazzed up" renditions are amusing.

They are amazing!!

[Mutley]

3. A high school friend of mine had a parrot...

who would say "kiss kiss" and you'd have to make kissy noises at him. If you didn't he would say "fuck you!" and turn his back on you.

:rofl:

[I_Make_Mistakes]

4. I made the really big mistake one day of spinning her on my

swivel chair going Whoo! She says "want to go WHoo!". I get really dizzy and nauseous, even going both ways, but she is so amazed by the movement, I get nauseous a lot now!

[Sanity Claws]

7. I'm so glad cats and dogs don't talk

After hearing your stories, I'm so glad my cats and my late dog never learned to talk like your parrots. Can you imagine hearing your dog say all day, "Wanna go walk" or "throw the ball." Or your cat saying, "Leave me alone. I want to sleep."
You'd go nuts in no time.

[I_Make_Mistakes]

9. Yes, but, I hear "I loves you" all day long and that is worth a lot

to me!

[superconnected]

25. My 18 yo cat learned to say my name - kelly.

I know that sounds wierd, but she did.

It's not a meowed kelly. She fully pronounces it. It freaked out my mom when she moved in with me. She likes to show her friends.

Anyway, it started when she was 8. One night I came home and she was by her food dish and said my name. I thought I was just very tired and she couldn't possibly have. I found out a few days later that she was when she did it again. It took my family telling me about it when they came over before I believed my ears or would tell anyone else.

She calls me when I'm late coming home from work. Often my mom will be on the phone and have to explain who is yelling "kelly" to the person on the phone. My cat also yells my name outside my door if it's closed and I don't let her in. She's 18 now. It's the only word she speaks.

[IndyOp]

28. Wanna cookie! Wanna piece of pizza! Wanna bagle!

Pet my head! Scratch my ears! :rofl:

My lab is looking at me funnily as I type this -- I think he knows I am laughing at (with) him!

:rofl:

[purr]

8. Heres all my amazon does lol

She sings I like butt sex and has a little jingle with it..
When we're eating dinner she'll say eat shit until we give her what we're eating.
If i ignore her, she'll say fuck you and laugh about it
Will call my cats and the cats come running.. even mimics their meows..

thats all i can think of right now

[Beetwasher]

10. I Had A Parakeet That Would Fly Into The Shower W/ Me

Sometimes he would even fly right into the stream, on purpose.

[Kashka-Kat]

11. Do parrots use language or are they just mimic ing the sound?

I am AMAZED by some of the things I've heard about parrots--incl some of your stories posted here.

It almost seems a little bit intimidating the thought of getting a so called pet which may be my intellectual equal! How possible is it to keep a crow? I saw a program about crows once--they too seem like highly intelligent birds which can be domesticated to a certain extent. 1 woman on the show would take her crow for rides in her convertible-- it would take off flying for a while following the car and then come back and perch on her shoulder.

[Sanity Claws]

12. Bird flying with a car

Crows are not the only ones to do that. I remember a duck (I think mallard) named Larry did that with his human family.

[I_Make_Mistakes]

13. Actually, there are birds (African Grey and Amazon's that have the

intelligence of a 5yr. old child). There is an on going dispute as to which is smarter they are both intelligent! However, unless you have the intelligence of a 5yr. old your parrot will never be smarter! It is amazing how intelligent they are to us bird owners!

The best part is they live 60-70yrs. I had to put down my cat after 18 and it was so hard, I pray my baby outlives me, and trust God to give her to someone she loves as much.

Edit to add: They have no vocal chords, so I really don't understand how they can imitate the same sounds, but it really close to our language. I think your question was really, do they get what they are saying, yes at a child level, they do comprehend!

[AlienGirl]

14. Birds use language in context if they're taught meanings

Gideon has done things like announcing, "I throw!" and then throwing stuff off the desk and laughing at it. He is a cockatoo, and doesn't speak as clearly as an African Grey or an Amazon, but he definitely *knows* what he's saying.

Tucker

[IndyOp]

19. "Want a nut. Nnn, uh, tuh."

Alex - African Grey Parrot -

Thus we tried to get him to sound out refrigerator letters, the same way one would train children on phonics. We were doing demos at the Media Lab for our corporate sponsors; we had a very small amount of time scheduled and the visitors wanted to see Alex work. So we put a number of differently coloured letters on the tray that we use, put the tray in front of Alex, and asked, "Alex, what sound is blue?" He answered, "Ssss." It was an "s", so we said "Good birdie" and he replied, "Want a nut." I didn't want him sitting there using our limited amount of time to eat a nut, so I told him to wait, and asked, "What sound is green?" Alex answered, "Ssshh." He was right, it was "sh," and we went through the routine again: "Good parrot." "Want a nut." "Alex, wait. What sound is orange?" "Ch." "Good bird!" "Want a nut." We went on and on and Alex clearly got more and more frustrated. He finally got very slitty-eyed and looked at me and stated, "Want a nut. Nnn, uh, tuh."

<http://flatrock.org.nz/topics/animals/pigeon_spotting.htm>

[AlienGirl]

27. Crows are about as smart as parrots

African Pied Crows and White-Necked Ravens are in the pet trade, though still far from common. They're smart and can also learn to talk. There's one major drawback though: crow poop STINKS TO HIGH HEAVEN. Parrot poo is kind of self-contained and doesn't smell; crows poop semi-liquid gobs of stinky crap. (Think the consistency of ketchup.) Softbilled birds like crows also poop more often than hook-billed birds do, so if you're thinking about getting a crow or raven, be ready to clean its cage at least three times a day.

Here's a crow and raven breeder's site: http://www.corvitude.com/corvidranch.html

Tucker

[AlienGirl]

15. The handshake joke

A friend of mine was over at our house and we were joking around about shaking hands, and she said to Gideon, "Should I shake your hand too?" and Gideon laughed. My friend said, "I wonder if you know why that's funny?" Gideon replied, "Because I can't!" Now every time my friend comes to visit Gideon holds up his foot-hand to shake hands with her.

Tucker

[I_Make_Mistakes]

16. I took my parrot to the Jersey shore the day after I had to put my

cat Ty down. Afrika loved Ty and 4 yrs. later says "Ty dines (dinner), TyTy and she meows like Ty. The vet said Afrika would also grieve the loss, so we left town to get over the emotional loss without the physical reminder of Ty not being home.

Anyways, my mom went to, and we rented a bike they have with an umbrella, and side by side seats so Afrika went too. As we are going down the board walk, people started yelling "There's a Cuckatoo just ahead!" . We approached the turnaround area and there was a guy on a regular bike with his 'too hanging on his back to a towel poncho he had made. I took Afrika over and the 'too immediately said "Hello!", My grey said nothing, so I guess it's any given day.

[Ladyhawk]

17. After eighteen years of being amused by my DYH Amazon,

I will have to do some thinking on this and get back to you.

LH

[Tamarin]

20. I don't know if this is the funniest thing, but it's cute.

This morning, she (CAG, named Humbug) has started peeping in a perfect imitation of a duckling. We have two ducklings in our back pond.

[Stepup2]

21. This is funny

My Timneh has just begun to bark like the Chihuahua I am dog sitting.

[Tamarin]

22. I like Timnehs a lot. My CAG barks like our MinPin, too.

Greys are such great impersonators, sometimes it's hard to know if the barking is coming from the dog or the bird, LOL

[Stepup2]

23. Mine still fools me from time to time

For the most part, I can distinguish between the Timneh and my dog, SO, or Senegal, but once in a while.... damn bird

Her fave thing is to be "allowed" on the playtop of the Senegal. She imitates both in sound and mannerisms. It is funny to see a grey running thru the Senegal's vocabulary "speaking" english while mirroring the movements etc...

[Tamarin]

24. Oooh, that is clever, Humbug is good with verbal imitations

but most of her physical mannerisms are normal bird stuff along with a few of what I call *Jackass Stunts* things like hanging upside down by one toe, LOL.

[BrklynLiberal]

26. The best parrot joke I ever heard.

A lady was expecting the plumber; he was supposed to come at ten o'clock. Ten o'clock came and went; no plumber; eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock, one o'clock; no plumber.

She concluded he wasn't coming, and went out to do some errands. While she was out, the plumber arrived.

He knocked on the door; the lady's parrot, who was at home in a cage by the door, said, "Who is it?"

He replied, "It's the plumber. I've come to fix the sink."

He thought it was the lady who'd said, "Who is it?" and waited for her to come and let him in. When this didn't happen he knocked again, and again the parrot said, "Who is it?"

He said, "It's the plumber! I've come to fix the sink!!"

He waited, and again the lady didn't come to let him in. He knocked again, and again the parrot said, "Who is it?"

He said, "It's the plumber!!!!!!!!I've come to fix the sink!!!!!"

Again he waited; again she didn't come; again he knocked; again the parrot said, "Who is it?"? "Aarrrrrrgggggghhhhhhh!!!" he said, flying into a rage; he pushed the door in and ripped it off its hinges. He suffered a heart attack and he fell dead in the doorway.

The lady came home from her errands, only to see the door ripped off its hinges and a corpse lying in the doorway, "A dead body!" she exclaimed, "Who is it?!"

The parrot said, "It's the plumber. He's come to fix the sink"

[Lowell]

29. My Mynha Bird picked up some phrases

when I left him with my brother for a month. I'd gone on vacation and my brother took him in. He placed his perch in the hallway by the bathroom. When I got home he was making a sound that was a perfect toilet flushing. He also picked up a few of my brother's favorite expletives. Jerry thought it was hysterical, I found it hard to explain why my bird was suddenly hollering "Hey asshole, there's somebody at the door!" Several people actually though there was somebody home. Sebastian, the mynha, used to talk up a storm all day long while I was at work. The neighbors thought I had a lunatic uncle chained in the attic.

[I_Make_Mistakes]

30. OK, new updates. The girl has gone wild!

I say to Afrika "Your a little butt (she destroys a lot of things, heater cord, woodwork, etc), but I love you!"

She used to repeat that, now she says "You're a little butt, but I love butt!"

She barks now, the neighbor's dog (A Corgie, I think, the neighbor doesn't know) and does the CO2 detector sound. I just bought a new range (timer), dishwasher, washer and dryer (noises abound) and she is a' learning!

It is a funny time here at the condo from Hell!

All, I can say, is "Thank God for Afrika!".