My birds talking with me and bathing

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I took this video today. What do you think about the sounds that Pavi makes? Do they have thoughts behind them or are they empty? Grammar may be difficult to obtain, but I do think it exists.

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Anyone... anyone?

I whistle too, but the birds also talk.

Beautiful birds!

I think your bird is saying, "I love this bird bath, but would appreciate a coffee bath first thing in the morning".

I had budgies when I was a kid. My favourite was called Hinkler (named after a famous Australian aviator Bert Hinkler).

Hinkler would sit on top of books when I was reading them, and he was well training to lift his legs 1 at a time when I was ready to turn the page.

He used to walk on my nose (when I was lying down) and I'd open my mouth and play 'dentist' with him. He would happily peck away at my teeth. (As an adult I wonder about disease transmission, but as a kid I loved it).

He would share my breakfast with me. He'd sit on the edge of my bowl and share my cereal. It all came to an abrupt end one day when he turned around and pooed in my cereal!



Helen

That's how I would describe what my birds do. Whenever I have food they claim it as theirs but are generous enough to let me have some of the food I thought was mine.

I love the birdies. So cute.

I had a budgie once. Just flew right out of the sky at me one day, which is odd because it was March in New England. My family kept him in an empty old fish tank with some seeds while we asked around to find the owner (he had a tag on his leg). We didn't find anyone so we got him a birdcage and some toys like a mirror and a scratch-board-thing. We had him for a few years after that.

I liked it when we let him out of the cage and he flew around the house.

why are only two birds out? for maximum equality relise all the birds at once

and i think birds are birds man. nothing to be looked into seriousley at all, in terms of human capacity

Your birds are SO cute and wonderful! I am a bird person myself.

In terms of the language thing, I have often wondered if my birds have a 'name' for me, as in a series of noises they use to call me. I've actually got one of them trained to ring the bell when he wants to come out of the cage (or rather, he has *me* trained!)

Ack, now I have to get my 'baby' pictures out...

....'Mountaineering' parrot, climbing from shoulder to back of calf:



...Adventures on the refrigerator, chewin' up menus:

The Missus and I have a couple of Lovebirds, and they communicate with us. Lovebirds don't have much vocal capability, mostly chirps and sqawks. But they let us know whether they're happy about something, or whether they're angry, or how happy they are to be with us.

There is a very interesting article in the march issue of National Geographic about animal intelligence. It talks a good bit about the surprising capabilities of several species of birds(among other animal types), though not Cockatiels. I personally wouldn't count any species out when it comes to intelligence.