Guest guest Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 At 12:31 PM +0000 7/9/07, angelikfiona wrote: >Yes, that si true, although I don't think he knows exactly what he is >sayign yet and he is starting to mumble alot, he is trying to say big >sentences and put stuff together. > >He's a very smart bird. > Really? He'll eventually speak in big sentences? I had parakeets (budgies) when I was growing up who learned a few phrases, but it took lots of repetition. Glad to hear he's back. Maybe in another year he can explain how he got out and why he went in through the doggie door. (I'd guess it seemed like a good idea at the time, but then he looked around, said " uh oh " and looked for a safe place.) Re smart birds -- a few months ago I went to a talk by a crow/raven expert (Marzluff) who had a video of a crow using a tool. He'd put some food in a test tube that was longer than the bird could reach. So the bird found some wire, but couldn't get the food with the straight piece of wire, so looped the wire around the test tube to make a loop, and got the food with that. The whole thing took a minute or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 I love budgies, and they are clever, but they are not the best speakers. Parrots are much better at it, and it varies with the breed of the parrot too. I know that birds are intelligent, and have a sense of humour, that seems to be overlooked by most people. Jo , yarrow wrote: > > At 12:31 PM +0000 7/9/07, angelikfiona wrote: > >Yes, that si true, although I don't think he knows exactly what he is > >sayign yet and he is starting to mumble alot, he is trying to say big > >sentences and put stuff together. > > > >He's a very smart bird. > > > > Really? He'll eventually speak in big sentences? I had parakeets > (budgies) when I was growing up who learned a few phrases, but it > took lots of repetition. > > Glad to hear he's back. Maybe in another year he can explain how he > got out and why he went in through the doggie door. (I'd guess it > seemed like a good idea at the time, but then he looked around, said > " uh oh " and looked for a safe place.) > > Re smart birds -- a few months ago I went to a talk by a crow/raven > expert (Marzluff) who had a video of a crow using a tool. He'd put > some food in a test tube that was longer than the bird could reach. > So the bird found some wire, but couldn't get the food with the > straight piece of wire, so looped the wire around the test tube to > make a loop, and got the food with that. The whole thing took a > minute or two. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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