Does your bird talk?

[Dot]

Talking is just something extra but I thought it would be fun to see whose bird talks. Maybe you could also post the favorite or cutest thing your bird has said. I tried to set it up so that you could vote in more than one category if you have more than one bird. It let me do that. Hurray!

Doesn't talk.

Says a few words.

Talks a lot.

Doesn't have an off button.

[Dot]

I put Tommie down as "Doesn't talk." Technically, she has said fifteen words in eighteen years, but compared to the others, she doesn't talk. She has to be if full Amazon overload to say "Hi" or else be trying to earn a pine nut. :)

[CrystalinNC]

Stewy talks in typical green cheek fashion...it's a little difficult to understand him unless you're his mommy...
he says a few phrases that I understand all the time, and some that I never understand...
once in a while he starts jabbering, and I can't understand anything except a word here and there to know he's saying SOMETHING...
tee hee
the phrases that I CAN understand are:
step up
quit it
gimme kiss
poop (meaning he's getting ready to, so hold him over the can or he's pooping on you)
thank you (only when he gets his favorite...corn)
Stewy Stewy...
Come here

[Sashagirl]

Dot

This poll isn't fair!I will summarize since I have so many.

7-Eclectus-yes some of them talk we just don't know who because it's never when we're around.;)

4-lg Macaws-yes they talk when they want to and even when you don't want them to.:p

2-mini Macaws-yes they talk non-stop they live in the livingroom which we no longer have use of.

2-Conures-not sure if they talk with all the noise that's going on in livingroom.:o

1-Quaker-I can honesty say she doesn't talk.Though I've heard that others do.:eek:

2-Blue Front Amazons-yes they talk;)

1-Yellow Nape Amazon-yes he talks for a while we didn't think he did then surprise.:eek:

7-Greys-Some of them talk and some we haven't heard them talk.But that's not to say that they don't.:susp:

[Anne-Samantha's Mom]

I have Sam the talking girl bird tiel...since girl tiels dont usually talk, I would say she hasnt read that manual that says she isnt supposed to ...she says bad baby boy bad baby boy chit chit like a cardinal coo coo coo like dove warbles double whistle triple whistle..whistle the pepsi commercial mama Moja Mala Zeko (Croaitan for my little rabbit)--caw caw caw peek...lol...soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo yes, SHE talks..lol oh and she would give dots aliens a run for their money..she babbles all day long in some other language....

[Dot]

Dot

This poll isn't fair!I will summarize since I have so many.



Sorry. I tried. Thanks for taking the time to type all of that out. Now I dont' feel nearly so bad about my RFM shouting her guts out because she is in the incarceration chamber.

I wonder what newbees think when they read about the incarceration chamber and it is not in a thread about aliens and they have not yet read one of Diane's delightful creations.

[Sashagirl]

Dot

Is the RFM as loud as the other Macaws?I don't know too much about them.Is your YNA quiet?Our Beau YNA is on the quiet side.

Don't be sorry I was being a little sarcastic.;)

Sorry. I tried. Thanks for taking the time to type all of that out. Now I dont' feel nearly so bad about my RFM shouting her guts out because she is in the incarceration chamber.

I wonder what newbees think when they read about the incarceration chamber and it is not in a thread about aliens and they have not yet read one of Diane's delightful creations.

[iti hoa's mom]

My favorite story of talking was with Partee, my scarlet macaw. We played a game where I would catch her tail. She would squeall in delight. It was a great game. I would tell her I was going to get her sugarbutt. The minute I would say that she would posture, show me her tail and as I went to get it she would quickly turn so I couldn't get it and she would stare me down. She would then turn her tail towards me to play the game again.

We were at a store and I was socializing her. she just started learning to talk and was good at saying hello. Well, she gathered quite an audience and in her excitement blurted out "HI SUGARBUTT" With the laugh she got from all the people there was no stopping what she had to say from then on.

And that's my talking story

Peggy

[Angelbaby]

Angel repeats daily "Hello Angel, I Love You, sometimes he will say "What ya doen", Also imitates Gobbles skweek. Gobbles does not talk.

[Dot]

Dot

Is the RFM as loud as the other Macaws?I don't know too much about them.Is your YNA quiet?Our Beau YNA is on the quiet side.

Don't be sorry I was being a little sarcastic.;)

I was being sarcastic too. I had hoped I had made that clear. Oh, well. Computers.

The RFM has a high pitched screech that can bother anyone. I have learned to ignore it. She is loud, but when she first came here and started that "loud" screech, I am sorry to say that I laughed at her. I told her, "Just wait until your sister the Scarlet shouts." The first time Fergie (Scarlet) let go with a loud shriek, and it was not even the loud macaw warning yell, poor Blusher (RFM) took to the air and had the most shocked look on her face. It was really funny, except that she couldn't fly and had to flutter until she hit something.

The YNA is loud when she is in overload, but generally she is quiet. Playtime means Amazon overload.

[bonnie]

I put Chicken down as 'says a few words'. Chicken mainly says things when he wants out of the cage or knows he is in trouble. He will occasionally tell me he loves me, pretty bird and the other night he told my friend he was sorry. Oh and he laughs A LOT! When we're watching TV or a movie and we or the people on TV laugh, Chicken does too. He also babbles a lot when he is excited.

[Dot]

My favorite story of talking was with Partee, my scarlet macaw. We played a game where I would catch her tail. She would squeall in delight. It was a great game. I would tell her I was going to get her sugarbutt. The minute I would say that she would posture, show me her tail and as I went to get it she would quickly turn so I couldn't get it and she would stare me down. She would then turn her tail towards me to play the game again.

We were at a store and I was socializing her. she just started learning to talk and was good at saying hello. Well, she gathered quite an audience and in her excitement blurted out "HI SUGARBUTT" With the laugh she got from all the people there was no stopping what she had to say from then on.

And that's my talking story

Peggy

And it is a good one. Did someone pick up the phrase "sugarbutt" from you or did you pick it up from her?

[Dot]

Angel repeats daily "Hello Angel, I Love You, sometimes he will say "What ya doen", Also imitates Gobbles skweek. Gobbles does not talk.

That photo of Angel is wonderful. Would you mine posting a full size?

[MoluccanZoey]

Zoey just started talking in December (07) (and I got her in Oct.) since then she has learned about 2 words a month. I put down "says a few words" but I have high hopes (proud mother syndrome- but even if she "rode the short bus" I would be a proud mother lol!) She says:
ZoeyBird
"Ribbit"
Peek-a-boo
Uh-Oh
Oh-No
Hi
somewhat manical laughter (I think from watching nature shows- its a mix between human laughter and I believe a chimp)
We are working (get it sometimes) on Prettybird and I love you

[Patty, Linus and Co.]

By talking do you mean actual words?? If incessant yammering counts I need to change my vote. No one can usually get a 'word' in edgewise.

[The Nest Gang]

Paulie and Peanut the Sengals that just came to live with us talk, a lot of it I am still figuring out, Paulie's favorite speech is "I have issues" and believe me...he does!! Peanut doesn't say as much as Paulie. Miss Jacque the Quaker only says about 3 or 4 words and phrases, mainly step up because she wants to be with me. Angel the quaker loves to talk (he's the one who calls me buttcrack when mad at me) loves to call the dogs and then tell them to go lay down, he puts a lot of words together himsef and make phrases. Rocky the CAG....motormouth....if I am on the phone especially. His new thing is we taught him to say "here kitty, kitty, kitty...where's the kitty" He has taken it to another step, his cage is in front of the living room window.....he will bang on the window and yell "where's the kitty" and keep banging until one of the cats jumps up there. Then while they are frantically trying to get at him through the window he is laughing and saying "here kitty, kitty, kitty" and banging on the window. He is a trip!!

[Dot]

Paulie's favorite speech is "I have issues"

That is a hoot!

[Jamieleigh]

My vote was "says a few words" and it was mainly for Bondi and Cash (galah and military macaw). My favorite thing that Bondi says is "Hey Cutie!"

[birdie]

I have 4 that don't say anything but chirp pretty. I have 3 that say a few things, and I have 1 ~Cassie~ that talks alot! she has quite the vocabulary! I love it when she says "Hi pretty"

[The Nest Gang]

Paulie's favorite speech is "I have issues"

That is a hoot!

I about fell over laughing the first time he said it. His former slave told me he did so I had been listening for it. He says it when he wants attention.:haha::haha: And when he does it sounds like he's sneezing. He says " I got aaaccchhooooossss" :haha:

[Evelyn]

Betty Boop - LSC female

Says a few words: Pretty bird; pretty Betty; Red Dog.

Tamar - CAG female

Has said about 40 words (I keep a list). However, she doesn't use all of them all the time. She doesn't have an off-button in the mornings when we wake her up.

Plato - E2 male

Talks a lot. Some words are clear as a bell; others we understand but others may not; and some of it is gibberish. He probably knows about 15 words. He knows what "BYe-bye" means and says it when we are headed out the door. He calls my husband by saying "Pa-pa." He calls the dog. He says "Hello" back if you say it to him.

Gyro - U2

When he is with me, he talks a lot; and he knows what he is saying. When he is with my friend Lois he doesn't talk so much, but then he is an aviary with 17 other birds. He puts words together that we don't use together. For example, he was in his cage for two days without getting out. I refer to being confined to his cage as being in jail. He said several times, "Gyro is a jailbird." I know I've told this before. He chewed a window frame, pushed out the pane and flew up to the roof of the house. It was raining hard. My friend put a ladder up against the house; and as she was climbing up to get him, he was climbing down to her, saying, "Poor Gyro, poor Gyro." His escaping scared the bejesus out of both of us. Needless to say, the window frames were replaced immediately. When he was at my office, he would tell people, "Hello," or "Hi" when they came in, and "Bye-bye" when they left. If it was a woman, he would do the wolf whistle.

Evelyn

[EasySpirit]

And it is a good one. Did someone pick up the phrase "sugarbutt" from you or did you pick it up from her?


She learned it from me. I would tell her that when I went to get her tail.

[sugarsmomma]

All 3 of our tooz talk.
Casper say " i am Casper , step up, spot, sugar, hi, hello, casper's good, casper girl."
Sugar say" step up, i am a brat what is your problem, hi, hello, spot, casper,play, pretty bird, pretty bird out"
Angel say" angel, pretty bird,hi,step up."
All 3 of them bark and laugh. They try to sing not with words just more like humming.
Sugarmomma

[crazyanimal]

I voted with my blue front in mind. He doesn't have an off button. LOL My yellow naped is starting to catch up to him too and now it is a competition. I have others who say a few and some who say none.