The Talkative Cockatoo
Feb 25, 2024 13:12:07 #
danhughes
Loc: Champaign, Illinois
I had quite a conversation with this fellow the other afternoon.
My wife and I were at the Miller Park Zoo (Bloomington, IL), and this cockatoo was at the far end of his cage, squawking a bit.
I approached his cage and did my best bird imitation, "Bawk bawk," and he screeched back at me, "Waa Waa!" He started climbing towards me.
I went, "Bawk bawk bawk!" He climbed faster towards me and went, "Waa Waa Waa!" I did "Bawk!" and he replied "Waa!" However many syllables I squawked, he screeched back the same. We went back and forth like that for quite a while.
Anyway, doesn't take much to entertain me. And he did pose nicely for his closeup.
My wife and I were at the Miller Park Zoo (Bloomington, IL), and this cockatoo was at the far end of his cage, squawking a bit.
I approached his cage and did my best bird imitation, "Bawk bawk," and he screeched back at me, "Waa Waa!" He started climbing towards me.
I went, "Bawk bawk bawk!" He climbed faster towards me and went, "Waa Waa Waa!" I did "Bawk!" and he replied "Waa!" However many syllables I squawked, he screeched back the same. We went back and forth like that for quite a while.
Anyway, doesn't take much to entertain me. And he did pose nicely for his closeup.
Feb 25, 2024 13:28:49 #
Feb 25, 2024 14:41:27 #
danhughes
Loc: Champaign, Illinois
Thanks, JD.
See you're from Red Wing - all I know of that town is the Bob Dylan song (Walls of Red Wing). (I was born in Mpls).
See you're from Red Wing - all I know of that town is the Bob Dylan song (Walls of Red Wing). (I was born in Mpls).
Feb 25, 2024 16:23:46 #
Feb 25, 2024 19:04:15 #
danhughes wrote:
I had quite a conversation with this fellow the ot... (show quote)
You can't go wrong with a beauty like this - and a personality to match
Feb 25, 2024 19:22:37 #
Feb 25, 2024 22:26:44 #
bikinkawboy
Loc: north central Missouri
A friend had African Grays in his house. I heard them and they could perfectly replicate the Nokia ring tone, the doorbell chimes and other stuff so well that he was always answering the empty door and picking up absent calls on his phone.
Feb 25, 2024 22:27:17 #
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Feb 26, 2024 12:13:48 #
It's nice to find someone who you can have an intelligent conversation with isn't it?!
Feb 26, 2024 18:43:49 #
Feb 26, 2024 18:44:34 #
bikinkawboy wrote:
A friend had African Grays in his house. I heard them and they could perfectly replicate the Nokia ring tone, the doorbell chimes and other stuff so well that he was always answering the empty door and picking up absent calls on his phone.
LOL
Feb 26, 2024 19:49:38 #
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Feb 28, 2024 12:51:51 #
bikinkawboy wrote:
A friend had African Grays in his house. I heard them and they could perfectly replicate the Nokia ring tone, the doorbell chimes and other stuff so well that he was always answering the empty door and picking up absent calls on his phone.
I saw one in a short clip on YouTube that did a perfect yapping small dog; he was in a group of 3 or4 little guys, including at least one Chihuahua, all running around in front of a closed gate with another dog outside of it, all barking like crazy, including the Cockatoo. He was really into it, too; that little topknot of feathers was standing straight up and you couldn't tell his barking from the dogs'.
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