So Tsali, my Congo African Grey companion, learned his phone #, which is actually my cell #. I was really proud of him and thought I was rather clever, that is, until hubby and oldest son pointed out that phone #'s change and that he really needed an email address.
NOW I feel like I have given Tsali an important tool so that he can help himself get home in case he ever flys the coop and ends up outside in a strange place. Surely if someone heard a bird shouting an email address from the top of a tree they would be curious enough to contact it
The first WHOOO you hear is Tsali. That is one of his "clicks" in his clicker-training. He has figured out that if he does the WHOOO he will get a treat. He also "rewards me" with the whooo when he is being silly and won't say his address and I say it for him. And yes, he still gets a treat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i7R3_9su5o