I once heard about a parrot that was returned to his owner right away because the bird had learned the answering machine outgoing message. It included the home phone number. Parrots are exceptionally smart. After they start learning to talk they pick up phrases and sounds just to entertain themselves.
We had a nanday conure (another abuse rescue) that started making these soft little trilling noises. It drove me crazy trying to figure out where he had picked it up. One night I got up for a drink of water and walked past Arnie's cage by a window and heard the trilling coming from outside. It was a mother racoon making noises to her babies. They were eating all the strawberries out of my strawberry patch! |