Indeed parrots and macaws are very smart birds, and mine is no exception. Every morning, as soon as she hears me moving around (
and she can tell the difference in footsteps from one person to another!) she'll immediately say "C'mon Fritz, wanna go out?" because she knows the first thing I'm going to do is walk the dog.
Apparently her previous owners took a strong dislike to a particularly loud screeching noise she likes to make (
ya, who wouldn't dislike that). One day shortly after I adopted her she went on a long rant of that screeching noise, and then suddenly stopped and hollered "Stop it! STOP THAT! Bad Bird! Bad!" I was immediately ROTFLMAO!
When someone comes through the front door she says Hello. However as soon as the phone reaches it's third ring, she also says Hello, but in a completely different tone, just like humans do. It's really astounding how they mimic so precisely, and based upon the circumstance. She even has complete gibberish conversations with herself, in two different voices!
In the warmer months she loves to go outside and have a shower from the hose - it has a dial that allows a really misty spray. The entire neighborhood seems to have some sort of a hotline letting them know Ricah is getting a shower, because they stream out to come visit her. She never fails to delight them with her antics.
Now if only I could figure out how to get her to stop screaming like a woman being attacked ...
