In the past 2 days, Thommen just demonstated his growing intelligence ie. his mimicing ability. Yesterday, when we went to cover him, he said “Good night” to us. Then today, Christine went past his cage to cover the cockatiels (he usually get covered before them) and he said “Oh gosh!” as if she forgot about him. As we were covering him, we said good night to him and again, without skipping a beat, he said “Good night”!
There are some bird species that are known for their talking ability, but you still take a gamble with those birds if you get one just because you want a “talker”, as the ability varies between individual birds. Eclectus parrots, such as Thommen, are not widely known for talking ability, but he now knows at least 20 words and phrases (including some we didn’t want him to learn!!).
There’s a pic of him in the Photo Gallery, in the Pet Pictures section. Check it out!
