Parakeet Journal

Thursday, August 31, 2006

This is a place for us to document the daily habits of our new Indian Ringneck Parakeet, Vicki's birthday present, and our family Christmas gift, a Sun conure. It's not intended as a public outlet, but if the information here helps you, please comment and let us know.

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• Peanut
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• Soleil
• Charlie has succeeded in learning how to whistle a...
• I've been teaching Charlie a new whistle, for no p...
• One of the (many) differences between Soleil and C...
• Soleil showed us a few nights ago that she enjoys ...
• Charlie refined a new behaviour today: he has begu...
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Charlie's Words/Sounds

Hello

Carrot

More carrot

Carrot carrot

Peek a boo

Peek a carrot

Uh-oh!

Oh no!

Come here. (encouragingly)

Wolf Whistle

Whistle call

Charlie's special whistle call - with extra note

Whistle with a vibratto like Peanut

A major third

A bluejay squawk (it even fools the jays)

Grace's meow

Soleil's Words/Sounds

mostly soft scrunchy sounds

loud squawk

Charlie's whistle call

Wolf whistle

Peanut's Words/Sounds

My name's Peanut. What's yours?

Hello

Hello Peanut.

Hello Peanut. Let me get you some water.

Hi Peanut.

Honey, I need the car. You need the car? Yeah. OK.

Good-bye!

Bye!

I love you.

I can talk, can you fly?

I can walk, can you fly?

You're a mess!

Pretty bird

Anybody?

Where are you?

I'm in here!

Come here. (coaxingly)

Peek-a-boo

I think that'll work.

Let's get back to work.

Are you all right Peanut?

Do you want out?

I don't want to go to Paris. It's cold!

Good boy.

All right.

What?

What's up?

Why?

Yah

O.K.

Oh

No

Charlie no!

Soleil no!

Soleil

Peanut

one, two, three, four, five, six (in no particular order, but four is his favorite)

Whoa!

Ow!

Wow!

Wowwie!

Awwww! (In Beth's voice)

Hmm. (thoughtfully or as in agreement)

Emily

Cathrine

Ted

Nancy

Daddy

Mommy

William

Beth

Vicki

A cardinal's chirp

A crow's caw

Tiba's meow

Riker's meow - when her tail got caught in the window

Grace's meow

Socks' meow

Sneeze

Cough

Sniff

Burp

Human scream

Laugh/giggle

Smoke alarm

Click

Ping

Crunching an apple or chip

Pouring water

Zipper

Walking across a hard floor

Marbles hitting the floor? or ice in a blender?

Door closing

Jungle wildcat

Wolf whistle

Whistle call

Charlie's whistle call

Whistle with a vibratto

Whistle like a person whistling a tune

Hum like a person humming a tune

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