[m463]

what a wonderful story.

Having a bird, I'm sort of amazed how people just don't understand just how complex and deep things can go.

I speak to other folks with birds and am amazed. I met one lady picking her cockatiel up at the vet and she told me it was so convenient that her bird can say yes and no. But she couldn't talk. So I asked how it worked. She said the bird could choose between two different color cards - one was for yes, the other was for no. Then she would answer questions "Do you want to go to bed?" "are you hungry?" I didn't know how the bird was taught, the lady said the previous owner had taught her, but this kind of stuff is common.

Also, more in line with your experience, you might like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Parrots_of_Telegraph_...

[musiccog]

Thanks for the link to the movie - will check it out on the weekend.