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I get to hear how I talk to my wife. Huey talks to her the exact same way I do including the stern "BELLE!" that I use. He also grumbles with her name mixed in. She's always telling me "you see how you talk to me?"

I was educated and made self-aware when mine started mimicking my 'hello' when the phone rang. Apparently I pause and sigh before saying a low and slightly irritated sounding 'hello'. Who knew? I sound like I really don't want to answer the phone! Parrots really pick up on such things!

When picking up words/phrases, Alfie has always preferred male voices. He does mimic me sometimes but if I want him to learn something I'm better off asking a male to say it as he'll seemingly pick it up quicker. My dad has been helping out lots with all my house renovations so Alfie has picked up my dad yelling my name. And now he uses it with gusto. It actually caught me out once because my dad had been round and left, then I heard him yell my name from downstairs. I assumed he had forgotten something and had come back... but no, it was just Alfie. And he's spot on with it as well. He also yells my mum's name in my dad's voice. More recently, Alfie has taken to mimicking my dad's phone calls. He'll make a phone ringing noise, answer it with 'hello' in my dad's voice, he'll mumble a lot in my dad's voice then say "alright then... alright then.... bye!" and make the phone hanging up noise. That one always makes me smile. Even though he doesn't use many words, you can tell he's mimicking my dad's voice when he's mumbling.

Haha yes, I had a similar thing when Alfie was young and I was still living with my parents. My mum would call up the stairs to me and I would respond. Alfie learned my response. So my mum would call up the stairs and Alfie would respond with a very stroppy teenager "WHAT?". 😂

Alfie likes walnuts (shelled) and pine nuts. I reserve pine nuts for training, as that's the only treat that motivates him. I do give him a couple of pistachios in his food bowl occasionally but I'm not 100% sure if he actually eats them or not. He doesn't seem to like any other kind of nut. Other than peanuts, but I don't give him those.

Dorian - you ungrateful sod you. 🤣

I had to leave overnight 3 weeks ago and got my neighbour to put Dorian to bed and wake him up. Well, the little bugger bit her but good. She said she couldn't believe how fast he was. I thought I'd lost my pet sitter for good, but she's a good friend 'cause she says she'll still watch him in an emergency. I don't think there are any long term vacations in my future though lol.

Odd how quickly it seemed my life started to revolve around Timber. That's part of the master plan I'm sure. I'm not surprised you've been scolded, it's all part of your training. When I got Timber, I didn't realize that birds don't actually cough, sneeze or sniff. I was oblivious for months to the fact that I was being mocked until I read it on the forum.

Debbie is a fantastic talker…she does whistle, chatter and the like,. She will mock my whistles and noises for a bit, when she gets bored with that she tells me to “use your words”! Something we say when she’s being overly noisy! Scolded by a parrot! What has my life come to? Lol