Vocal Warm-ups

[Birdnut]

Moussa has been vocalizing A LOT lately. He has always had periods when he liked to sit and whistle and chortle and make noises, but now he's spending a lot more and longer periods experimenting with many different sounds. Some are starting to sound more and more voice like.

 

Moussa is 9 1/2 months old. Could this be a warm-up leading to beginning to talk?

 

Has anyone else observed this kind behavior prior to their grey starting to talk?

[Dave007]

For most greys, that's usually the beginning of trying and mimicing sounds and words that he/she has been hearing. There's no particular order to it and they'll also mix in the other sounds he/she's been making. How long it'll take to heqr woerds depends upon the bird.

Edited December 3, 2010 by Dave007