danmcq Posted April 8, 2012 Posted April 8, 2012 Thought I would share this video of Dayo from this morning. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIVFpLYthTc&feature=g-upl&context=G20b8adbAUAAAAAAAAAA
Memory Posted April 8, 2012 Posted April 8, 2012 Wow, what an amazing grey! I enjoyed listening to Dayo. Thanks for the smile.
Luvparrots Posted April 8, 2012 Posted April 8, 2012 LOL! Thanks for the shot of mini-Dan this morning Dan!!!! Dayo is a sweetheart and very talkative!!!!
Talon Posted April 8, 2012 Posted April 8, 2012 I always enjoy listening to Dayo, he sounds just like you Dan, such a deep voice! Especially when all us gals here have greys that speak in female voices!
katana600 Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 It is so good to listen to Dayo. I love to hear him talk, but I like all his punctuations with beeps and tweets too. I love that you talk with him so much while you go about your day. He is a real jewel.
Mistyparrot Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 He is such a wonderfully chatty fellow! I love how they like to exercise their vocabulary. Misty does the same but usually whenever I put up the camera he stops his chat. Misty was very interested I am sure he recognised it was a fellow parrot talking. I loved the way he came running up to you at the end. Do you have many vids of you and him together? Steve n Misty
danmcq Posted April 9, 2012 Author Posted April 9, 2012 I loved the way he came running up to you at the end. Do you have many vids of you and him together? Steve n Misty Thats what is strange. He learns just about everything from me word wise. But he carries on very limited conversations with me such as he wants 2,3 or 4 pistachios when I ask "How many?". He talks to my wife and carries on full conversations with her. Of course, she is his love muffin. I will try and capture one of him and her. The problem is they are so spontaneous, it is hard for me to run and get the camcorder and get it recorded.
Mistyparrot Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 Ah ha! Do you suppose that the reason he uses your voice is that he is planning on taking over your role? You better be careful!:eek: Steve n Misty
Doug Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 That woke Ellie up from her nap! She was fascinated! He's really a good talker. How old is he?
danmcq Posted April 9, 2012 Author Posted April 9, 2012 Ah ha! Do you suppose that the reason he uses your voice is that he is planning on taking over your role? You better be careful!:eek: Steve n Misty LOL YES!!!! He wants me gone and just have him and his love muffin here. I must say though, he does allow me to interact with him, give scratches etc, but not at the length or level he does my wife.
danmcq Posted April 9, 2012 Author Posted April 9, 2012 That woke Ellie up from her nap! She was fascinated! He's really a good talker. How old is he? I am glad Ellie found it interesting. Dayo is just turned 5.
Doug Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 LOL YES!!!! He wants me gone and just have him and his love muffin here. I must say though, he does allow me to interact with him, give scratches etc, but not at the length or level he does my wife. Does your wife not talk to Dayo as much as you do? (Or does your wife have a low voice also??)
danmcq Posted April 9, 2012 Author Posted April 9, 2012 Does your wife not talk to Dayo as much as you do? (Or does your wife have a low voice also??) My wife talks to Dayo constantly and has since he was 6 weeks old. In fact, I worked out of town 4 to 5 days a weeks for the fist 4 years and Dayo only saw me 2 or 3 days a week.Her voice is very high pitched. For whatever reason, he chose my voice to use. I suspect Steve's theory that Dayo wants to be Kim's Man.
Doug Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 That must be it, then... Strange what they choose to say...
danmcq Posted April 9, 2012 Author Posted April 9, 2012 I will say Doug, that from the beginning, my wife and I were on the same page in being consistent with words and phrases we used. Consistency is key for them to understand what you are describing as a material item or an action. An example would be when we give him a food item or prepare a mixture. Each item is described like Apple, Grape, Carrot, Chicken etc or Turn the light on, Turn the Light Off, Turn the TV on etc. I think this fairly well describes how we have interacted with him from day one. He knows and says everything at it's correct time based on either what he wants, what he is doing or what he observes happening in real-time. First thing he says in the morning is "Turn the Light On", meaning the light over his cage, then Take the Cover off... as an example. He knows the correct human description for everything that occurs in a normal day. His vocabulary at this point is over 500 words/phrases.
Luvparrots Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 (edited) My wife talks to Dayo constantly and has since he was 6 weeks old. In fact, I worked out of town 4 to 5 days a weeks for the fist 4 years and Dayo only saw me 2 or 3 days a week.Her voice is very high pitched. For whatever reason, he chose my voice to use. I suspect Steve's theory that Dayo wants to be Kim's Man. For sure Dan. I believe once Dayo learns to mow the lawn..... You're History!!!!! LOL!!! Edited April 9, 2012 by luvparrots
Doug Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 Very impressive. I meant strange in that he prefers to speak in your voice rather than your wife's voice. Especially since people typically say that parrots prefer to mimic higher voices.
DawnMM Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 Doug, from the book I read, they will mimic their "rival's" voice to get the attention of the one they love. That's what the book said.
Doug Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 Doug, from the book I read, they will mimic their "rival's" voice to get the attention of the one they love. That's what the book said. That's interesting. I wonder how many grey owners see this. Another thing to look forward observing as the years go by! Maybe Ellie will start to act like my shih-poo, Nala. Ellie gets very jealous when Nala is on my lap. (And vice versa...)
DawnMM Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 I like this book a lot. I'll have to re-read it and highlight stuff. LOL Can't wait to get my grey!
pikachu Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 Doug, from the book I read, they will mimic their "rival's" voice to get the attention of the one they love. That's what the book said. This is very interesting. I am for sure Maui's favorite person. She hates my husband. He can not hold her, touch her or feed her. When he goes near the cage, she climbs as far away as possible, to the top/back of the cage. My husband talks to her very little; I am home with her and talk to her all day long. Believe it or not, she talks in his voice almost 100% of the time. She says hello in my voice only.
DawnMM Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 I got this from The African Grey Parrot Handbook, by Mattie Sue Athan and Dianalee Deter. Very informative on why grey's do what they do and so much more.
NutMeg Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 Thank you for posting this video! Dayo is wonderful! My girl lucky was watching with me and in awe staring at the screen intensely.
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