Merlin tries to teach me

[roxynoodle]

Whenever I can't do a very good job imitating one of her sounds, she keeps repeating it over and over for me, like she is trying to teach it to me. This morning she has a new one. She won't give up either, and I can't even come close. I'm not even sure what it is, but I think it might be wild bird call.

Yesterday it was "Oh boy" over and over in this funny sounding voice. Today it's this new sound that I'm having all kinds of trouble with. I did a lot better with the oh boy, lol!

 

[wenz2712]

LOL... I sometimes wonder if they are trying to teach us, or the other way round

 

[mnkeastman]

lol its adorable that she tries to be so patient with you

 

[MickeysMom]

It must be very trying for her that you are soooo slow to learn....lol

That is the cutest thing, and I'm sure with enough time you will pick up her "chatter" and be able to repeat it

 

[merlinsmom13]

Merlin does this w/whistling. If I get it right, he goes to the next whistle. If I mess up, he has this funny chuckling sound he makes to make fun of me.

 

[BillsBirds]

It's like they're saying, "Why can't you get it? It's so easy!" I love that!

 

[roxynoodle]

I am pretty good at most of her sounds. Thankfully I'm a pretty good mimic. But, some I can't do for the life of me so then she will keep trying to get me to learn it, lol! The ones I do fine with, she then moves on to the next sound.

I'm sure I'm a frustrating student for her at times.

 

[merlinsmom13]

Humans are soo dumb! lol

 

[Rio Mom]

Awwww that's so cute!

 

[roxynoodle]

Today she imitated my poor whistling, lol! That I could do back though!

 

[Spiritbird]

Rox I have a neighbor who stopped in to see my birds. She began to whistle to Rosie and the sound that came out of her lips was awesome! She could whistle for a living. She said her father taught her. Rosie was mesmerized watching her with her head turned to the side. I invited her back to whistle, but we have not seen her again.

 

[roxynoodle]

Merlin would love if I was a good whistler, but I haven't been since being kicked by a horse and losing a tooth. I can't do it very well with the fake one. I once could do all kinds of wild bird songs, but not anymore. Merlin is a whistling extradinaire.

 

[Luna]

Hi, Yes from observation I firmly believe some parrots have a feeling similar to ours when we successfuly copy them during their noise games. Barb's greay caries on conversation withy her in another room but rarely says anything to me if he can see me. If I'm out of sight we can play noise games for 20 min. He learned to throw kisses while being taken to bed. He clicks the lower beak ove the ridge in the upper beak and makes a whoooo blowing sound. He an make an unbelievale number of varitations in the whoooo and he enjoys having me try to imitate them. Yes your bird probably is making small bird calls. Echo and I listen to nature sounds on the satilite for hours daily. I was astonished the first time I heard a bird his size call back to a tiny bird apparently in it's own call. Echo's vocabulary extends fron sience fiction sound effects to expelitives in my voice. He also recalls words he used years ago. Reciently I heard him say "Come in George" . I had not heard him say George since one evening years ago when Barb came home with him after trying to get him to say one of the neigbours names. She was unsucsessful but after he cam homr we listened to a litteny of georges. D.D.