Little Parrot finally picked a name

[cnyguy]

This morning I went through our usual routine of running names by Little Parrot while he was having his breakfast. Just whatever names popped into my head at the moment. As usual most of them got no reaction; he just kept on eating. But when I tried Nelson, he looked up from the food dish and made a little squawk. So I took that as a sign that he wants to be called Nelson, so from now on, Nelson is his official name. The name wasn't inspired by any specific Nelson. Throughout the years there have been Nelsons famous for various reasons, but Little Parrot wasn't named for them. Nor was he named for a cousin I had who lived in England, nor the man that one of my uncles worked for whose name was Nelson. But Nelson it is. Naturally I'll still call him Little Parrot sometimes. We're both used to it and he is a little parrot. But officially he is now Nelson.

 

[nkrbkr]

I love it!

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Yo, Nelson!

 

[LaManuka]

This morning I went through our usual routine of running names by Little Parrot while he was having his breakfast. Just whatever names popped into my head at the moment. As usual most of them got no reaction; he just kept on eating. But when I tried Nelson, he looked up from the food dish and made a little squawk. So I took that as a sign that he wants to be called Nelson, so from now on, Nelson is his official name. The name wasn't inspired by any specific Nelson. Throughout the years there have been Nelsons famous for various reasons, but Little Parrot wasn't named for them. Nor was he named for a cousin I had who lived in England, nor the man that one of my uncles worked for whose name was Nelson. But Nelson it is. Naturally I'll still call him Little Parrot sometimes. We're both used to it and he is a little parrot. But officially he is now Nelson.

Oh I think that's an awesome name, even better that your smart little guy picked it himself!

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

Wooooot! Nelson it is! .

 

[wrench13]

Nelson! A very Admiral name.

 

[rheashard2]

Yea, Nelson!

 

[PrimorandMoxi]

Yay Nelson.

 

[AprilRobin]

HAHA!
(Nelson Muntz)

Seriously, though, I like the name.

 

[onamom]

Nice! Glad he likes it!

 

[DonnaBudgie]

There are not many Little Parrots named Nelson on PF- your bsby may be the first! Lots of Kiwis Tikis Cocos and Mangos so it's great that when I read a post that mentions Nelson I won't wonder which Nelson it is!

 

[cnyguy]

I was thinking today that I don't remember running across another parrot named Nelson.

It wasn't until after we decided on that name that I started thinking about famous Nelsons, including the Admiral up there. There are quite a few well known Nelsons. There was activist and president of South Africa Nelson Mandela. There's a very famous singer named Willie Nelson, and someone else in the world of music, conductor and arranger Nelson Riddle. There was the former governor of New York (and multimillionaire) Nelson A. Rockefeller. There's an actor named Judd Nelson and an actress named Tracy Nelson. And back in the 1950's there was a whole family of Nelsons with their own television series-- Ozzie, Harriet, David and Ricky.

And now I'm realizing that most people younger than me are reading some of those names and thinking who???

 

[AprilRobin]

And now I'm realizing that most people younger than me are reading some of those names and thinking who???

I was born in the late 80s, but I like many shows/movies/music from the 50s through 80s (and 90s and early 2000s). I don't care for a lot of stuff made after the mid-2000s, for various reasons. I don't want to take your thread off-topic and possibly break a couple of forum rules.

If you have a smart TV, check out the Roku Channel app, Tubi, Pluto TV, Plex, and Filmrise...those are all free (with ads) and there is a great variety from different decades.

 

[rheashard2]

I agree that Nelson doesn't seem that common. Maybe that's why Little Parrot likes it. Except for old history figures I can only think of a few Nelson's. The family, and Willie. So is it LP Nelson or Nelson LP? Both have a nice sound.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Nelson LP (Last name). Are you certain your baby is a boy? A girl bird named Nelson is even more unusual, not that it matters. I have a girl bird named Bennington.

 

[cnyguy]

I can't really get upset with anyone straying from the main topic of the thread, especially when I started it in the first place. Because it's on me, it's really not in violation of the forum rules. Besides the sources you mentioned, old TV shows are available on classic TV cable channels like MeTV, FETV, Antenna TV and others. I watch them often. I enjoy seeing the shows I liked when I was growing up, and catching up with ones I didn't watch when I was a kid. I wasn't quite mature enough to appreciate some of the more dramatic shows back then, but I can now that I'm old(er). Also when I was growing up we only had one television set (and a choice of just four channels to watch!), so my parents and older brother often decided what we would watch, whether or not I wanted to watch it. Now I can see the ones I missed, when they're available.

Maybe it should be Nelson the Little Parrot. That might be a status booster for him. I'm actually concentrating now on just calling him Nelson as much as possible so he'll get used to the name. Of course he's still called Little Parrot sometimes too, along with other things like "little one," "squeaky mouse" and "funny conure."

The vet's office wasn't able to do a DNA test on his first visit but asked us to come back for one in a couple weeks, with no charge for an extra office visit. So it's a temporary assumption that Nelson is male. I suppose if the test says otherwise I could change the name to Nellie.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

No way! Nelson is great for a girl bird! I would never change Rocky to Roxie.

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

I love the name Nelson, no matter the sex of the burdee, too!