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I should! She’d probably just try to eat it though.

I like trying to listen for words when she sings. I usually hear “bird” in there. My husband and I have a song we sing her that goes “Ona bird-bird-bird, Ona’s a bird, bird-bird-bird, bur-bur-bur bur bird…” and she tries to sing it sometimes.
Only problem is I don't think Ona is really a bird. Teach her to say "Ona's not a bird".
 
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Velcro bird just velcroing. Whenever she REALLY misses me she immediately jumps to my shoulder after I pick her up. It’s her way of saying “don’t you dare put me down!! I live here now.”
 

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Velcro bird just velcroing. Whenever she REALLY misses me she immediately jumps to my shoulder after I pick her up. It’s her way of saying “don’t you dare put me down!! I live here now.”
Call me crazy (and many do!), but there are very few things in the world that are better than being owned by a sweet little birdie 💖
 
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Her favorite place to perch when I’m playing music. More napping than singing today.

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She got grumpy during our training session earlier when we did harness work. Had to cut it short.
 
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Ona has started doing some mimicry! Every now and then she will repeat a phrase one of us just said. Yesterday she mumbled "now he's happy". Gotta be careful with that I guess! It's interesting to me that sometimes it seems she has to really build up to saying a word and other times she just comes out and says it.

Yesterday I put a nutriberry in one of her toys and she carried it up to eat it above her pellet bowl. At first I was making fun of her, asking "why did you carry it up there to eat it?" Then I realized.... she is using the bowl to catch all the crumbs!!! *mindblown* She LOVES this kind of Nutriberries and didn't want to miss a morsel. She's so smart!!! Maybe even smarter than me because it took me a bit to even realize her plan there!
 

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Good!! I don’t wanna hear no complaints from Ona about lack of scritchin’!!
 

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Ona has started doing some mimicry! Every now and then she will repeat a phrase one of us just said. Yesterday she mumbled "now he's happy". Gotta be careful with that I guess! It's interesting to me that sometimes it seems she has to really build up to saying a word and other times she just comes out and says it.

Yesterday I put a nutriberry in one of her toys and she carried it up to eat it above her pellet bowl. At first I was making fun of her, asking "why did you carry it up there to eat it?" Then I realized.... she is using the bowl to catch all the crumbs!!! *mindblown* She LOVES this kind of Nutriberries and didn't want to miss a morsel. She's so smart!!! Maybe even smarter than me because it took me a bit to even realize her plan there!
clever girlie, you got a good hooman to love:)
 

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Ona has just been learning color sorting! She did very good today!

Ona does very well with training. My conures are mad genius’s. Mine are somewhat trained. I could do better about their training. @wrench13 has an Amazon parrot that puts bones in a container. Parrots amuse me, and their intelligence is intriguing.
 
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Dance partaaaayyy!


and in this next one she waves at me randomly :D She also sings "mommy" toward the end. I think her singing is her just muttering a bunch of words she knows with weird noises thrown in :D

 

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Dance partaaaayyy!


and in this next one she waves at me randomly :D She also sings "mommy" toward the end. I think her singing is her just muttering a bunch of words she knows with weird noises thrown in :D


Well that's all just too cute!! 😍 Not only does she got the moves and the adorable singing voice, but she's got awesome taste in music as well!! You go girl!!

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