Ok, I admit I love talking about my parrots and sharing stories of the funny and clever things that they do. What proud bird owner doesn't, right? This article focuses more on the talking aspect of Quakers, and they are indeed awesome talkers for the most part. What makes these stories "clever" is that I didn't teach these words to my birds on purpose — they are just words they picked up on their own from hearing them in our household. Here is a preview:

Recently one of my Quakers said something so very appropriate that he had me once again deep in thought over how easily these birds pick up our language. It was one of those situations where I did not directly teach him these two phrases, especially not together in the way he used them. Instead, his intellect and language skills allowed him to put the two phrases together in a way that was very meaningful.

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