Usually Lily is relatively quiet but lately any time I leave the room she just starts yelling up a storm and she does it when i am in the room but not giving her attention sometimes also...Is this just a cry for attention? Possibly doing it because its summer now? Or is she just normal and thats that?

Any help would be much appreciated!

Ally

All I know about it is my own birdy baby, and he squawks when we go outside and sometimes when we leave his sight (going into another room). He really lets loose when I leave for work in the morning. But he also squawks when I come home, to make sure I come and greet him (preferably before greeting the husband or the dogs!). It is asking for attention as much as anything. And you don't necessarily have to get her out of her cage; you can try just whistling and talking and letting her know you're nearby. I try to think of it from the bird's point of view. Here you are, trapped in this cage, and you can't see your people and you don't know they haven't wandered off and left you forever, and you want to be reassured, so you start creating a ruckus in the hopes that somebody will give you that reassurance.

Clyde also squawks like a maniac when he's upset. Yesterday my in-laws came by and he hadn't met them before so he threw a real fit about that, and again while I was getting ready for work this morning, when he wanted to play Simon Says but I didn't answer as quickly as he wanted me to. He couldn't see me and my whistles back to him in Simon Says let him know I was close by, so when I stopped (to brush my teeth -- YOU try whistling while brushing your teeth ) he got upset. As soon as I called out to him, he was fine. Squawking, for him, is partly frustration, partly communication (in the morning, to make sure everyone does a Mouseketeer sound-off first thing), partly hissy fit ...

Something must be bugging Lily that you haven't figured out yet, so keep trying things until you do figure it out and fix it so it doesn't upset her anymore.

I have the same problems but as long as i shout back he seems to calm down.
Everytime he squawks,whether i am in the room,out of the room,on the phone,got visitors he hasnt met before,i reply to him with hello, i do this in the hope that instead of squawking one day he may just say hello as this is what i am saying rather than squawking back!!
he is flock calling you which i think is cute! irratating i know but it shows he is attached to you and he loves you! thats gota be worth listening to the screeches just be thankful u have a screaching quaker and not a cockatoo hehe