😂😂 Oh my gosh, @artist01 I can so relate to this story of your parrot. We had a cantankerous African Grey parrot named Poe for over 35+ years! Also a huge vocabulary that he absolutely understood!! He’d mimic our baby daughter cries so I thought there were twins on either end of the house. I’d run to check to see and he’d go “ha ha ha” knowing he fooled me again! LOL.
He’d imitate squeaks in our old floors to make it sound like someone was walking around in the house. He’d sweet talk people into coming over closer to talk by saying, “My name is Poe! I can talk, can you fly?” He’d toss in a “Scratch my head”. Then when they’d get to him he’d yell, “Back off bucko! Then laugh!!! He was hilarious. Told us when it was time to go to bed, he’d sing songs, hum, mimic the beeps from the microwave, keys jingling, zippers on jackets, doors opening, my husband saying, Bye, See ya later! Never a dull moment!
We had friends babysit too. Amazing the stuff these birds bring home with them. LOL. Birds aren’t good at keeping secrets!! 😅