I want a parrot.  Sandy do you still feed your birds?

Lelia


----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 6:43 PM
Subject: Chester the parrot


> I think Sandy and I have mentioned Chester, our African Gray parrot, we
got
> a few months ago?  Well, Chester has been an unusual learning experience.
I
> was thinking this evening about him and how he acted when I was in the
> hospital for four days.  When I came home, I went to his cage to talk to
> him.  He recognized me the minute I walked through the door and started
> whistling at me.  When we first got him, every time I walked by his cage,
I
> stuck my fingers through the bars.  He would climb over and grab one of my
> fingers with his beak and shake his head up and down real fast like he was
> shaking hands or something.  Well, he rarely does that now so I just
figured
> he grew out of it because we got him when he was 4 months old.  He is 8
> months old now.  Anyhow, when I stuck my fingers in the cage when coming
> home from the hospital, Chester grabbed my finger and shook it again.  I
> have often wondered, since we got him, what parrots are good for out in
the
> jungles but I bet God knows.  Chester hasn't quite said his first words,
> although some noises he makes sure sound like words, but they say it can
be
> a year or longer before they start talking.  Vicki doesn't know this yet
but
> the other night they were over, and her husband, John, started making a
> sound while talking to Chester and the old bird, Chester I mean, John is
an
> old bird, too but of a different type, has begun today making that same
> noise.
>
> Phil.
>