Too funny!

http://1funny.com/cockatoo-dancing-elvis-song/

I liked the part after 1:30 when the bird on the right goes into his fan-number....AND the actual lyrics compared to the bird on the left backing AWAY from the other bird, almost like it was choreographed for that specific song....

This one is the cockatoo "Peaches"

She was previously owned by a couple that got a divorce and who argued a lot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTkdOK8zirI

Quote from: Dori on May 16, 2015, 09:01:13 AM
This one is the cockatoo "Peaches"

She was previously owned by a couple that got a divorce and who argued a lot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTkdOK8zirI

Yes, they are incredibly smart birds.  We had a cockatoo almost the entire time we were in Indonesia..... along with a pair of green parrots, many finch, and an eagle.  We had an aviary in the backyard but they did not all co-habitate.  The eagle ended up killing most of the finch in the aviary..... very ornery cad.

The cockatoo and green parrots (samson and delilah) were inside the house most of the time but had their perches also on the back porch.  Sometimes they were entirely too noisy.   

Quote from: kroz on May 16, 2015, 09:12:08 AMThe cockatoo and green parrots (samson and delilah) were inside the house most of the time but had their perches also on the back porch.  Sometimes they were entirely too noisy.   

We had a blue and gold McCaw.  We finally gave her to a couple that had parrots as a hobby.  I always felt bad for her being alone all day.  She was much happier around the other birds.  They are very social creatures. 

Quote from: Dori on May 16, 2015, 09:21:38 AM
We had a blue and gold McCaw.  We finally gave her to a couple that had parrots as a hobby.  I always felt bad for her being alone all day.  She was much happier around the other birds.  They are very social creatures.

We kept a very short, light weight chain on the leg of the cockatoo so he could not fly very far.

One Christmas Eve ... in the middle of the night ..... I heard the squawk of the cockatoo and heard him flying in the living room.  I got up to see what was happening.   After searching for him for quite a while I finally found him sitting on a branch of the Christmas Tree.  I almost rolled on the floor with laughter.... it reminded me of the 12 Days of Christmas' ..and a partridge in a pear tree! 

The poor cockatoo couldn't take all of those lights in that tree.  He sat there and looked at me.... blinking his big eyes in a near frenzy.

I took the poor fellow back to his perch and turned off the tree lights.  The rest of the night was uneventful.

He always had a way of getting his message across to me!