Do parrots do weird things

Answer 1

My macaw sure does. I named her Heyoka [sacred clown]. It fits. She noticed that I often use crap as an expletive. And she's commenting on my attitude towards having to go a step or two further to provide a special treat [even though I try not to show it] and maybe she picks up on what I'm thinking about the richness of the food I'm offering [as in she probably can't have very much of it]. Now she cuts to the chase. She asks for "crap" in a super sweet high voice bypassing all those gates of perception. What she's really saying is "can you show me a little devotion, please?" It's a single word that works on me over and over. So her strategy has been successful. I'm trained.

Once my african gray nipped at me a little. He was new at the time. We didn't know each other very well. I declined to support that kind of behavior and went back to what I was doing. He said, "Now, you're in trouble!" A correct evaluation of the situation. I laughed and melted. He's never said it since. I know he puts concepts together for himself because he sometimes says, "C'mere, Birdie. I no bite you. I really mean it."

Answer 2

They do TONS of odd, yet endearing things. My bird goes on his perch and when I'm lying in my bed, reading, he'll try to hang upside down(kind of). It's like a super bow. It's very cute.