Poncho calling me (read description)

in this vid i am standing by poncho's cage but i am ignoring him and looking at some papers, he is trying to get my attention and says my name (cheryl) about 4-5 times. it is a fairly hard name to say even for humans, i think he does a pretty good job. also, he calls my name to get my attention frequently, which leads me to believe that he has some understanding of the meaning. for example; if i am upstairs and he calls "cheryl" and i reply back with "poncho" he replies again with "cheryl". after i say poncho he does not copy me and say poncho also, which is what you would expect from a "parrot".

another thing is that when i first got pocho (i found him in a newspaper ad when i was 13) he had been living with his previous owners donna and robert for 15 years (yes poncho is at least 2 years older than me!), needless to say he was upset/depressed about the change. for the first 2 weeks that i had him the only thing he would say was "donna, robert" "donna, robert" it was heartbreaking to hear. then after about 2-3 weeks it seems he gave up on them and he has never uttered their names again, ever! which is funny because the rest of his vocabulary remained intact. even if i would say their names to him and try to get him to repeat them he would not. however, i do believe that if he saw them again he would remember them, he has an excellent memory for certain people. anyways, my point is that i really think he has some understanding of names and their meaning.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• double
• yellow
• headed
• amazon
• parrot
• talking
• cute
• smart
• intelligent
• funny
• bird
• green
• avian

[SariatheCat]

Aww, Poncho really loves you and all your videos demonstrate you really care about him too. :) It's great to see such tight human-pet bonds on Youtube. Always good to be reminded that though there may be many unhappy pets in the world, there will always be people who really take good care of their pets and treat them like family.

[xSELFxXxMADEx]

That's so sweet!! He loves you :) He got excited when you answered him.. Heheh

[poozer15]

The cutest video ever!! Obviously he really loves you!:)

[blobbernize]

That's so cool

[HaloofCurls]

@thorkill - Sounds to me like he's saying "hi." You might be interpreting his moving his wings as he wants to fly, but crouching and fluttering the wings is a solicitous gesture used by many bird species. I've seen it a lot among wild birds in North America, particularly among fledgelings begging their parents for food.

[omgc88]

my parrot calls me "Boy"

yoy hear her all day going "boy". Boy. Boy , Boooooooooooooooooyyyyyyyyyyyy­yyyyyy!!!!!

[daverandomster]

"cheryl"

"cheryl"

"cheryl"

"cheryl"

"what do you want"

"hi"

[ghostavenger1988]

ey dude ur parrot is so cutee i have 1 is the same, and btw i got the same cage just it doesnt have that wood ladder lmao

[chihuahuabulldog]

Parrots are extremely intelligent. If you talk to them as though they are human, understanding what you say, it is amazing what they really do understand and how much they will communicate. One would only say 'goodbye' when you would leave. That was the only time, he know what it meant, along with many, many other things.

[tf08js2]

Yes, your parrot is intelligent,for a parrot anyway. The second he got your attention he stopped calling you and tried to, what it seemed like, to communicate with you. His while stance changed the second he got your attention, and he stopped calling you

[Crybebe]

omg this parrot is soo clever. :)

[thorkill]

when you ask him what he wants, is he saying "fly fly fly"?