Two weeks into Winter here and with little blossom on the eucalypts the lorikeets are seeking alternatives. In our front garden the Lilli Pilli tree is under attack, a fruit not normally favoured by these technicolour terrors. Z50... 50-250Z first, 200-500E second
I'll bet I could teach that bird to say, "Hi David!" point to it's head and say, "Scratch, scratch." Parrots know their mates names, they name their children. Their children know their parent's names and their siblings names. They are as smart as three year old children.
A secretary opens an office that is flooded with water from a plumbing leak in the next office suite. When secretary opens the door to the aviary a sulfur crested calls out, "Want some water darlin'?" He knows the water on the floor is the same as in his water cup.
Dave
