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Qui a volé le chocolat ?

Source: TikTok

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View of a business card for J.C. Edwards. Printed on front: "J.C. Edwards & Co. Breeders and dealers in all kinds of song & fancy birds, cages, etc. Talking parrots a specialty. Members of Mexican Parrot Shippers Asso. Mail orders filled, satisfaction guaranteed. 130 Michigan Avenue, Branch at Detroit, Mich. J.C. Edwards, formerly of Tampico, Mexico. J.E. Lovering, formerly of Boston Bird Co."

Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

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I’ll take one Human Talker from the Largest Mail Order Bird House in the World, please (Source: McClure Magazine, July 1907 from my own collection)

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Hello there

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2nd Sep. 2025 - "I love you."

Billy the parrot knows a few words. Mostly, she likes to greet people, "Hi, Billy!" which she learnt is the proper thing to say when you make contact with a human, from observation. It's what everyone says to her, at least, and I don't think the thought that a creature such as us would offer anything other than the utmost decorum and formality in her presence would cross her mind. She also says, "Bye, Billy," and, "Goodbye! Goodbye!" and uses both the greeting and farewell in appropriate context.

She's less confident with other phrases. I've heard her mutter things under her breath; things that are definitely grumbled in her human voice, but can't be deciphered. I've heard what I think may be, "I'm a macaw!" and possible, "Pretty girl!" but she may not fully understand the context of these utterances, and as such hesitates to speak them for all to hear. That's the thing about parrots: they have some idea of what they're saying. When they mimic, it's a social act. It's a way of saying to the humans, 'I understand you, I know your ways! I want to be one of you! I feel alone, can I be with you?'

Billy likes me, and I'm glad for it. She picks her people, and I'm one of them. Often this means she pretends to ignore me the way she feels I've ignored her after long weeks or months of not working directly with her. I try to talk to her when I can. I ask her how her day has been, and tell her how beautiful she is, and when I leave, I call to her like a parent to a child, "Bye, Bill! I love you! Have a good day!" and other such platitudes, often as she calls back, desperate for attention, "Goodbye! Goodbye!"

On the second I had the chance to work with her. She ignored me most of the day, but in the fifteen minutes before I had to leave, she finally approached, and crawled into my arms. She bounced excitedly, and turned her head so I could scratch her cheeks, and grumbled the whole time. When I told her I had to go, she looked me in the eyes (hers are deep, dark amber), and raised her voice just a little so only I could hear, and whispered to me, "I love you."