Hi Dona,
Sorry I didn't reply sooner!!
Charlie does do that buzz/squeal lunge too. We call it her temper-tantrum. LoL She mostly does it when we put her treats in the hanging cups. We think she doesn't like us to touch it??? Any hoo....she make us laugh.
Our dogs are Golden Retrievers, she goes after the fur on their tails. Wonder if this is an maturing thing? (Nesting season?) Or maybe she just likes the feel of it???
So many questions, LoL!!
Charlie does not like any hands in the cage!! So we open her "door" and she hops outs. Seems like we've settled on a routine where every morning she comes out and flies over to us. She hangs out on the back of the couch behind us and clicks.
We can't really touch her
She will step up when we need her back in the cage or to pick her up from the floor, but that's about it. She doesn't seem to mind hanging out on our shoulder or lap though. Her favorite (and ours too) is that she LOVES videos of other Linnies. She gets so excited, scrambling out of her cage, flying over, jumping and crawling all over us, and talking back to the screen.
I grew up with birds, my dad loves them as well, so my first were parakeets then we had an aviary with finches. I had a conure when I got bit older. Then with my family we had the parakeets. if I recall, you've had many kinds of birds (?). Any favorites?