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Burt’s been practising

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Every day usually around our dinner time Burt practices talking.
Omg he says so many things but not all of the words are easy to understand and some are totally impossible to understand.
The past few days he’s really focussed on practising two particular phrases which became very very clear yesterday..... he now says to me “wanna give me a kiss?” and also “can I get a kiss” and the funniest part is that he seems to use them the must when he’s caught doing something he shouldn’t be doing!
Birds are bigger manipulators than children :rofl:
 

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Hmm, where did he learn that from? ;)
 

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Hmm, where did he learn that from? ;)
The words he certainly got from me but I am still trying to work out where he learned that the best time to use them is when he is stealing things or breaking things and gets caught out :roflmao:
I would blame the TV but we haven't had one plugged in for about a year now! lol
 

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Seems birds like to say the kiss word. Could that be because us humans say it to them every day?
I reckon he would be asked be me at least three hundred times a day if he wants a kiss :D
My favorite bit is that he says it with a bit of a lisp and his voice with these phrases sounds like when you talk pinching your nose- very nasally sounding :heart:
 

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Before you know it, Burt's going to be tattling on himself in great detail. :lol: "Ma, I found the treats you tried to hide again!" or "Where'd you put those arrowroot biccies at?"

Rupert has been randomly spouting off fragmented words, too. I can't quite discern most of them. There's one that sounds like "whirr" and he kinda poses it as a question. Another one is "Roo - errrrrr", which may be him trying to say his name? He likes to bark a lot more nowadays.
 

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Burt is gonna get me in trouble if he does start speaking clearly and manages to master as many words as he is actually trying..... I talk absolute total garbage to myself all day long (just like a crazy person lol) about what I am doing or thinking so god only knows what the poor boy has heard!!!
 

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Buzzard usually practices in the late morning, mostly sounds though. His voice warms my heart and makes me giddy every time. I can only imagine how you must glow when you hear Burt asking for a kiss. :xflove: Even if he is getting into trouble while he's doing it. :laugh:
 

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Buzzard usually practices in the late morning, mostly sounds though. His voice warms my heart and makes me giddy every time. I can only imagine how you must glow when you hear Burt asking for a kiss. :xflove: Even if he is getting into trouble while he's doing it. :laugh:
Burt makes an array of ridiculously funny sounds too:lol: In my mad daily chattering to myself I make lots of rude and childish noises which he has happily picked up and also built onto to make his own signature sounds :roflmao:
 

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So cute!
 

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Awww how adorable! :cloud9:
 

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Awwwwwww, Bert! I have so much fun listening to our flock at ”Good night” time with “I love you”...followed with the kiss kiss sounds. :heart: I then sleep well.:sleep:
 

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The smiles never end when you hear them talking. Though, when I'm talking they usually sit and listen intently. I haven't heard them sing "Yankee Doodle dandy" in a while, but then I haven't been singing it to them lately either. I always engage Lola in the morning with singing "Gooood Morning to youuuuu..." and she will almost always sing it back. Henry, meh... I open his door and walk away. He's just not a morning bird.
 

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The smiles never end when you hear them talking. Though, when I'm talking they usually sit and listen intently. I haven't heard them sing "Yankee Doodle dandy" in a while, but then I haven't been singing it to them lately either. I always engage Lola in the morning with singing "Gooood Morning to youuuuu..." and she will almost always sing it back. Henry, meh... I open his door and walk away. He's just not a morning bird.
Even birdy gibberish makes me smile! Rupert was very chatty today, lots of clicking and unintelligible noises that I tried my best to repeat back to him. That look of endearment they give you is really special.

I do wonder what on earth we're discussing, though. :think1:
 

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Practice sessions are the best!
 

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Practice sessions are the best!
We love listening to Burt waffle away to himself about top secret bird stuff.
He often talks into his foot like it’s a telephone and every now and then it goes from being a phone to being the best head rubbing tool, then back to a phone. When his foot is a phone his chatter is more intense and serious, when its a head scritcher then he talks sweet and gentle with lots of kissy noises and I love You’s lol.
 

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We love listening to Burt waffle away to himself about top secret bird stuff.
He often talks into his foot like it’s a telephone and every now and then it goes from being a phone to being the best head rubbing tool, then back to a phone. When his foot is a phone his chatter is more intense and serious, when its a head scritcher then he talks sweet and gentle with lots of kissy noises and I love You’s lol.
He has his own cellphone :rofl: !
That must be quite a thing to see/hear
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