I'm so jealous that both your budgies talk! Pretty sure I ruined my chances of that by raising them together.
And I don't know what is up with the Amazon being the most silent bird in the house LOL.
I still kind of hope to someday have a really great talker. If I ever do get another bird it would probably be either my pionus, blue crown conure, or a TAG.
For now I have Oggie quotes! Some of his word sounds are open to interpretation for sure..there are only a few and I might be mishearing him, but he does the same ones in the same situations at least.
Oggie's cutest ones are
1. When he sees us offer him a new treat, or one he hasn't had in awhile. He goes "Ooooh!"
If we're offering a treat he wants but not *that* special he says (I think) "For me."
2. He likes to rock back and forth on his perches, so I gave him a swing. But the first time he got on it he gave it such a rock that it started swinging and spinning all crazy like a carnival ride!
He was desperately trying to snatch at the cage bars to get off, and I had to manually stop it with my hand for him to flee.
I thought that would be it for swings.
But I guess he's learned how to control it now - he shocked us a few days ago when he suddenly got on, started swinging and spinning like a hurricane, and called out "Wheeeeee!"
3. How he asks to be picked up, that little foot lift and saying his own name. "Og-gee?"
4. When I have chips or some snack he mistakenly thinks he should get a bite of, he starts saying (I think) "Good birdie!"
5. Every time I cough he coughs.
6. "Doopie doopie dooo!"
I don't know what this is. My bf and I say this all the time now. We learned it from him.
7. I haven't pinned down if this is directed at me or the dog.. in the evening when we all migrate over to the couch to watch tv (right where Oggie can see us best) he says "Hi/hey buddy/baby".
I suspect he's indeed talking to the dog.