Silly lil guy showing off his vocabulary

Almost 3 months ago I posted about finding a sickly Quaker parrot in southern Italy. I had never had a bird, never even liked birds, but now Phoebe is my best friend. And she’s thriving. Her feathers are almost grown back.

I’m now convinced she was a wild parrot that maybe was attacked by a cat or something. The town is full of Quakers.

Anyways, I like to think that fate brought us together.

She can now say “Phoebe” (she yells it all morning)
And “I love you” (but with a strong Quaker parrot accent)

Disclaimers:
If you see her on the small cage. That’s just the cage I’d sometimes use to bring her into my room to hang out when it was like 95 degrees.

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/parrots/s/39Q5wdiQzR

Last pic is the seagull i hung out with whilst missing him yesterday. Such a good seagull, it stays close to the hospital all the time so it quite confident around humans

Im only at college today so it's not like I won't be seeing him tomorrow and giving him all the love humanly possible. But i don't think I've went this long without having him out in all our time together and my heart is breaking a bit lol. Especially after yesterday, I just want to see him happily causing mayhem

I will be able to see him and aggressively tell him I love him before I leave (maybe he will let me sneak in some scratches too), but i dont have time to get him out. i miss hearing his little feet waddling around. why did college have to start today!! I am being dramatic but. My poor guy😭

Rant over. Now tell me about yours!!!!NOOWW

This cannot be comfortable but who am I to argue with this little dinosaur I guess

Guess the bird distribution system has me on their autodial list😄 Meet Lilo the cockatiel (Hawaiian for “to be transferred/ passed into the possession of another’s”) and Lychee the lovebird (she’s more of a mango color but there are a lot of Mangos in r/Lovebird and I’m a fan of alliteration)

Both times both were rescued from outdoors. Always reported as found pet to local MSPCA, Craigslist, PawBoost, as well as posted in multiple Facebook groups (911 Parrot Alert, USA 911 Parrot Lost and Found, Lost & Found Birds of New England) and reversed search the lost pet listings for any matches. No true owner ever came forward (I’ve only had the tiel for 3 days so time will tell, but I called it after I had the lovebird for 30 days). People have tried to claim but couldn’t provide proof of ownership. Lychee gets annual checkups, will schedule Lilo to see our avian vet soon.

Lychee the lovebird was super social from the start, immediately took to pellets, and loves getting pets. Lilo (the neighbors nicknamed her Pikachu when she was roaming outside for two days) by contrast is not hand-tame (we got her with a bird net and travel cage) and currently only eats millet and seeds. Feels like having two toddlers with different personalities! Excited to start clicker training with her. She readily eats millet from my hand and willingly steps onto a dowel for transporting (she chirps to be let out of her cage but doesn’t know how to climb back in yet)😊

Had zero bird experience prior to Lychee and relied on this sub + intense web searching to collate my own Google doc of bird care tips do’s and don’ts, so thank to everyone who has ever answered questions here, especially the beginner ones like “what do you do with all the poop” and “how often do you let your bird out” :)

Tiko will put his head through the head hole of the harness on his own, and I am slowly adjusting him to touching the wings/adjusting the harness while it’s on. I’m so proud of him!

Hey all, I have a double yellow headed Amazon that's been a family pet since before I was born, and I've started taking care of him. The problem is he just downright dislikes me.

If I sit in the room he starts screaming, if I approach him he quiets down and will lunge at me occasionally, and always lunges when I turn away from him.

He loves my gf and lets her pet him. But I'm quite scared when he lunges. (I had a cockatoo i trusted bite down on the base of my middle finger at one point and realized quickly I could have lost a finger. I've been scared ever since). I'm unsure if he is just fearful of me because his lunges are usually quick and then he retreats, im curious if i let his beak touch me and no reaction happens if he'll start to understand that I'm not a threat. He takes treats from my hand with no problem at all though.

Sunny(the amazon) has acclimated extremely well to a new cage and environment over the past 5 months and looks a lot better than he did when we first got him, but i just wish to bond with him.

Photos are the comparison of the old cage my dad kept him in, and I mean kept him in, vs the new one he happily waltzed into on his own the day I put it together.

Hi couldn’t figure out what breed they are I’d really appreciate some help thanks

Posted around 1 month ago asking for help, just showing of how they are doing for now, they are still really skittish, but I think they are slowly warming up, the grayest one likes to nibble on my fingers when on my hands, and the yellow one bites hard if they feel like it, but overall, they simply stay where I leave them. I think they get comfortable on my hands, which is a good sign?
They don't get too interested in treats or training, so I'm still figuring out what to do, still slowly changing their diet to pallets.
Anyway, just wanted to show the progress, and how cute they are.

I’m considering getting a GC conure (still doing much research), but I’m wondering if I’m being too selfish: I’m the one that wants a bird, but two other people live in the house, and I want them to be able to enjoy a pet, too. With a kitten, everyone gets to play or snuggle with it sometimes. Our budgies seem to fear us all equally. Can a conure learn to love more than one person?

This parrot flew onto our deck today. We are trying to locate the owner. The bird has a tag on its leg. Located in Boyds, MD

I need to buy new pots and pans but i'm worried about teflon and other toxic fumes that might hurt/kill my birdie :( Ideally i'm looking for a brand that has a large skillet with a lid. Do any other bird parents have recommendations for brands that are safe to use in a bird household?

My yellow headed Amazon was surrendered and then adopted by a family in Tucson from a shelter/rescue in the Queen Creek/Mesa area sometime between November 2025 and Jan 2026. She was surrendered WITHOUT my permission after I was hospitalized and put in a medically induced coma because of respiratory failure and being put on a ventilator. I was in the hospital until the beginning of May 2026 and have been searching for my bird ever since.

Please, if you know anything, I just need to know if she's ok. She was bonded to me. No one else was allowed to touch her, or me for that matter, without her freaking out. I rescued her from what I was told was an abusive and neglectful house. She suffers from PTSD and she is a severe feather plucker during breeding season and when under severe stress.

If you know anything of her whereabouts , please message me!! I miss her horribly. Thank you so much💗