Other than one rescue budgie we had, none of our mostly rescued birds have been human-imitative talkers. After volunteering for 4 months at a parrot shelter, I've begun wondering how special the natural "songbird-like" vocalization streams of budgies may be among all parrots. I've heard all...

Hello! My older budgie, Nahlao, is a little over 3 years old. He has always been a social bird and he loves to fly around the house and show off. He was widowed about a year ago months ago and in April of this year I decided to get him a male companion, Quinn, who was about 4 months old when I...