My husband sat with Parry later today and he started to play the radio a little louder...he also started to move with the music and Parry started vocalize a bit with him as well as move her head side to side or up and down to the music. we have some of this on video which i will post right after this.

we have also been told that Parry does know how to say "hi" or "hello", but not very often. we have not heard any of this yet, but from her short vocalizations (which were not - by any means - loud or ear-piercing) i think she would be able to say some words. Parry's former owners also noted that she usually mumbles a lot, especially if Parry thinks she is alone.

Parry has continually been taking nuts from my fingers through her cage bars very nicely and eats them. i think that is a prety good sign so far, since if a bir does not feel comfortable with someone, they may take the nut but drop it promptly after taking it.

i put a full roll of toilet paper in her cage as something to bite on and she has done some work on that today. i saw a pile of shredded toilet paper on the bottom of her cage. She is also aware of a foraging toy in her cage that is holding a full walnut. its in one of those contraptions where you just lift the top lid and there's the yummy treats. i also have a small plastic bucket in there filled with foot toys and soft balsa pieces and one large walnut.

she has been moving around a bit more in her cage. i think she is a little intimidated on the size of the cage and what all the toys really are. so far she knows where the food and water bowls are and she has ventured to the back of the cage (which is where the toilet paper roll is). i think she is starting to realize that nothing in there is going to hurt or attack her and some of those things are actually fun to play with.

it seems that at times she is testing (or tasting) the cage. she will put her beak and tongue on the cage and kinda stand there - either moving her beak against the cage or just licking it.

she also has already let a tail feather (i believe, or could be a wing feather) go. im just hoping its not a plucking thing and more of it having to do with being in the travel carrier as we transported her home to us.

we fed her some fresh food which consisted of asparagus, english beans (in the pod), grape tomatoes, birdie bread that i made this morning, a 1/4 of a tangarine, banana pieces and a bit of broccoli....but we don't think she touched it much. we'll keep on trying. from what i see, i think she has only eaten seeds and nuts today. at least she is eating something! im happy about that.