parry - although she still lifts her head and neck feathers when i get close (which means she is trying to warn me to not get any further), has not bitten me or lunged at me. (keeping fingers crossed!) anyways, i move backwards when she does this and just talk to her. if i have a treat for her, i show it to her and ask her if she wants it. i take a few steps closer and if she doesn't lift her feathers again, i approach her all the way to give her the treat. she still wonderfully takes the treat from my fingers.

and the way she takes the treat from my fingers is very thoughtful. she will approach my fingers with her beak to one side of my hand and stretch her tongue out side-ways to receive the treat - so she is not going directly with her beak towards the treat, but will go to the side of the treat and reach out with her tongue to guide the treat (in my fingers) to her beak. cute, huh? i haven't seen an amazon parrot do that.

she has started to make more sounds...nowadays, she would start the morning calls for the rest of the flock. she says "hello" and a word that sounded like the name of one of the other foster birds - "cocoa". (we'll have to keep an ear out for that one again).

one thing that we did this weekend is to move her into the bird room, where she is sharing a room with 5 other birds. she made a lot of noise during the first two days (it sounded like she wasnt very comfortable with the new placement) but then eventually calmed down. i think being with other birds, she (hopefully) will be more interested in looking at other birds than picking her feathers. she is also away from the window that looks outside (so she won't be startled by any quick movements outside) but she can still look outside.