Is this BS

[jlat]

alright people is this real or BS; A co worker just showed me this. you yube: amazing bird sounds from the Lyre Bird. He mimicks chain saws, camera noises and more.
IBBY

 

[faster]

I'd say it was real. Some birds are just feathered audio recorders. My wife babysits her friends "African Grey" and it immitates the phones, alarm clocks, stove alarms it hears perfectly. Cant tell you the number of times I've answered the phone to hear a dial tone. When it hears the alarm in the morning it calls my wifes name and in a perfect immitation of it's owners voice it says "Rachael, time to wake up", it's creepy. In my wife's voice it says to my wofe's bird "Aruba hush up". I have a blue front amazon who has had multiple owners and he has multiple voices. Sings opera beautifully. Always has to be louder than the TV. Cries and does the aftersobs of a small child perfectly. If he can hear me but not see me he screams "help, help, help" in that smallchilds voice to the concern of neighbors or people walking by on the street, then he does the aftersobs. He also screams "shut up" at my wifes bird. Birds are like owning a two year old forever.

Mikey

 

[Pronto]

My wife and a I laugh when we talk about this story. She was getting in the car in a parking lot. I had the windows down and she came around the car and was ready to get in. Someone from the car parked beside us saide "Hello". She smiled and turned around and said "Hello" back. When she looked in the car there was a large parrot looking at her standing on the seat back. The bird was bobbing it's head wanting more attention. The owner of the bird was in the passenger seat. He told us his bird likes to start conversations with strangers. My wife asked the bird how he was and he said "Good". It was crazy!

 

[Chuck Leeper]

Smarter than many people!

 

[JimP]

that's crazy, listen to the bird around 3:15. I bet it does a good turbo buick imitation too.

 

[EVIL]

WOW! impressive.
At the 3:28 mark he even copies the whistle of who ever was working that chainsaw. Hilarious!

D

 

[Chuck Leeper]

From some yrs back...