Maggie and Jo Jo

[Stephen Whiteside]

C.J. Dennis Society member Maggie Somerville had an entertaining encounter with a cockatoo over the weekend.

You can view the relationship from go to wo(e) here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIrqjzwhuoY

[Maureen K Clifford]

Poor thing might have had a sore spot that Maggie unknowingly 'scratched' .. pretty amazing though, they are very intelligent birds

[Stephen Whiteside]

Yes, that's a good thought, Maureen. Thanks.

[Shelley Hansen]

This clip gave Rod and me a good giggle, Stephen - we could just see it coming! When Rod was growing up his family had a cocky who would "surprise" people with a nip at the most unexpected times. Rod's cousin still talks about being doubly wary of him just when he appeared to be extra-friendly!!

He was a prolific talker, dancer and used to laugh like a human, I believe.

Cheers, Shelley

[Terry]

They say they're quite intelligent - could be right.

Terry

[r.magnay]

My Daughter used to have a galah called Max, it used to say
'Hello, my name is Max, I'm an eagle.'
It still does apparently, some friends of my wife lived on a rural block and they took him, all the seeds and stuff the bird scattered around used to attract mice so my daughter got rid of him...to a good home of course.