On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 12:11, Philip Hart wrote: > AFB but I have a > vague memory of Savn seeing Loiosh and Rocza bobbing their heads at him > in apparent laughter, which matches a vague impression I have of parrot > behavior. Yes and no. There is a sort-of head-bobbing thing parrots do, but it isn't laughter. It's more like the dry heaves--that is, threatening regurgitation. It means, "I love you." If the parrot actually throws up on you, that means, "I really, *really* love you." I have rarely felt sillier then when I got all choked up because my bird threw up on me. > Ditto the ending of _J_. I don't know anything about parrot > ears and if they like to be scratched around that area. Nope. Oddly enough, Doc likes having the feathers under his eyes preened and played with, but he, and most parrots, are very sensitive about the ears.