>WOW!  That's amazing!  I've recently had the good fortune to see a
>clutch of baby tiels and they are so ugly that they look damn cute
Like baby dinosaurs, my husband always says...and he's RIGHT! 
>Ha, ha!  Well, life keeps me very busy and rarely do I have free time,
Welcome to the club! I usually end up losing sleep to do my e-mail
stuff.
>I didn't realise that tiel's could be so intuitive/intelligent.  He's
>one special tiel 'cause all Mme.Chamaq likes to do is just sit there
Like humans, some birds seem to have higher IQ's than others. That's
great that you got a smart one, but watch out--the smart ones end up
running YOUR life too! 
>It's weird, but O.P. mimicks the cockatiels so much.  He doesn't talk
>like a parrot but rather chirps like the tiels.
Be glad...conure noises aren't nearly as pretty as cockatiel noises! 
>Mr. Teepu, on the other hand, mimicks O.P.  He can now grab light
>things in his hand and work on it with his beak-- I've NEVER seen a
>cockatiel do this before! He always watches O.P. do it and used to try
>and try and try (of his own accord), and now-- he can actually do it!
>Wowow-- wonder 'tiel, huh???
All my tiels who were raised within sight of the conures grew up knowing
how to do this. But the ones who came from other aviaries had to LEARN
by watching the tiels who already knew how--they didn't do it right
away. It's definitely a learned behavior, IMHO. Gotta run, work
beckons...
--Kathy
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