KJ> Hi! Welcome to Parrots! I'm the sometimes-missing moderator!
Thank you!
 KJ> If the bird is interested, there should be no problem teaching him
 KJ> more things. But if the bird doesn't feel like it, there is no way you
 KJ> can MAKE him learn it!  What *I* would do is sing the whole song
 KJ> in front of him regularly. If he learns that there is MORE, he may begin
 KJ> to tack on the second half. Of course, he may sing it 2nd part first,
 KJ> too, because that part is newer and more interesting...
I know, it's time.  I'll have to give him the time.
 KJ> Beyond that, my conures tend to learn to say things they can relate to
 KJ> actions or objects; such as "Is it good?" when I put food in dishes, or
 KJ> "Bye-bye" when I get out my car keys. They have yet to learn anything
 KJ> really abstract. I spent 6 months trying to teach one to say "Rock and
 KJ> Roll!"...no luck! But she picked up "Hey baby!" in 7 days because the
 KJ> birdsitters (my nieces) said it EVERY TIME they picked her up from her
 KJ> cage. To her, "Hey baby!" means "come get me"!
Elliott recognizes a jacket.  When he sees me putting my jacket on in the 
morning, he calls out, "Goodbye, Elliott!"
Every phrase ends with an "Elliott" in his world.  :-)
 KJ> Try being very consistent in your use of phrases and words when you are
 KJ> around your Amazon, and see if he picks anything up.
I'll give it another shot.  Thanks much!
GK
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