Wonderful article about parrots: My Parrot Screams Like A Girl / This is your pet. This is your pet yelping and burping and chatting on the phone. All true

After a while you barely notice and the SO and I can be watching TV or talking in the living room and the bird will be yammering away in her own little world, conversing with the spirits for a solid half hour and unless she chimes in with a crystal-clear "I love you" or "Hello" or "What's up?" you just sort of tune it out the way a parent, I imagine, tunes out the sounds of the children imbibing lighter fluid and stabbing each other with little plastic forks.

Link from Dating God