Morning Greeting From Our Cockateil

Our Cockateil, Kramer, is chatty in the morning and likes to greet us. He usually says "Hi" or "Hello" or "Whatya Doin'?" but he also likes to play peek-a-boo or to whistle tunes. As soon as he sees a camera pointed his way, he goes does a wolf whistle. He's always happy to greet us as we open up his cage and give him new food and water each morning.

[@Qwertyuser75]

Why you have to wake someone up and say goodbye? I remember i had the same mistake when i thought i will give him the freedom by opening /putting the cover away but now i just leave him alone untill it's 10-12 hours sleeping is done.

[@JamesBiggs-Kayaker]

I don't really say "goodbye" to our birds in the morning, I only do that at night. In fact, they generally say "Bye Bye" to me at night when they're ready for bed and want to be covered. I just said "Bye Bye" in the video because I was putting the camera away (he was whistling at it so I was letting him know I was putting it away). Our cockatiels are 14 and 15 years old and we've been covering their cage since we got him so they're used to it and even remind us if we forget to cover them up at night. It comforts them and makes sure they get their 11+ hrs of sleet each night. It's ok not to cover them as long as their cage is in a quiet, secluded spot.