Bijou (Quaker Parakeet) eating breakfast with a spoon

Well every morning when I do his food, he's out of the cage, supervising , firstly I put yesterdays left over seed in a dish, so I can throw it out for the wild birds, and Bijou always has to have a last minute rumage around in it for any missed goodies, but this morning was different, he'd had a wonder around the work top first and found a teaspoon, and decided to try and have breakfast like we do

The pictures arnt' great, but I just had to share

They are amazing aren't they!! he is adorable!!!

Lol the clever little thing Well captured!

Christine ,how clever

Amazing bird, and so beautiful.Great captures.

Can I be dumb, I don't really know much about birds, what is the difference betweena Parott and a Parakeet, because they look very similiar??? Am I being dumb

Can Parakeets talk??

I'm not 100% sure of the difference between Parrots and Parakeets, but I think it's mainly down to size, and maybe one or two other things that I'm not too sure on, but he's the first Parakeet I've owned, unless you count a Budgie


Yes he does talk, he never stops, he goes on, and on and on, all day it's quite funny what he says as well, he's always telling Jack to stop it, or get down, or just calling him, the other morning, he was erm, making out with his mirror , and when he stopped he said 'thank you' which I found very funny, he also laughs as well, I can't remember all he says, but he never stops

I wouldn't be without him for the world

Parakeets are actually parrots

Budgies (parakeets), Quaker parakeets, and Lineolated Parakeets are all parrots.

Some people underestimate parakeets, thinking they are less-intelligent, etc. but they are actually parrots and people don't know what they are missing.

There is no difference between parakeets or parrots. In fact, the reason some birds are even called parakeets it because back when aviculture was new, the U.S. and it's citizens called all parrots "parakeets". Who knows why.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parakeet

Thanks Nick

It's something I'd thought about, but never got round to reserching

I also forgot to say, he can bark for England, if it's not Bijou it's Jack, and if it's Jack Bijou will join in

very good pics

wow he's so clever LOL

Thank you Christine and Nick for the info, never knew Parakeets are actually small Parrots. Well, they are beautiful