[cinives]

My Congo grey has a monologue when the phone rings - she imitates the phone ringtone, then yells "get the phone" in my voice, says "hello ... how are you" in my kid's voice, and then immediately goes to "oh OK, bye bye" and beeps like the button. It's a hoot.

[a real Sheila]

A friend’s ex BF had a female African Grey which was extremely jealous of my friend. The bird would “be nice” when the BF was in the room, but if my friend walked by the bird when he wasn’t around, the bird would reach out, hiss and bite the crap out of my friend.

I’ve heard that birds often tend to be “one owner” pets and can be very territorial and possessive of their owners. My cockatiel was the same way about me.