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When we realized, with our first Quaker (1987), how easily they picked up speech, I made up two "flock" songs and ever since then have sung them to all the Quakers I've owned. My sister-in-law sings them to her two birds as well.

The birds love to listen to us sing the songs, and they also can sing them, for the most part, in their entirety. If they're feeling insecure, they are tremendously reassured by all of us singing together. Both birds recruit my husband and/or me to sing with them at least two or three times a day with the phrase "wanna sing?".

Here they are:

I'm a Little Quaker (sung to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot")

        I'm a little Quaker, green and stout,

        Open up my cage and let met out.

        Better pick me up or else I'll squawk,

        Rub my tummy and then I'll talk.

Hear Beaker sing the song WAV format, 256K

Hug the Quaker, I Love You (sung to the tune of "London Bridge is Falling Down")

        Hug the Quaker, I love you,

        Yes I do, yes I do.

        Hug the Quaker, I love you,

        Hug . . .  the . . . Quaker.