Polly wants to get the heck out of here!
Peanut the parrot imitates fire alarm, saves family, owner says
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21443309/

MUNCIE, Ind. - A noisy parrot that likes to imitate sounds helped save a man and his son from a house fire by mocking a smoke alarm, the bird's owner says.
Shannon Conwell, 33, said he and his 9-year-old son fell asleep on the couch while watching a movie. They awoke about 3 a.m. Friday to find their home on fire after hearing the family's Amazon parrot, Peanut, imitating a fire alarm.
"He was really screaming his head off," Conwell said.

The smoke alarm had activated, but it was the bird's call that caught Conwell's attention.

"I grabbed my son and my bird and got out of the house," he said.
The fire destroyed the home's dining room, kitchen and bedroom, Muncie fire officials said. It remains under investigation.

Aside from Peanut, Conwell said the fact that he and his son fell asleep on the couch helped save them. They may not have heard the alarm or the bird if they were asleep in their bedrooms.

Conwell said he runs an air conditioner and a breathing machine in his bedroom and they drown out a lot of noise around the house.
[Edited 10/26/07 13:44pm]

clever parrot

Raine said:

they can be quite loud when they want to

Birdies.

I miss our sweet, brilliant African Grey.

INSATIABLE said:

they really leave an empty perch in our hearts when they pass on, eh?

XxAxX said:

Thank you. She had an incredible sense of humor and loved music to DEATH! You could play her the beginning of the song and she'd bounce her head and repeat it back. Every time we tried to record her, she'd say "NOPE NOPE NOPE". She could do the beginning of "Let's Groove Tonight" by EWF perfectly, as well as parts of "Angie" by the Stones.


Ugh.

INSATIABLE said:

very sorry for your loss. sounds like she was a really great bird.