Budgies or Budgerigars are Australian parrots and very popular pets. They’re often called parakeets, but that’s not technically correct.

My local zoo has a new seasonal budgie exhibit featuring around 500 of the birds in an outdoor aviary. I was able to offer up seed on a stick, attached with a clothespin (pictured). I attracted at least one sweet blue beauty that munched on my offerings until the camera scared it away.
According to the Budgie Research Group, some budgies can speak in context, forming sentences and learning hundreds of words!
If you have a pet budgie, please tell us about it.
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