European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fever its amazing How a tiny ounce of Al fluff can capture your re Marks Dean an Ameri can wife in her sentiments Are echoed in differ ent terms by even thousands of others with parakeet parakeet owners Arent too shy about boasting of the amazing talents of their utile feathered and Well they Tor some of the Birds do approach the unbelievable particularly to someone who hat never had the pleasure of having a parakeet of his not that in bragging about but my Bird can talk in both English and says Edward Ham who lives in Ger Many Patrick Henry out Side of which All Bright Birds should he will also whistle for our the a Annetts have a special code of three Short whistles for their the has Learned to imitate it the Blacka Edwhite Para Keet should be Able to get Back Home if Ever since he can say Heid Elberg quite the Hammett spa his and youngsters Gaby and have been at Home with Peter since May 1964 when Gaby got him As a birthday pres Kundert ounce of fluff is named itty bitty buddy and was Pur chased at an outdoor Kiosk in Athens Tomonia Square in March has a vocabulary of about 90 words and can add a Complete new phrase in about four says his fond whose husband is assigned to he Wolf tries the Woodpecker by Mark staff writer and even attempts Yankee the  Peru acct has another pal in the Kundert he family whom itty bitty buddy Calls juggy first and Carl Bond of Ofutt Are the proud owners of a talkative Little fellow named Figa who reads and often cats the stars and this pampered Little pet has acquired a taste for rum and cola at cocktail and always has the run of the entire says when Hes tired of walking or he rides around on my give me a demanded pretty Bird As he posed for photographer Joe Wesley at the Home of sp5 and Wen Dell parakeets Arent new to said who received pretty boy As a gift from her husband in August my son gave me one for my birthday 13 years i tried to Leach it to but  gel to first and then the parakeet Pulty Bird is much More to even announces the impending return of my husband from and is really quite accurate on the says his two weeks before Christmas last Mccague took on a real pro but when her Jackie and Kenny arrived at the pretty boy called out on Cue merry merry pretty Bird is a pretty Bird with a Blue Gray top a White Vest with four dots around his and a Black Wing a neighbor of his is the Bird with a who has his say in the Hoy la planic household in Baum Bert almost never stops jabber ing and scolding the berts a great companion for the three 4 and Hoy and when there playing with their toy Hes bound to be on one barrel or another to watch the hammers his playfulness extends to chasing Joeys toy cars along the and he impudently flips Over the cards when Laplante is playing another pastime is Riding the Carriage of the Bert looks pert in and and is about 3 years a Bird owned by Kathleen of not Only Speaks English and he can speak bavarian he can also say Tele phone numbers sometimes scrambling them however reports who has had Tweedy for 114 Tweedy Babbles things like Good stupid and what you he finds amusement in sliding Down a Dollhouse roof a taking toothpicks out of Mouths and bites if you dont let Fulling pencils and spools of thread and knocking them Down on the As a matter of he likes to Knock Down everything that int too big for says this smattering of parakeets owned by americans in Europe gives but slight idea of their these smart and smart Lecky Birds arc a relative of the Parrot and originally Hall from the Indonesia Malaysia but those on Sale for a song in pet shops have never been near their Home most their popularity has produced breeders everywhere since the when parakeet fever first broke out he who Mendy the you might even soy that tweety con write Billy and Tommy Este of Gar Many above with Illy Billy buddy right lives in s4s photos the stars and stripes Page 13