Can Parrots Keep A Beat?

I recently had the opportunity to read about a scientific study that was done with Snowball the "dancing sulphur crested cockatoo" as seen on You Tube. The study was to determine if the synchronization to the music was by chance or a true ability. Humans are not the only dancers! If you haven't seen this video, check it out by entering "dancing cockatoo" on the You Tube site. Snowball is perfectly in sync with the music! This one is over four minutes long so if you don't want to watch the whole thing, be sure to advance to the end where Snowball is really hitting the beat! I'm sure almost every bird lover has seen this one!

Well, why not try music therapy on my group? They are certainly smart!

The bird that I noticed had the first inclinations was Greysie. She is the very verbose grey that is here due to her making too much noise and being demanding about time spent with mom.

She seemed to love the beat of the music and with my dancing as a cue, she started to dance.

Buster, my grey, bobbed his head and Chauncey started singing "Spider, Spider..." which is his version of The Itsy Bitsy Spider song. But, he too was bobbing his body and getting into the rhythm.

Of course, Greysie is still constantly chattering and beeping and whistling...but at least now she's dancing too! These guys are sure fun.