My..Name..Is..Lurch!

Lurch is our African Gray who we have had since he was two weeks old. He immedialtely stole our hearts and has beome a pretty awesome bird. For the longest time Lurch was totally James' bird (only James could pet him, and only when Lurch wanted him too), but with some patience with Mom and persistence by both parents, we can both pet him and rub his head and neck. James is even working on petting underneath his wings and has already got him used to turning over. Now don't get me wrong, Lurch has always been a great bird - he would easily step up on anyone we handed him to, never bit or growled and is not even the east bit territorial about his cage. Now, he is actually a cuddle magnet!

And yes we got his name from the Addams Family!

Lurch's vocabualry consists of: "(wolf whistle) hubba hubba", "(phone ringing) hello, yeah, goodbye!", "Lurch your BAD", "Baraaaabaaas", "Hi guys!", "Water", "Whaaaaaaaat?" and various bird noises from outside AND inside our aviary! Plus dog noises. He used to fart, but since he moved outside he doesn't hear it as much and we never hear him pushing one out anymore.