Wife looking for new bird

[Coleslaw007]

I always liked parrots, but the noise factor has been an obstacle since I've been interested in getting one. After some research I started looking at toucans and toucanets, and they seem to be very friendly and trainable, they don't have an ability to speak though (if that's something you're going for). They don't have the "good morning" screams and I've heard nothing but good things about their personality. When I can I'll probably get an ivory billed aracari, or a pied crow (crows are my all time favorite birds )

I've always wanted a crow. I rehabilitated an abandoned baby boat-tailed grackle years ago when I was maybe 12-13. He was the coolest thing ever. He was so smart and he loved me, I could do anything I wanted with him. He hated everyone else though, he'd throw anything he could pick up at Pookie if she went into my room, with great accuracy too. Didn't want to encourage him to be too people-friendly for when I let him go, plus it was pretty hilarious. I let him go at a local park when he was old enough and saw him several times after. Black birds are awesome!
These are boat-tailed grackles:
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Lorikeets are another really awesome bird, they can learn to talk and they have a cool, almost haunting voice. Their tongues are crazy too, they look almost like flowers. They also look like something a child colored with magic markers, bright colored patches all over, they almost look fake. I've never owned one but we used to go play with one a local nursery had and he was the coolest thing ever.
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