1996 May 16, Richanna Patrick, “help with african grey..”, in rec.pets.birds[1] (Usenet):
Last month I had to do the same thing when he picked up that annoying 'tiel scream when we birdiesat "Spike" for a week. That is nearly gone now. Whew!
2001 January 23, CgrSmkr9, “Does anybody in Michigan know.....”, in rec.pets.birds[2] (Usenet):
Guess who is birdiesitting a Scarlet named Chili???? ;-)