Meet Otis! He&#8217;s an African grey parrot that has the North American blue jay in his heart &#8212; and his mouth! Er&#8230; beak.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewStoeten">@AndrewStoeten</a> Otis is an African Grey that&#39;s a Blue Jay at heart &amp; chants Let&#39;s Go Blue Jays! ⚾️? <a href="https://t.co/wzLYXim7eO">pic.twitter.com/wzLYXim7eO</a>
&mdash; Lorraine McMillanG (@bluejaylover49) <a href="https://twitter.com/bluejaylover49/status/885161746427781121">July 12, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Some of my best friends&#8217; parents used to have one of these (RIP Bud), and I must admit I kinda loathed him for a really long time &#8212; mostly because he was a morning bird, and I am very much not a morning bird, and if I crashed on their couch after a night of drinking, he&#8217;d only make my hangovers worse with his incessant squawking. But I was roommates with these guys once when they were bird-sitting for their folks, and Bud took a shine to me, always jumping up to sit next to me on the couch, and &#8212; rather surprisingly &#8212; not constantly trying to peck my goddamned eyes out. Turned out he was kinda cool. Which&#8230; well&#8230; I suppose most birds are. (They are especially nice to see in the wild, but&#8230; uh&#8230; let&#8217;s just cruise past all that, shall we?)
This one also does Tulo!
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He chants for Tulo as well. ?? <a href="https://t.co/vmKAx2sexD">pic.twitter.com/vmKAx2sexD</a>
&mdash; Lorraine McMillanG (@bluejaylover49) <a href="https://twitter.com/bluejaylover49/status/885164483970248706">July 12, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Yep. Birds are cool.
NOW SOMEBODY PUT HIM ON THE JUMBOTRON DURING RALLIES!

Meet Otis! He's an African grey parrot that has the North American blue jay in his heart -- and his mouth! Er... beak.

https://twitter.com/bluejaylover49/status/885161746427781121

Some of my best friends' parents used to have one of these (RIP Bud), and I must admit I kinda loathed him for a really long time -- mostly because he was a morning bird, and I am very much not a morning bird, and if I crashed on their couch after a night of drinking, he'd only make my hangovers worse with his incessant squawking. But I was roommates with these guys once when they were bird-sitting for their folks, and Bud took a shine to me, always jumping up to sit next to me on the couch, and -- rather surprisingly -- not constantly trying to peck my goddamned eyes out. Turned out he was kinda cool. Which... well... I suppose most birds are. (They are especially nice to see in the wild, but... uh... let's just cruise past all that, shall we?)

This one also does Tulo!

https://twitter.com/bluejaylover49/status/885164483970248706

Yep. Birds are cool.

NOW SOMEBODY PUT HIM ON THE JUMBOTRON DURING RALLIES!

This Bird Chants “Let’s Go Blue Jays!”

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