Budgie of the Month: Mr. Kooks

James Gurney describes the artistic career of Mr. Kooks, his budgerigar. Gurney shows how the bird appreciates art, how he learned to talk, and how he likes to draw.

The record that Gurney is using is the Hartz Mountain Parakeet Training Record. If you had a pet budgie in the 70's, you might have had one of these records: