[debbielabella]

Originally Posted by kellywess

Yes, they can be quite loud. My Miligold is reasonably quiet and prefers to use her words. She does have a couple of times a day when she lets out a roar, however she has her far in between moments. My Camelot, different story completely different/very loud call. The Severe still has them beat... thats that worse scream ever I think.

really? The severe? that's funny because I saw them advertised on birdbreeders.com as being one of the quietest macaws! I guess much of it depends on the individual, but is it true that the bigger birds don't scream as often as the smaller macaws? Tilly pretty much screams on and off all day, but I hardly hear her anymore. It's loud but not obnoxious if that makes any sense. I don't think I could handle a Hahns screaming or a sun. I don't mind loud as long as it's not all day long, and not that high pitched. When I got Tiki, knowing he would scream morning and evening, my plan was to keep him out of the room while my husband was home and then bring him down after his screaming was done. Well that never happened because I like to be with my birds all day and don't want to isolate them when they're screaming because they are just being themselves. So I probably shouldn't pretend I will keep a macaw in a different room when it gets loud. I would really have to trust the person I was getting the bird from and try to find one that's not as vocal.