They don't need to be taken for a walk. They sleep all afternoon. Birds on the other hand are social beasts. They live in flocks. Our bird never wants to be left alone and shrills for your attention if you leave the room.
Birds are consummate communicators.
They'll figure out what the important sound in the house is an imitate it. In no time, Lolita started mimicking the phone. Its annoying because sometimes he'll manage to fool you into thinking he's the phone and does it quite well too. I figured he was just trying to get us to run to him too. The bird needs toys to amuse him and chew on to keep busy.