Good Night Sweet Alex.

Well, another great researcher has passed. And although all researchers are special in their own way, this researcher not only made waves in the human world, but in the avian world as well.

Goodbye Alex, the amazing African Grey Parrot.

And Alex was amazing. He could count to six, knew and said 50 words, and my favorite, expressed frustration when the scientific tests he was helping to conduct would bore him b/c they were so repetitive. He would even tell other parrots to essentially stop mumbling by advising them to "speak better". A bird after my own heart.

And he died too early at age 30 (these type of birds live to about 50 years old).

But it is obvious he was not only loved, but will be missed horribly. He is missed so much that they waited several days to tell of Alex's passing so the other researchers, and his friends, could mourn privately first.

Goodbye our feathered friend.