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Wonderstruck 
The boy had gotten so quiet at the end of his sentence that Adam had a hard time understanding him without leaning his one ear forward a little bit. Adam thought he was shy but in all honesty he had nothing on this kid! Thankfully with Adam's not so subtle face lean and his not too shabby hearing, Adam was able to catch out that the boy usually went by Vickers...hmm...that was a new one, but hey, he liked unique! "Nice to meet you Vickers..."
While Adam was about to break into another stream of apologies for running into him and inquire more into how long he had been at Hogwarts since he didn't look familiar and what house he was in when a rather loud squack went piercing through the air, causing Adam to instinctively raising his hands to cover his ears. He stopped mid way, thankful that the bird had ceased with the noise as soon as Vickers called it by name, which was Dolly if he had heard it right over all the racket.
"Wow, what a gorgeous cockatoo," Adam said admiringly. "I have to admit outside of pictures in books I've never actually seen one in person."
Vickers looked back at Adam and smiled
"She's an umbrella cockatoo." he said as he lifted the crown of feathers above her head just a bit, to show the reason behind the species' given name
"She's a rescue. I found her abandoned under a tree during one of my walks... starved and molting. So I took her home-- I have an aviary you see, and among all the birds I care for and drops by she was the only one that didnt leave. " he smiled pensively as he stroked her feathers.
Dolly was listening to humans talk. Talk talk talk. She actually enjoyed hearing them talk. Then she can try to mimic them then confuse the heck out of them. Specially strangers. She likes messing with strangers hehe.
She eyed the new boy carefully. Stranger he was oh yes-- but he called her gorgeous. That word she understood real well. "I am! I am!" she squawked back, fluttering her feathers expressively.
Brows raised, Vickers glanced back at Adam
"She seems to like you." he grinned, petting her feathers pack into place.
"How about you... do you have a pet Owl around here?" he wondered looking up at the fowls lodging overhead.