I waited 20 years to make an impulse purchase. I got a parrot. I bring the little guy home. I almost passed out on the way home thinking that what I did was the biggest mistake of my life. But I managed to drive the rest of the way home without either losing my lunch [...]
Archive for December, 2010
Wipe Up
Posted in Best Friends Animal Society, Bird Talk Magazine, Cincinnati Zoo, Memo to Parker and Pepper, Patricia Sund, People in Aviculture, Uncategorized, Writing, tagged Bird Blogs, blogging about parrots, Cincinnati Zoo, Dr. Susan Friedman, Houston Parrot Festival, Irena Schulz, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, Steve Malowski, Sy Montgomery on December 31, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Christmas Hopes and Wishes
Posted in essays and articles, Writing, tagged Bird Blogs, blogging about parrots, Dr. Irene Pepperberg, Dr. Susan Friedman, Houston Parrot Festival, Irena Schulz, Julie Ellison, MARS, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, Rebecca K. O'Connor, Robin Shewokis on December 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My friend Sandra’s Niece with Parker I have many wishes, yet very few of them are for me. I like to think of wishes as hopes and dreams for the future. Many of these wishes I have are for my friends who have animals, or work for and with animals. I have worked with quite [...]
Eventful
Posted in Patricia Sund, People in Aviculture, tagged "Lift" the book, Banding falcons and hawks, Bird Blogs, blogging about parrots, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, Rebecca K. O'Connor, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Robert Kennedy Jr. on December 22, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Cindy the Purser and David with RFK Jr. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, something else happens to kick it up a notch. I was scheduled to fly to Guayaquil, Ecuador the other night out of Miami. There are many Ecuadoreans flying back and forth of course, but Guayaquil is also one of [...]
Just Because They Sell It, Doesn’t Mean You Should Buy It (The Nitty-Gritty on Grit)
Posted in Recipes for your Parrots, Writing, tagged Bird Blogs, bird food, blogging about parrots, Grit for Parrots, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, preparing food for birds, taking care of parrots on December 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Grit. This is a gritty subject. Grit. Grit, grit. People think if it’s being sold, their bird needs it. Not grit. Not for parrots. Insoluble Grit blows for parrots. They don’t need it. Shouldn’t have it. Grit is for birds that eat seeds whole. Pigeons for instance, eat the whole damned seed and their gizzard does [...]
Connection
Posted in essays and articles, People in Aviculture, tagged Bird Blogs, blogging about parrots, enrichment, Kim Klosterman, Liz Wilson, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, Robin Shewokis, Sally Blanchard, taking care of parrots on December 17, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Parker, eating bean mix. What else can we do? We try to keep our birds happy, well-fed, trained and healthy. Most of us work at it. We learn everything we can and try our best to provide a suitable environment for them. But after that what else is there? Well, I don’t know but I’m [...]
Short Cuts (A series of short subjects on my mind.)
Posted in Contests, essays and articles, Writing, tagged Bird Talk Magazine, blogging about parrots, Irena Schulz, Midwest Bird Expo, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, Quark Adventures Blogging Contest, Sy Montgomery on December 15, 2010 | 8 Comments »
It’s not that I’m easily distracted. I’m not. Rather, I have I tendency to hyper-focus. If I’m writing and someone says something to me, I’ll hear their voice but not what they’ve just said. I have to stop, pull my attention away from what I’m working on, and ask the person to repeat what they’ve [...]
I’m Auditioning to be a “Pole Dancer”
Posted in Contests, Patricia Sund, Stuff Bird People Like, Writing, tagged Bird Talk Writer, blogging about parrots, North Pole, North Pole Expedition, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, Quark Adventures Blogging Contest on December 8, 2010 | 6 Comments »
No, not that kind of pole dancing; this kind: Image from: here The butt-freezing, icy fingers, “Oh my God, it’s so damned cold, I’m freezing my tail off!” kind of pole. The North Pole. The Big Kahuna of adventures. The top of the world. After I entered I thought, “What in God’s name have I [...]
Dialing, Reel-to-Reel,and Typewriters (A Rant Against the All-Seed Diet For Parrots)
Posted in essays and articles, Events, Posts About the "Chop" Concept, Recipes for your Parrots, Writing, tagged All Seed Diet, An All Seed Diet Really Blows!, Bird Blogs, blogging about parrots, feeding birds, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, parrot diet, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, preparing food for birds on December 6, 2010 | 7 Comments »
This website has this image: The Old Telephone Company I’m showing my age. I remember all of these. And if you don’t know what I’m referring to, you are younger than me. I used to dial phones because that’s what everybody did. And you were wired to a wall while you were on the phone. There [...]
Kris Porter and the “Parrot Enrichment” Website
Posted in essays and articles, Stuff Bird People Like, tagged behavior training, Bird Blogs, blogging about parrots, enrichment, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Enrichment, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, play activities for parrots, Positive reinforcement training on December 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Kris Porter put together an absolutely incredible book and website about parrot enrichment. There are enough ideas in both to keep your birds busy for years. The book is free and downloadable and it’s absolutely packed with cool ideas to keep your birds happy and busy. You can download the book at her website and [...]
Rant
Posted in essays and articles, Writing, tagged Bird Blogs, Parrot Blog, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, Rant, the apostrophe on December 3, 2010 | 13 Comments »
There are some words and phrases I dislike immensely. I don’t know why, I just do. I love words. I love language and the printed word. I’ve been spotted reading the dictionary. I buy books by the ton which is inspiring me to think about getting an iPad if just for the savings on buying [...]
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