Red River Hog Baby at the Cincinnati Zoo Life has a funny way of meandering around and taking you places when you least expect it. Personally, I have no regrets regarding the path I chose. I chose to get a parrot. Then another one. And another. But then, I’m not married, I have no children [...]
Archive for September, 2011
What I Escaped
Posted in essays and articles, Writing, tagged Parrot Nation, blogging about parrots, Bird Blogs, Parrot Blog, librium, Mother's Little Helper on September 28, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Chop is Going Viral: Brandon’s Chop
Posted in Posts About the "Chop" Concept, Recipes for your Parrots, tagged Chop for Birds, Chop for Parrots, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, Patricia Sund's Chop, preparing food for birds on September 27, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Photo courtesy of Brandon I have received dozens if not at least a hundred emails from people who have tried making Chop for their birds. Some were kind enough to include photos. There’s even a forum in the UK that posted step-by-step photos of their Chop with a beautiful result and of course the money [...]
Guest Blogger- Katrina Webster
Posted in essays and articles, Writing, tagged Bird Blogs, blogging about parrots, Green Cheeked Conure, Guest Blogger, Katrina Webster, Parrot Blog, Parrot Nation on September 22, 2011 | 8 Comments »
We have a Guest Blogger today. Her name is Katrina Webster and she is one of the Bleaders, (blog readers) here at PN. She sent me a wonderful email telling me this charming story about a little run-in she had with a Jamaican hot pepper. Here is Katrina explaining why it’s sometimes not a good [...]
And Another Thing: More on “The Summit”
Posted in essays and articles, Events, People in Aviculture, Writing, tagged Avicultural Summit, Bird Blogs, blogging about parrots, essays and articles, factions of aviculture, Parrot Nation on September 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Steve Malowski with the Keas You know, the more I think about this “Summit” jazz, the better I like it. I’m not looking at it as a particularly fun event because I have a feeling that people might be a little tense. There is a lot at stake here: Such as the future of the [...]
The Summit
Posted in essays and articles, Writing, tagged Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, blogging about parrots, Cincinnati Zoo, essays and articles, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation on September 17, 2011 | 26 Comments »
I have an idea. I would love to call an Avian Summit. This would be where all of the experts in the industry would be called together to have a meeting. At a round table. And the people there would talk about the state of the industry and what needs to be done to improve [...]
Traitor
Posted in Writing, tagged African Grey, Bird Blogs, blogging about parrots, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund on September 13, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Going to Pieces
Posted in essays and articles, Reviews, Writing, tagged Bird Blogs, bird grooming, blogging about parrots, Grooming Your Bird, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Rick Horvitz, The Golden Cockatoo on September 5, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Richard Horvitz, Proprietor of the Golden Cockatoo I just got back from The Golden Cockatoo, a bird supply store north of me in Deerfield Beach, FL. I needed to get some supplies and I thought while I was at it, I’d get the Greys groomed. I have no idea why this sends me right over [...]
How to Change the Status Quo
Posted in essays and articles, Writing, tagged Bird Blogs, Bird Cages, blogging about parrots, Parrot Blog, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, round bird cages on September 4, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Discarded Crappy Round Cage at the Oasis Sanctuary STATUS QUO: the existing state of affairs <seeks to preserve the status quo> I got an interesting email a while back from a distrubutor of cages in the UK. It’s an online company and they sell bird cages. They wanted me to do a post on this [...]
A Working Vacation
Posted in essays and articles, Writing, tagged Bird Talk Writer, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, vacation on September 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Photo Courtesy of the Chart Group I’m on vacation finally and it feels good. Of course when you have time off, you begin thinking of all of the things you can finally get done. Things you didn’t have time to do because you were working and still had to keep up with the cooking, the [...]






