I created a video assembled from photos sent by friends and Parrot Nation Readers from all over the place. It was a small project and I did the editing in about two days, but it was a lot of fun to put together. What I wanted to do was show you that Chop is indeed [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bird Talk Writer’
New Video: “Chop from the Parrot Nation”
Posted in People in Aviculture, Posts About the "Chop" Concept, tagged "Chop" Concept, Bird Blogs, Bird Talk Writer, birds, blogging about parrots, chop, Chop recipe for birds, continent, editing job, feeding birds, Fresh Food for Parrots, nation readers, The Chop Concept on January 29, 2012 | 18 Comments »
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 [...]
“Tattoo You” With a Cockatoo?
Posted in essays and articles, People in Aviculture, Writing, tagged Bird Talk Magazine, Bird Talk Writer, bird tattoos, blogging about parrots, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, parrot tatttos, Patricia Sund on August 28, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Photo courtesy of Ginger Snap It’s my first day of vacation and I spent it happily working on an article for BIRD TALK and rather unhappily, but vigorously washing the floor. I came up with this cool idea for writing an article about Bird People who get tattoos of their birds. As I do not [...]
This Writer Needs to Write
Posted in Bird Talk Magazine, essays and articles, Patricia Sund, Writing, tagged Bird Blogs, Bird Talk Magazine, Bird Talk Subscription, Bird Talk Writer, blogging about parrots, Jessica Pineda, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund on August 24, 2011 | 7 Comments »
See? I have the official “Writer’s Shirt” and everything! Being a writer is not all skittles and beer. And not all of it involves sitting under an oak tree with a lovely Moleskine Journal and a fountain pen waxing poetic about the meaning of life. At least not for me. This website has Moleskine Journals: [...]
Sweating Up a Haz Mat Suit
Posted in Bird Talk Magazine, essays and articles, tagged Bird Talk Magazine, Bird Talk Writer, blogging about parrots, Oscar the Naked Cockatoo, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, PBFD in Birds on July 13, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I went to interview Oscar again. It’s always a pleasure to go visit Oscar, but it’s a real pain in the keester having to do what I have to do after I visit her. Oscar is a lovely little cockatoo who is fun, enjoyable, engaging and a great dancer. Oscar also has PBFD. I’m always [...]
Gateway Drug
Posted in Bird Talk Magazine, essays and articles, People in Aviculture, Writing, tagged Bird Blogs, Bird Talk Writer, blogging about parrots, learning about parrot care, Parrot Nation on April 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Gate Way Drug: A drug (as alcohol or marijuana) whose use is thought to lead to the use of and dependence on a harder drug (as cocaine or heroin) You might say Parker was my “gateway drug” to the world of aviculture. I began studying up on parrots when I got him and I never [...]
Writing My Tail Off
Posted in People in Aviculture, Writing, tagged Bird Blogs, Bird Talk Magazine, Bird Talk Writer, Jessica Pineda, Midwest Bird Expo, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs on March 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been writing a lot. Which is good, I suppose. From everything I’ve read, the more you write, the better you get. And it helps keeps me sharp, keeps me searching for the next big idea, the next adventure, the next project. Normally, when I’m on my computer, I’m at home sitting at the coffee [...]
A Letter From Jenni
Posted in essays and articles, People in Aviculture, Writing, tagged African Greys, Bird Talk Writer, blogging about parrots, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, rehoming parrots, writing about birds on March 26, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Allow me to explain this. As you might know, I, along with half the population of the United States am rather active on Facebook. And I don’t cheat at it either by posting Tweets from Twitter as my status. I have found it to be tremendously satisfying because FB has allowed me to get out [...]
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 [...]





