(photo credit: Kent Hammit) This is the photo used in my column in “Bird Talk” Magazine. The column, titled “Memo to Parker and Pepper” has now gone monthly according to an email from a “Parrot Nation” reader. This makes me very happy as I happen to like the “Memo” series and I also happen to [...]
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“BIRD TALK” Magazine: Home of “Memo to Parker and Pepper”
Posted in essays and articles, Uncategorized, tagged African Grey, African Grey Babies, African Greys, Bird Talk Magazine, Bird Talk Writer, birds, blogging about parrots, essays and articles, Memo to Parker and Pepper, Parrot Nation, parrot training, parrots, Patricia Sund on March 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
All is Well in “Nyla-Ville”
Posted in essays and articles, Uncategorized, tagged African Greys, behavior training, Bird Blogs, Bird Talk Writer, blogging about parrots, blogs about parrots, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, parrot training, Patricia Sund, Positive reinforcement training, rehabilitation, rehoming parrots, showering your parrot on July 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Nyla is rapidly and smoothly finding her place in my home. She went out on the front porch on a play stand this morning with Pepper and there was simply no problem at all. They seem to get along beautifully. She usually sits quietly during the day and observes everything going on. She is beginning [...]
Nyla’s Nails…
Posted in essays and articles, Patricia Sund, tagged African Greys, Bird Blogs, bird grooming, Bird Talk Writer, blogging about parrots, enrichment, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, parrot training, Patricia Sund, relinquished birds on July 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I think Nyla needs a pedicure! I went to work today and the other crew members got a gander at my right hand and thought I had been chewed up by something. “What happened?”, they asked me. “I have a bird badly in need of a pedicure.”, and then I told them about Nyla. They [...]
The Arrival of “Nyla”
Posted in essays and articles, tagged African Grey, Bird Blogs, blogging about parrots, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, parrot training, parrots, Patricia Sund, Positive reinforcement training, rehabilitation, rehoming parrots on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
7.23.08 Nyla is coming. As a matter of fact, she’s on her way right now, cage and all. I’ve spent all morning and half of the afternoon moving furniture, tidying up and shoving junk around so that there will be room for her “room”. Nyla is a 5 year-old Congo Grey who, just like Pepper [...]
Perhaps It’s Luck
Posted in essays and articles, Uncategorized, tagged African Grey, African Grey Babies, African Greys, animals, Baby Parrots, behavior training, bird grooming, Bird Talk Writer, blogging about parrots, Cincinnati Zoo, enrichment, essays and articles, feeding birds, Parker the Grey, Parrot, parrot diet, Parrot Nation, parrot training, parrots, Patricia Sund, Positive reinforcement training, preparing food for birds, taking care of parrots on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(The “learning experience” never ends. And it’s quite interesting to see what you have learned when you look back at yourself! This was an article I wrote with the future in mind almost four years ago. At the time I wrote this piece, I knew a fraction of what I know now. But [...]






