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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Steve Malowski’
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 »
Where Do I Belong?
Posted in Best Friends Animal Society, Cincinnati Zoo, essays and articles, Writing, tagged Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Bird Blogs, blogging about parrots, Cincinnati Zoo, Houston Parrot Festival, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, Steve Malowski, Visiting Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Zoo Keepers on October 16, 2010 | 3 Comments »
You might be aware of some of my travels in the animal world. The Houston Parrot Festival, The Cincinnati Zoo, the Midwest Bird Expo, Natural Encounters, the BEST Parrot Conference, The Avian Encounters Trilogy Video Premiere and most recently, Best Friends Animal Society are just a few of the places I’ve visited and some of [...]
House Call
Posted in essays and articles, Patricia Sund, Uncategorized, tagged Bird Blogs, Bird Talk Writer, Egyptian Goose, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, Steve Malowski on March 12, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I had some visitors yesterday: These are Egyptian Geese. The only reason I know this is because I spotted them on the golf course around Christmas when I was working on another post. I snapped this photo and sent it to Steve Malowski, “Lead Cheese in Charge” at the Cincinnati Zoo Bird House: Naturally he [...]
A New Decade in the Works
Posted in Bird Talk Magazine, Cincinnati Zoo, Patricia Sund, tagged African Greys, Baby Parrots, Bird Blogs, bird food, Bird Talk Magazine, Cincinnati Zoo, Dave Oehler, feeding birds, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, preparing food for birds, Steve Malowski, taking care of parrots, working at a zoo, Zoo Keepers on January 5, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Wouldn’t this look good on my car? Ten years ago, when the Millennium rolled around, I didn’t have birds. My life was entirely different really. I was still on my first of the four total vacuum cleaners I’ve had since then, I had clean carpeting as opposed to the slate tile I have now and [...]
Moving an Emu
Posted in Cincinnati Zoo, Patricia Sund, People in Aviculture, tagged Bird House, birds, Cincinnati Zoo, Emu, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, Steve Malowski, working at a zoo, working in a zoo, Zoo Keepers, zoo work, Zoos on September 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mel the Emu got a new enclosure to hang out in. The Bird House Staff in collaboration with Wildlife Canyon and “Wings of Wonder” Bird Show Staff helped with Mel’s move. Mel is one big bird!:
Lunch With Carole and Kim
Posted in Cincinnati Zoo, Patricia Sund, People in Aviculture, tagged Bird Talk Writer, Cincinnati Zoo, feeding birds, King Penguins, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, penguins, preparing food for birds, Steve Malowski, working at a zoo, working in a zoo, Zoo Keepers, zoo work, Zoos on September 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Steve and I had some special guests for lunch. After lunch they had the opportunity to feed lunch to the penguins. It was a fun day:
Morning Rounds With Steve
Posted in Cincinnati Zoo, Patricia Sund, People in Aviculture, Uncategorized, tagged bird food, Bird House, Bird Talk Writer, birds, blogging about parrots, Parrot Blog, Parrot Blogs, Parrot Nation, Patricia Sund, preparing food for birds, Steve Malowski, working at a zoo, working in a zoo, Zoo Keepers, zoo work, Zoos on September 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In the morning, a Keeper has to drive all over the zoo in a cart to feed the birds located all around the zoo. this is just part of those rounds:





