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Parrot Nation

Parrots are cool. They are also one hell of a lot of work.

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Patricia Sund

Patricia Sund is a Free-Lance Writer residing in Florida with her three African Greys. She has been published in About.com, Bird Talk Magazine, Birds USA, In Your Flock Magazine, Good Bird Magazine as well as numerous websites and newsletters. She is currently doing research for a book titled "Parrot Nation".

Mugsy and Me

Mugsy! Mugsy is a very handsome Blue and Gold Macaw at the Parrot Garden. Yesterday when I was washing the windows and glass downstairs, Mugsy became quite involved in observing my work. Kelly Moore Parsley shot this little video of... Continue Reading →

Social Butterfly

Wendy's pooches... I've been remiss in getting my posts out because I've had numerous social obligations. Between working at the Parrot Garden during the day and a few social obligations in the evening, I've been hard-pressed to get posts out.... Continue Reading →

Dusty and Smudgy

If there is one thing I always try to do at best Friends, it's the jobs nobody else wants to do. One of them is cleaning. I learned that the way to endear yourself to the Staff is to clean.... Continue Reading →

Feels like Home

Even King O welcomed me back! (Photo by Janet Holt Hilton) When I got to Best Friends, it felt like I was coming back home. I'm so comfortable here and other than a few huge changes to the structures and... Continue Reading →

Truckin’ to Best Friends

Layla, a Michael Vick Dog After an exhausting and surrealistic stop in Las Vegas at the Flamingo Hotel, Janet Hilton, Wellington, and I took off yesterday to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary where we met up with Bonnie Grafton and Kelly... Continue Reading →

The Working Vacation

Porter, Janet's dog that went missing for 24 hours on Bald Head Island I made it to Charleston after a ride to the Tri-Rail train station and five trains later I was in Miami Airport. And I hopped a flight... Continue Reading →

The Devil’s Diet

Still feeding an all-seed diet? That blows. That sucks. And forgive me, but you need to have your head examined. If I hear, "But he LIIKKKKESSSS it!" or, "He won't eat anything else!" one more time, I'm going to pull out my... Continue Reading →

Destination: Charleston, Las Vegas…Kanab

You'd think with all of the traveling I've done, that packing would be easy. As a one-time supervisor said to me once when I was working a special assignment for my airline in the Chrysler Building in Manhattan about 23... Continue Reading →

It’s More Than That

Chop is more than just feeding vegetables to your birds. If that's all it was, what would be the point of all of this? Why bother? I mean, doesn't everyone do that? In a word, "No." I heard a story... Continue Reading →

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