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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".

I’m Going to Need a Larger Home

I don't often see things that I absolutely adore. This includes birds, sofas and potential dating material. However, when I got an email from Restoration Hardware containing photos of this little beauty, I fell in love. I'm sorry, but I can't... Continue Reading →

We Want Our Jobs Back

Photo found here: Top News You Can Use A bit of a crush? Well, yes. His work is poetic, his products world-shaking, and his style is direct. His taste is superb and his products? They changed the world. Steve Jobs... Continue Reading →

This Writer Needs to Write

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... Continue Reading →

Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming

I haven't been posting at all in the last couple of weeks due to some mitigating circumstances.  Let's see: annual training in Dallas so I get to keep my job, a work schedule from hell, laptop computer issues,  just all... Continue Reading →

An Avian Auschwitz

Warning: Photos are graphic and disturbing. If you have a sensitive stomach, read this in the bathroom. And by the way, I selected the most tasteful photos sent to me. First, you're horrified. You can't believe what you're seeing. It's... Continue Reading →

An Urgent Situation

I recieved a phone call from Jacque Johnson at Best Friends on Sunday. I would like you to carefully consider sending just five or ten dollars to this fledgling rescue to help out these birds. It's a horrible situation and... Continue Reading →

Prostitutes to Parrots: Heidi’s New Gig

I got Heidi's photo Here. I watched the show Prostitutes to Parrots on Animal Planet last night. It seems that Heidi Fleiss has a new gig. After adopting 20 macaws, Heidi has to figure out how to efficiently care for... Continue Reading →

Results of the “Words I Hate” Contest

The skies were dark this week as I received entry after entry of horrible words that unfortunately were so great it about killed me.  I painfully agonized, debated various attributes and tried to keep my own prejudices against certain words... Continue Reading →

My Facebook Groups

Over the years, I have been "invited" to many, many Facebook groups. This means I was just put in quite a few of these groups without being asked. I don't particularly mind, but I just don't have a lot of... Continue Reading →

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