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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".

Getting Ready For Best Friends Sanctuary

I made a video about preparing for my travels to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. I hope you like it. Nan's moving into my place to take care of the Greys. Mattie is going to Beverly's place downstairs and I'm out... Continue Reading →

Meeting “Best Friends”

Do you remember that for the last two years I worked at the Cincinnati Zoo as a "Guest Keeper?" Well, that was all well and good and I had a blast, (I also worked my keester off...) but I have... Continue Reading →

Parrot Nation Video Outtakes

I've shot quite a bit of video in my adventures in the bird world, with more to come. Of course, when you work with animals and people, a lot of it ended up on the "cutting room floor" so to... Continue Reading →

Shower Day For my Greys

Birds need a bath or shower. No getting around it. Mine like showers but they are, shall we say, "less than animated" when they are taking a shower. Normally you see videos of birds and they're all very loud and... Continue Reading →

Chop. Shot By Shot

My friend Lisa and I shot a video demonstration of how to make "Chop." Many of my "Bleaders," (Blog Readers)  wanted more detail on the process, so here you go! I hope you get a kick out of it and... Continue Reading →

Vet Appointment With Sam

This is Sam. Sam is also known as Dr. Sam Backos, Avian Vet. Sam is a really, really good Avian Vet. He knows it, and I know it but I try not to tell him for fear he'll hike his... Continue Reading →

Organizing My Life

It started with my laptop. I had over 5000 photos in my laptop and it needed some weeding out. They were all over the place and I had to figure out how to categorize them and put them in some... Continue Reading →

Searching For the Big Idea

I went to a meeting on Thursday for work. I’m on a “Leadership Team” for my job. Once a month we have a meeting where we attempt to solve problems, innovate new ideas and try to come up with “the... Continue Reading →

The Hatching of “Parrot Nation”

On Jun 25, 2008 at 13:45, "Parrot Nation" was hatched. I've gotten more reads in a day now than I had in the the first month. I had no big ideas, no real plans and no idea what I was... Continue Reading →

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