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

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The Post Lady Sometimes Brings Gifts

Emma is my Postal Person who brings me the occasional letter, card, paycheck, BIRD TALK Magazine, and a plethora of junk mail. She also brings a pile of those local free papers. Because not everyone wants to read them, they... Continue Reading →

Sometimes It Rains

Yesterday, I had a Flight to San Juan. I had to be at the airport at eight a.m. for a nine a.m. departure. Out to San Juan, sit for a couple of hours and come back. Land about five and... Continue Reading →

Avian Encounters II

My friend Christina Giordano dabbles in producing videos. When I say "dabble," I throw that word around lightly. Christina will spend upwards of 100 hours working on producing videos consisting of photos and video footage of her friends and their... Continue Reading →

Cookie the Little Penguin at the Cincinnati Zoo

I was going over some of my files and realized I never posted my video of Cookie the Little Penguin in the break room at the Cincinnati Zoo. I put it up at YouTube, but never posted it here. So... Continue Reading →

My “Rock Star Moment” Meltdown

(Well, I thought it was a great shot...) The Houston Parrot Festival: What an amazing Festival! A great speaker line up, combined with an incredible array of products from some cutting edge vendors offering the best products made this year’s... Continue Reading →

Midwest Bird Expo: This One is a Keeper!

I just got an Email from Jason Crean, who I met at the Rocky Mountain Society of Aviculture in Denver... in November. (I love the sound of that...) Jason has this really great product he loves: it's tea for your... Continue Reading →

“A Toy Story”: The Story Behind “Ring Around the Rainbow”

One day as I idly sat and watched Parker industriously chewing on the shoelace aglet of my sneaker, I thought, "You know, somebody ought to make a toy with a pant load of shoelaces on it!"  And as I thought... Continue Reading →

Rocky Mountain: “Hi!”

Yup! That's a Black Palm Cockatoo I just returned from the Rocky Mountain Society of Aviculture Parrot Expo last weekend and man I had fun. Organized by Lisa McManus, I discovered that Lisa is an old hand at organizing events... Continue Reading →

Coming Up For Air

Mattie and me at the Petco Festival I'm back. Back to the blog once again! My apologies for having left it untouched for so long, but I had a lot of catching up to do. As you might recall, I... Continue Reading →

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