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

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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 →

The Tribe

I’ve been thinking about the culture of aviculture. Not just about what it is that we do to keep birds in our homes and our lives, but how it affects us as a community. It is a specialized world, probably... Continue Reading →

How Clean is “Clean?”

I’m pretty good about cleaning up after my Greys. I have a slate stone floor so it sweeps and vacuums up fairly easily. Once I get after it with a mop and some really hot water, it looks as good... Continue Reading →

Press Release For Avian Encounters Trilogy Video Premiere

VIDEO PREMIERE FUNDRAISER FOR “SAVE OUR SEABIRDS” How the producer of the world’s first social media collaborative video plans to help save seabirds from the oil spill. MARCO ISLAND, FLORIDA  USA  JUNE  27, 2010 The massive oil spill in the... Continue Reading →

Slightly Sidetracked by Life

As you might have learned from my last post, I was working a flight from Haiti to Fort Lauderdale when a 22 year-old woman decided to give birth to a baby on board the aircraft. Well! While we are trained... Continue Reading →

Giving Birth to an Apology

I'm sorry about the lag time between posts but I've been a little busy: Last Friday, a woman decided to go into labor and have her baby on the flight I was working. Naturally this set me back a bit.... Continue Reading →

Flying Into the Side of Life

I wrote this piece last year as an entry into a writing contest that posed the question, "When did you first realize that you had become a grown-up?" Obviously it didn't win because if it had, you'd have known about... Continue Reading →

I Don’t Believe In “Starter Birds”

  (I wrote this essay for Deb White, Creator of the fabulous website: "Avian Enrichment." You can find this very large and really wonderful site here: Avian Enrichment. It's an absolutely wonderful website with lots to read and lots to... Continue Reading →

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