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Parrot Nation Reader Logs in Her “Chop” Recipe

   Shari Mirojnick's 20 plus year old Grey, Fred, with a "food beard". My friend and "Parrot Nation" reader Nancy Mason emailed me and told me how very similiar her recipe was to my "Chop" recipe and added a few twists... Continue Reading →

Parrot Food For Thought

I just made a fresh batch of food for the Greys. I'm sorry the photo isn't better, but if I had dragged out my camera and then dragged out everything to upload it, I never would have shot it, so I... Continue Reading →

Please Let Me Write Like David Sedaris

I absolutely love David Sedaris. If you're not familiar with him, he's the best-selling author of such books as Me Talk Pretty One Day, Naked, and Holidays On Ice. His style is clean and direct, and his self-effacing slant is... Continue Reading →

Good Habits To Live by Working at the Bird House

(Cleaning the Little Penguin Back Enclosure;  I cannot describe the smell. The Penguins don't seem to be fazed...It's just how it is. Of course I was attempting to "Feng Shui" the rocks. Their enclosure is now incredibly cleaner than their... Continue Reading →

My View at the Zoo

The Kitchen-Food Prep Area at the Bird House      Keepers stand at the countertop cutting board and prepare plate after plate of food. I've developed quite a flair for making the "Bat Buckets" : Buckets of fruit, vegetables and... Continue Reading →

Isn’t It Ironic?

(I wrote this piece quite a few years ago when I was still new to having Parker in my life. But I still believe what I stated at the time still holds true.) Parker at about 5 weeks of age.... Continue Reading →

Parrots: The New Trendy Companion?

Parrots: The New Trendy Companion? By Patricia Sund Oh! I want one! I want one! If I’ve heard this once I’ve heard it a hundred times. People get a load of Parker, my African Grey, and they lose all sense... Continue Reading →

Perhaps It’s Luck

    (The "learning experience" never ends. And it's quite interesting to see what you have learned when you look back at yourself! This was an article I wrote with the future in mind almost four years ago. At the... Continue Reading →

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