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Patricia Sund

Keeping My Pen to the Paper…(or fingers to the keyboard)

I was messing around on Facebook, trying to wrangle a couple of good ideas for "Parrot Nation" and for the Column I write for in "Bird Talk Magazine" called "Memos to Parker and Pepper". Sometimes something as simple as someone... Continue Reading →

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A Diversion From your Normal “Parrot Nation” Post

      This is a long, long post. It's not "parrot related" necessarily, but families with parrots might benefit from it. I've done research on saving money and economizing...a subject of interest these days. This post is based on... Continue Reading →

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When Are You Ever Done?

(Katherine Thorpe of the Animal Educational Foundation Training Palmer the Palm Cockatoo) (Photo courtesy Steve Martin of NEI Inc.) When are you done? It's a simple question, really. When it comes to birds, I guess you aren't ever really "done".... Continue Reading →

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Facebook. An Incredible Phenomenon…

I'd heard of Facebook but didn't quite know what to think. I joined Facebook sometime in January from an invitation sent to me from a cyber friend. This cyber-friend actually has the same last name as me and had been... Continue Reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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Parrot Festival…It’s Not Just Lectures You Know…

Free Flight trainer Chris Biro Shaking his tail feathers for donations...I'm helping. No, the Houston Parrot Festival isn't all serious lectures and training sessions.  Actually, we have a blast. I recommend attending the Festival if you have the time. There... Continue Reading →

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The Parrot Festival: A Scarf-a-Palooza

I just got back from the Houston Parrot Festival put on by the NPRPF, which is the "National Parrot Rescue and Preservation Foundation"; a mouthful in and of itself. I got back on Monday and I'm still beat. It's a... Continue Reading →

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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 →

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