Posted in Patricia Sund, People in Aviculture, essays and articles, tagged Bird Talk Writer, Cincinnati Zoo, essays and articles, Houston Parrot Festival, Jill Bell, Long Island Parrot Society, Parrot, parrot diet, Parrot Rescue Sites, Patricia Sund, PODS, Rocky Mountain Society of Aviculture on November 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
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 spent three weeks working at the Cincinnati Zoo. (Here is their Kookaburra):
While [...]
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I realize that I refer to Phoenix Landing frequently in some of my posts. Perhaps you don’t know much about them. It was established to promote and protect the welfare of parrots, especially those with an extensive lifespan.Phoenix Landing (PL) is a non-profit parrot welfare and education foundation. But they do more than just place parrots. [...]
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Posted in Most Popular Posts and Articles, Posts About the "Chop" Recipe, essays and articles, tagged African Grey, African Greys, Bird Talk Writer, birds, blogging about parrots, Cincinnati Zoo, essays and articles, Facebook, feeding birds, Parrot Nation, Parrot Nutrition, Parrot Rescue Sites, Patricia Sund, Pesquet's Parrot, preparing food for birds, rehabilitation, taking care of parrots on February 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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 searching for family members. Turn out we aren’t related, but decided we’d be “cousins” anyway. [...]
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Posted in Houston Parrot Festival, People in Aviculture, essays and articles, tagged African Grey, African Greys, Bird Talk Writer, blogging about parrots, essays and articles, Hagen Bird Food, Houston Parrot Festival, Parrot Rescue Sites, Patricia Sund, rehabilitation, Robin Shewokis, The Leather Elves on January 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Free Flight trainer Chris Biro Shaking his tail feathers for donations…I’m helping.
No, the Houston Parrot [...]
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Posted in Houston Parrot Festival, People in Aviculture, essays and articles, tagged Barbara Heidenreich, Bird Talk Writer, Feathers, Houston Parrot Festival, NPRPF, Parrot Rescue Sites, parrot training, parrots, Patricia Sund, Positive reinforcement training on January 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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 high-energy, fun get-together for Parrot Freaks all over the Country and this is how the [...]
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(My friend Doreen and I on our way to Jamaica)
I just finished a 6-day stretch of flying. I have tomorrow off with the exception of a meeting, and then I go back to a 5-day grind. I’ve been getting up at 5 a.m. to get the birds and Mattie up, out and fed. The Greys [...]
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