Parrots

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Plenty to Squawk About

June 24, 2010 Bay Area Faves

Pictured: Captive Macaw – ©ingridtaylar I was just turned on to this article through our local dove-and-pigeon rescue group, Mickacoo. Mickacoo’s dedicated and superhuman founder, Elizabeth, helped mentor me in the ways of understanding domestic birds. Although I’ve worked with animals most of my life, I’d never been involved with domestically-bred birds: parrots, doves, racing [...]

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All Right, Mr. DeMille . . .

April 6, 2010 Non-Native Species

This umbrella was left behind in a park where some of San Francisco’s wild parrot flock was foraging for dropped fruit in the grass.

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Parrot City

March 6, 2010 Birds

I haven’t visited my parrot people in recent weeks. The last time I saw them was on a mission for Parrot Patrol, checking up on them, making sure people were behaving around San Francisco’s finest.

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Admiring – But Not Feeding – San Francisco’s Wild Parrots

June 9, 2009 Bay Area

All photos taken at a respectful distance with a 300mm Zuiko lens: effective reach, 600mm. I was meandering toward Market in San Francisco when I saw them in my peripheral vision. It was cluster of rambunctious humans, a large family with children. It shouldn’t have seemed out of the ordinary on a San Francisco summer [...]

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