Vigilantly watching over nearly everything that happens here is our assembled flock of parrots and cockatoos.
Each came here in a different way, in some cases taking sanctuary from a difficult or abusive situation.
When you visit, you may feed the parrots but do not stick your fingers in the cages. The birds may seem cute and delicate but their beaks are designed to crack hard objects like nuts. They are very strong.
If one of us is here giving a tour of the animals, sometimes you can hold them too.
Jai
Jai is a verbose African Grey Congo who dances. He sings Hare Krishna. He can emulate every sound in the kitchen, every human whistle possible and speaks Bird Human fluently. His specialty is kissing noises but no one is sure where he learned them.
Peaches
Peaches & Cream (Peaches) is a cockatoo. She is very affection and creative as a ‘parrot sound artist,’ able to imitate almost anything including she hears including entire sentences. Her specialty is emulating the sound of background Peaches does a great Jekyll and Hyde impression when not included in the conversation, screeching at high volume, but her specialty is Sanskrit words and greeting everyone entering the animal park from her outdoor cage.
Pedro
Pedro is a blue and gold parrot whose nickname is Pedro The Entertainer. His favorite stunt used to be to hang by one foot upside down in his cage and talk, but now he prefers to have Caru hold him by the ankles and whirl him around in big circles. He unleashes a stream of sounds that is one part terror and three parts delight – Pedro that is.
George and Gracie are rare Eclectus Parrots. Unlike other parrots, in this species the male and female are different colors – George is green and Gracie is red. George is friendly and Gracie tries to be but gets upset very easily.
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