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Bearers of a lost language. A legendary parrot kept the dialect of the extinct Maypore Indians alive. Could two Amazons be taught to speak it again for a haunting exhibit?
Sprouts are out. Germinated seeds are even better. Here's why.
Reading the newspaper.
Droppings say volumes about a bird's well-being.
Haven for abandoned birds
From The Boston Globe
Nothing to squawk at
From SFGate.com
Parrots return after nine decades
From BBC News
Bird Quarantine at Peninsula Pet Store
From 5PixPage
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While the new look is obvious (we hope), you may not have noticed another change - the frequency of ParrotChronicles.com. Beginning with this September-October 2002 issue, we go from quarterly to bimonthly. So that we can bring you more general articles about parrots, Species Spotlight and Conservation Watch will be occasional special features rather than standard departments in every issue. Otherwise, all the same great ParrotChronicles.com content is still here, including pictures of your birds (renamed Your Birds), Parrot People, and First Person.
We kick off this first bimonthly issue of ParrotChronicles.com with a first-person story of how two trainers, an artist and a behavior consultant, taught a pair of parrots to bring back to life a long-lost South American language. Sue Farlow recounts her experiences in Bearers of a Lost Language.
We hope you also enjoy learning how to make seeds more nutritious for your parrot in Sprouts are Out. Our third feature may address an indelicate subject, but we think you'll come away from Reading the newspaper with some valuable tips on how to keep your parrot healthy.
Finally, check out "Nothing to squawk at," one of our In the News links, for an article written by yours truly for the San Francisco Chronicle.
-- Carla Thornton, Editor
ParrotChronicles.com
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