Today we are celebrating World Parrot Day with Kismet. She’s hosting a party and everyone is invited!
We asked Mr. Google about parrots, and here’s some of what we found:
World Parrot Day was started on May 31st 2004 by the World Parrot Trust. Its aims are to highlight the threats to captive and wild Parrots around the world. At the very first World Parrot Day the World Parrot Trust handed in a petition calling for the EU to ban the trade of wild birds in Europe. This has since come into force in 2006/2007.
What makes a parrot a parrot? The most defining and recognizable feature is a thick, hooked beak, which most species use to crack open their preferred food of nuts and seeds. They also have feet that are known as zygodactyl, meaning they are arranged in sort of an X-shape, with two toes pointing forward, and two pointing backward. This helps them hold on to tree branches, and also lets them manipulate food and other items with their claws.

A Sidney the Cockatoo story by Lucy: Many of our lifetimes ago, Mom worked as the office /clinic manager at a veterinarian hospital. A big cockatoo named Sidney came in regularly to board, and he and Mom developed a bond. He would sit on her shoulder and they would chat while she worked at the front desk. One day he kept trying to bite her necklace. After repeatedly telling Sidney, “No!” (she was good with that word way back then, too) she said, “If you do that again you are going back in your cage.” When he laid his huge beak against her cheek she thought she was going to get bitten for sure. Instead, Sidney said, in a low voice, “Sawry,” meaning he was sorry and didn’t want to go in his cage. One time, his owner’s adult daughter brought in her dog to be boarded while Sidney was there, sitting on Mom’s shoulder. Upon asking how Sid was doing, Mom told her that he had been talking up a storm. The daughter looked more closely at him and asked, “Are you sure that’s Sidney? Sid doesn’t talk. No one in the family has ever heard him talk.” That’s when everyone realized that Mom was his favorite person. She hoped they would offer to give him to her, but that didn’t happen.

A Mary Lou the Blue and Gold Macaw story by Xena: At the same vet’s there lived a blue and gold macaw in a humungous cage. That cage was bigger than my kennel. It took at least two people to roll it up front every day. It was a trick to get that cage moved without getting bitten. Mary Lou was not a nice bird. (Unlike Kismet who invited us to her party today.) So one person would push, causing M.L. to run over to that end of the cage to try to bite the person’s fingers. That person would let go and the person at the other end would pull, causing M.L. to turn and run to that side for the same reason. They would keep doing that until that cage was moved to the front near Mommy. Mommy tried to make friends with that bird, but Mary Lou didn’t like anyone!
I think that’s all we’ve got, but before we go I want to remind Kissie that I hung out with a bird named Pirate Pete on Talk Like a Pirate Day and I didn’t eat him!
Your friends, Lucy and Xena Schnauzer Warrior Princess
Charlee: “We have a great big macaw in the neighborhood. His name is Wonder.”
Chaplin: “His owners sometimes bring him out and then sometimes he escapes.”
Charlee: “One time he landed right in our backyard. It’s a good thing Dennis wasn’t out there or he would have had a heart attack.”
Lulu: “I think having a macaw in the yard would be fun!”
Charlee: “You think everything is fun.”
Lulu: “That’s because it is!”
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OMD, those are FABulous stories!!!! Especially Sid! How adorables ~ I wish they would have offered him to your Moms…..♥
Kisses,
Ruby ♥
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So does she, Ruby. He might still be here as our brother!
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We had no idea birds were so interesting. You always tell a good story
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Thanks, girls. Xox Xena and Lucy
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You didn’t eat Pirate Pete. That is why YOU are still alive!
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He, he, he. I really do hope you enjoyed parrot day
😁
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What great stories for Parrot Day!!
xoxo,
Rosy, Jakey & Arty
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Sidney was a cool cucumber Cockatoo. What a great story on Parrot day
Hugs Cecilia
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Wow, Xena…your mom is a bird whisperer! That’s way too cool. Here’s to a fur-bulous weekend.
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No, Miss Monika, she talked right out loud to Sidney. Xox Xena
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It sounds like Sidney the Cockatoo was a pleasure to have stay at the vets. Too bad the other parrot wasn’t as nice.
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Hari Om
hello! Hello! Hello!… yes, it’s me, the YAMster, returned to the Hutch!!! (Only half a day ago and still a bit cross-eyed, but otherwise okay.) What wonderfurs tales of the feather are offered here today. Sulphur-crested cockatoos are natives of the Great Down Under Parts and are character birds indeed. Sidney sounds like a gorgeous bird. Macaws are rather renowned for being devilish, so ML’s story doesn’t really surprise me (though it is a little bit sad). Hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx
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Welcome home, YAM Aunty! I would like a bird…mmmmm. Xox Xena
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OMW! not one but TWO super parrot stories. it is so sad your mom did not get to have that talking bird. thanks for sharing the stories and I had not idea it is world parrot day. I am glad they are stopping the selling and shipping of them. Did you now that Macaws can be hear in the jungle from 500 miles away…
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Oh yeah, they’re loud!
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How cool dat your momma wuz his favorite!
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oh that is a super nice story… and it is no wonder that Sid talked to your mama… she loves animals and parrots are smart and know the people with the golden heart immediately ;O)
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It’s true! We think Mary Lou must have had issues. She also swore a lot. xox Xena and Lucy
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