The Wild Parrot of Meadow Road
Monday, April 21st, 2008
It’s springtime, and with springtime come singing birds. They like to start early, and we often wake up to their little morning concerts. We have a couple big trees in our yard, and the wee little birds seem to like them.
However, we have one bird that’s a little bit different: a parrot. It squawks. It clicks. It steals nuts from the squirrels. And people stop and stare at it, all day long. You can’t miss it: it’s big, with green feathers and a red beak.
We don’t know where it came from. Apparently it’s here in our neighborhood on some sort of political asylum visa.
A couple years ago someone made a movie, The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill. I ordered it, for research.
I like having a parrot for a neighbor. I’d like it to stay around.
I wonder what you feed a parrot?