Amy SF
01-25-06, 12:14 PM
I thought this was an interesting story. I even put the documentary in my Netflix queue.
January 25, 2006
Where Wild Parrots Perch, Accusations Fly
Bird caretaker Mark Bittner and a neighbor are feuding over whether to save or cut down two roosting trees.
By John M. Glionna, Times Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Bittner scanned the sky and anticipated the cacophonous arrival of his green-feathered friends, an adopted family of nearly 200 on-the-loose parrots he has made famous in both book and movie projects. "Here they come," he said softly. "Right on time."
They're a renegade gang of escaped pets, born-in-the-wild juveniles and various hangers-on that include several parrot species. The chattering avians — most of them cherry-headed conures — wing their way every day to the shady confines of two towering Monterey cypresses near majestic Coit Tower. Bittner watches them with a parental eye.
Rest of the article: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-parrots25jan25,0,2596163.story?coll=la-headlines-california
January 25, 2006
Where Wild Parrots Perch, Accusations Fly
Bird caretaker Mark Bittner and a neighbor are feuding over whether to save or cut down two roosting trees.
By John M. Glionna, Times Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Bittner scanned the sky and anticipated the cacophonous arrival of his green-feathered friends, an adopted family of nearly 200 on-the-loose parrots he has made famous in both book and movie projects. "Here they come," he said softly. "Right on time."
They're a renegade gang of escaped pets, born-in-the-wild juveniles and various hangers-on that include several parrot species. The chattering avians — most of them cherry-headed conures — wing their way every day to the shady confines of two towering Monterey cypresses near majestic Coit Tower. Bittner watches them with a parental eye.
Rest of the article: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-parrots25jan25,0,2596163.story?coll=la-headlines-california