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Coco Calling No.257 - Real Love
My owner and I get on really well, and it’s been that way for the 25 years that we’ve lived together in the same flock. Of course, he’s...
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12 minutes ago2 min read
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Coco Calling No.256 - All About Prayer
One of my regular readers sent an email asking whether parrots ever pray. And the answer is yes we do. In fact, it’s easy for us. I just...
Coco
7 days ago2 min read
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Coco Calling No.255 - Going Back to the Garden of Eden
One of the very special things about Costa Rica which sets it apart from other countries, is that the majority of its humans live in...
Coco
Mar 312 min read
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Coco Calling No.253 - A Tale of Two Trees
My owner and his wife have recently returned home from southern Costa Rica where they spent a couple of weeks enjoying the tropical rain...
Coco
Feb 173 min read
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Coco Calling No.254 - The Most Popular of All
Many years ago, the people of Costa Rica were invited to vote for their country’s ‘National Bird.’ With well over 700 different species...
Coco
Feb 172 min read
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Coco Calling No.252 - All About Fish
Source: https://pemptousia.com/2020/09/the-fisherman-of-gennesaret-a-historical-approach/ Did you know that the key to life can be found...
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Feb 173 min read
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Coco Calling No.251 - All About Change
Parrots and humans share a common trait, because not many of us like to welcome change into our lives. We prefer everything to remain the...
Coco
Feb 172 min read
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Coco Calling No.248 - All About Hope
January can feel like a month that drags. And humans don’t seem to like it at all, which is probably why they call one of their days...
Coco
Jan 282 min read
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Coco Calling No.249 - A Question of Words and What Really Matters
Parrots are well known for being great talkers. Yes, we like to learn human speech, and some of us are really good at it. African Grey...
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Jan 283 min read
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Coco Calling No.250 - A Parrot’s Guide to Human Acronyms
Last week, I wrote about how hard it is for parrots to understand the dual meanings of certain human words. And as if that wasn’t bad...
Coco
Jan 282 min read
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Coco Calling No.247 - The Hypocrite That’s Me
Credit: Helen Blewitt Everything started off as normal today. I woke up, had a good stretch, ate some breakfast, and then performed my...
Coco
Jan 142 min read
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Coco Calling No.248 - My Own Worst Enemy
Last week’s chicken blog taught me an important lesson. Yes, I’ve been a hypocrite, but I’ve also been vain. All too often, I’ve puffed...
Coco
Jan 142 min read
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Coco Calling No.246 - Temporary Residents
There’s a very hard frost in the garden today. And it means that the birds outside are twice as hungry, and all fluffed up against the...
Coco
Jan 83 min read
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Coco Calling No.245 - Christmas Gifts!
We’re now a week past Christmas Day, and I hope you all had a wonderful time. I certainly did! A couple of my regular blog readers sent...
Coco
Dec 31, 20242 min read
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Coco Calling No.244 - The Most Joyous Day
So how do you feel about today? It’s Christmastime, and we parrots absolutely love it! We love all the sparkly lights, especially when we...
Coco
Dec 25, 20242 min read
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Coco Calling No.243 - About Life’s Trials and Tribulations
Sometimes, something comes along in life which can only be described as a trial or a tribulation. Something that we are forced to deal...
Coco
Dec 19, 20243 min read
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Coco Calling No.242 - The Water of Life
My owner has to change my water pot every single day because I always make a mess in it. I like to put banana chips and nuts into my...
Coco
Dec 10, 20242 min read
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Coco Calling No.241 - Making Our World a Better Place
We parrots love a good bedtime story. A story helps us to settle down on our perches before we go to sleep. And one of my absolute...
Coco
Dec 3, 20242 min read
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Coco Calling No.240 - The Journey of Life
Last week, my owner had to make a journey from Penzance in Cornwall to the edge of Exmoor in Devon. It was the day after some heavy snow,...
Coco
Nov 25, 20243 min read
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Coco Calling No.239 - November Blues
November! Urgh. Definitely not the favourite month for parrots living in the northern hemisphere. And that’s because it’s getting dark....
Coco
Nov 18, 20242 min read
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