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Sep 11, 20242 min read
Coco Calling No.292 - Making the Most of the Time that we Have
JJ Jorda n's photo on Pixabay I spend a great many hours preening my feathers on the highest perch I can find, showing the world how...
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Coco
Sep 4, 20243 min read
Coco Calling No.291 - The Day My Owner Went to Prison
Yes, the day finally arrived when my owner went to prison. I wasn’t surprised to hear the news; no, I assumed that his appalling sense of...
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Coco
Aug 28, 20242 min read
Coco Calling No.290 - On Our Value and Worth
Hello everyone! Yours truly is back from a two week stay on the wonderful Isles of Scilly. Lots of humans migrate there over the Summer...
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Coco
Aug 6, 20242 min read
Coco Calling No.289 - On Trials and Tribulations
Do you sometimes have a day when things don’t work out quite as planned, or else chaos and disorder seem to rule instead of everything...
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Coco
Jul 31, 20242 min read
Coco Calling No.288 - The Greatest Love of All
Last week, I told you what happened when my owner’s wife suddenly had a fit in the middle of the night. And there’s a side-story to this...
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Coco
Jul 23, 20243 min read
Coco Calling No.287 - When at the Heart of the Storm
On the night that my owner and his wife returned home from Edinburgh, something very strange happened. Something that’s never occurred in...
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Coco
Jul 16, 20242 min read
Coco Calling No.286 - When Things Don’t Work Out Quite as You’d Like
My owner and his wife recently went to a wedding in Edinburgh. I never like it when they go away because somebody else has to look after...
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Coco
Jul 9, 20242 min read
Coco Calling No.285 - Jess and Norma
Humans have all kinds of clever gadgets that they use to communicate with one another. This means that they don’t have to screech or...
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Coco
Jun 30, 20242 min read
Coco Calling No.284 - Election Fever!
Honestly! There are some occasions when humans get totally out of control, and this is one of them. British humans are about to have an...
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Coco
Jun 26, 20242 min read
Coco Calling No.283 - In The Hands of a Master Craftsman
My owner recently met a tree surgeon. When I first heard this, I had visions of some heroic human conducting open heart surgery on an...
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Coco
Jun 19, 20242 min read
Coco Calling No.282 - When The Tables Are Turned
My owner has been working away feverishly on his vegetable patch. And he takes particular care of his brassicas because they are a magnet...
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Coco
Jun 11, 20242 min read
Coco Calling No.281 - On Giving and Taking
Like a great many parrots, I was hatched out to be both vain and naughty; both traits are central to my DNA. I spend a great many hours...
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Coco
Jun 5, 20242 min read
Coco Calling No.280 - Nurturing the Garden of Life
It’s such a busy time in the garden right now. My owner often complains that the weeds in North Devon come with ‘attitude.’ They seem...
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Coco
May 27, 20243 min read
Coco Calling No.279 - The Menace in the Meadow
I live my daily life here surrounded by a whole range of different animals. I rub shoulders with two elderly labradors, two chickens, a...
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Coco
May 21, 20242 min read
Coco Calling No.278 - A Lesson in Vanity
Photo by Alan Godsmark, Barnstaple I’m not exactly saying that I’m vane, but any self-respecting parrot always wants to be top bird in...
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Coco
May 14, 20243 min read
Coco Calling No.277 - The Eleventh Hour Miracle
These past twelve years, I’ve shared my life with a variety of different animals including two Labradors. And a few days ago, things...
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Coco
May 5, 20242 min read
Coco Calling No.276 - When A Few Good Words Ring True
I had one of my ‘Einstein’ moments the other day. I was sitting on my perch, quietly cogitating, when I had a brilliant idea. Because no...
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Coco
Apr 28, 20243 min read
Coco Calling No.275 - The Story of the Hapless Sparrow
Tra-la! Yes, your favourite parrot is back after a three-month break. I hope I find you all in very fine fettle and that you’ve missed...
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Coco
Jan 17, 20242 min read
Coco Calling No.273 - Answering the Call
Wise parrots will tell you that at particular times of our lives, God intends us to do something; to put to use whatever skills, talents,...
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Coco
Jan 9, 20243 min read
Coco Calling No.272 - Real Intelligence…
My owner’s brain weighs around 1350 grams, whereas mine comes in at just 18 grams. And my owner’s brain is meant to have some 100 billion...
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