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Feb 8, 20233 min read

Coco Calling No.226 - A Little Story of ‘The Haves’ and ‘The Have Nots.’

I’ve often said that humans are a very strange bunch, but my owner and his wife take the biscuit. All creatures know that if you’re going...

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Feb 1, 20233 min read

Coco Calling No.225 - Knowing God

The other day, I was sitting on my owner’s shoulder watching a programme on TV. It’s something that we do most evenings. The interviewer...

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Jan 10, 20232 min read

Coco Calling No.224 - The Art of Loving and Staying Together

This week, I’m going to say a bit more about ‘love’ because it’s probably the most important thing we will ever hope to experience here...

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Jan 3, 20232 min read

Coco Calling No.223 - The Power of Love

Wouldn’t it be interesting if parrots like me conducted surveys? I’d love to line up a random group of humans and ask them all this...

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Dec 29, 20223 min read

Coco Calling No.222 - Wonderfully Brilliant Chaotic Perfection!

Although some of these words could be used to describe my feathery appearance, (minus the ‘chaotic’ of course!), this title’s not about...

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Dec 20, 20223 min read

Coco Calling No.221 - Seeing Through the Fog

It’s been really cold recently and we’ve even had snow. We just don’t get that sort of thing in deepest Senegal, so I had to follow the...

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Dec 12, 20222 min read

Coco Calling No.220 - It’s Advent!

I always think that humans should get a whole lot more excited than they do about the season of Advent. After all, the word “Advent”...

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Dec 7, 20222 min read

Coco Calling No.219 - Football Fever!

Well, I’m very pleased to say that my team, -Senegal, -made it through to the knock-out stages of the World Cup! Unfortunately, we then...

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Nov 29, 20223 min read

Coco Calling No.218 - The Madness of Money

The world in which parrots exist is very straight-forwards. You could say that we live out our lives at a subsistence level. In the wild,...

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Nov 21, 20223 min read

Coco Calling No.217 - A Parrot’s Guide To The World Cup

The World Cup Finals are upon us! And I have to say that it’s all quite difficult for a parrot to comprehend…….. Image by Elias Schäfer...

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Nov 16, 20223 min read

Coco Calling No.216 - Finding Joy

An endearing fact about parrots is that we’re normally eternal optimists, and just get on with our daily lives irrespective of what’s...

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Nov 9, 20223 min read

Coco Calling No.215 - Taking a Leap of Faith

I often like to sit on my favourite perch and cogitate quietly. So the other day, I found myself remembering back to when I was a young...

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Nov 2, 20222 min read

Coco Calling No.214 - Parrot in Training

Over the last couple of months or so, I’ve been joining my owner as he takes church services. I sit on his shoulder, and my owner...

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Oct 25, 20222 min read

Coco Calling No.213 - A Meeting with Nurse Cath.

My owner recently had a hospital appointment. It was just a routine follow-up after he had some surgery to remove his prostate back in...

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Oct 19, 20224 min read

Coco Calling No.212 - Rockets, Religion and Human Reasoning

Humans often ask me how I spend my time while my owner and his wife are out working. And I certainly don’t just sit on my perch twiddling...

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Oct 12, 20222 min read

Coco Calling No.211 - A Very Special Harvest

Peace in our small village has recently been shattered by a herd of metal dragons which have been marauding up and down our usually quiet...

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Oct 5, 20222 min read

Coco Calling No.210 - On the Conveyor Belt of Life

A great many humans have just returned home from their annual migration which they call their “Summer holiday.” And they’re all coming...

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Sep 27, 20225 min read

Coco Calling No.209 - A Parrot’s Tribute to Queen Elizabeth ii

It may not have escaped your notice that something rather big has recently occurred amongst the world of humans. I was solving all of the...

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Aug 24, 20223 min read

Coco Calling No.208 - Hidden Gems

You know, in many ways, parrots have it made. We’re naturally beautiful but brainy as well. We usually have bright colours which help us...

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Aug 17, 20222 min read

Coco Calling No.207 - Growing Older

During their recent holiday on the Isles of Scilly, my owner and his wife visited the local museum. The exhibits included items from...

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