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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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Aug 10, 20222 min read
Coco Calling No.206 - Searching For Treasure
My owner and his wife have recently been away to the Isles of Scilly and this meant that I had some “strange” humans looking after me....
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Aug 3, 20222 min read
Coco Calling No.205 - Greatest Gifts to the World
Parrots are extremely brainy, which is probably why I like to work on brilliant theories and fill my head with all kinds of facts and...
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Jul 27, 20222 min read
Coco Calling No.204 - How Much Are We Worth?
My owner was recently sorting out some stuff in our annex. Nanna lived over there before her passing last September, and regular readers...
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Jul 20, 20222 min read
Coco Calling No.203 - The Peace and Love of God
I recently had a rather special outing! I was invited to join my owner as he took a service at a local Methodist Church. And I’m pleased...
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