BLOG: How we process bad things

We have a bird that talks. Two of them, actually.

One is an African Grey and the other is an Eclectus Parrot. We got both of them (at different times) in rather pitiful condition and both spent much of their first two months screeching and screaming almost endlessly. But as they settled in and learned to trust us, they calmed and became amazing pets.

Lottie Rayne (we got her last year during rainy season) is our Grey and she started talking one day early this summer. It b