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Coco Calling No.173 - A Parrot’s Guide to Advent
Having ancestral roots which stretch back to deepest Senegal, -where the sun shines brightly and the sky is blue, -I have to admit that...

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Nov 30, 20214 min read


Coco Calling No.172 - A Parrot’s Guide to Salvation and Honesty
I think that humans provide many hours of fascinating study. Why do some humans turn out the way that they do? How much of their...

Coco
Nov 23, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.171 - United We Stand!
Our little village is home to a large number of Rooks and Jackdaws. Sometimes they come into the garden and strut around on our back lawn...

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Nov 16, 20214 min read


Coco Calling No.170 - The Safety Net of Jesus
We parrots love a good story, so I’d like to share one with you this week. Deep in the heart of Western Canada, a life-long atheist went...

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Nov 10, 20214 min read


Coco Calling No.169 - A Tale of Two Pumpkins
My owner has just staggered back into the house and is now flopped out in a chair drinking beer. And why? Well, it’s because he’s just...

Coco
Nov 2, 20212 min read


Coco Calling No.168 - Shining in the Darkest Hour
It almost that time of year again when the clocks change in the U.K. And it means that it will start to get dark by 5.0 o’clock in the...

Coco
Oct 26, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.167 - The Parrot that Published a Book
After ten months of hard work, I’ve finally published my book! I’ve shed a great many feathers during the process and destroyed at least...

Coco
Oct 20, 20214 min read


Coco Calling No.166 - When Life and Death is in Your Hands
My owner’s always a busy fellow. Autumntime is when he goes around the garden (and up a ladder on the side of the house) cleaning out all...

Coco
Oct 13, 20214 min read


Coco Calling No.165 - The Passing of Nanna
It’s not been an easy time for my human family over the last couple of weeks. Nanna, who lived on the other side of our house slipped...

Coco
Oct 5, 20212 min read


Coco Calling No.164 - The “Junk” Within Our Inner Minds
Compared to humans, I have quite a small head. But I still like to think that there’s a lot packed into it! Because parrots just like...

Coco
Sep 1, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.163 - What’s In an Egg?
Just over 21 years ago, I emerged from an egg measuring no more than 2.5 inches long and about an inch wide. I have always found it very...

Coco
Aug 24, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.162 - Our Kitchen Horror Movie
Now we’re getting towards the end of the Summer, there’s an awful lot of flies about! It’s one of the downsides of living out in the...

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Aug 17, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.161 - In Our Own Little World
The other day, I was sitting by the computer putting the finishing touches to my forthcoming book. (It’s a lengthy old business when you...

Coco
Aug 11, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.160 - A Tale of Two Celebrities
My owner has recently been on a visit to the Isles of Scilly situated some thirty miles off the tip of Cornwall. And on one particular...

Coco
Aug 3, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.159 - Lost and Found
My human family, like many others, is very good at mislaying things. And this is particularly true of nanna who lives on the other side...

Coco
Jul 28, 20212 min read


Coco Calling No.158 - The Mess in My Water Pot
Each day, my owner gives me a pot of clean water. He has to throw the old water out onto the back lawn because it’s too messy to pour...

Coco
Jul 21, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.157 - The Paradox that’s All of Us
I’ve sat on this perch on many occasions and bowed my head in shame. And it’s all because I don’t always practice what I preach. I...

Coco
Jul 13, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.156 - Shaped, Moulded and Changed
Humans are often surprised when they learn about the longevity of parrots. I’m a millennium bird so that makes me 21. Senegal Parrots are...

Coco
Jun 29, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.155 - In Search of Happiness
One of the reasons why a lot of humans like parrots is because we are so bright and cheerful! You could call us extraverted bundles of...

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Jun 22, 20213 min read


Coco Calling No.154 - The Force of Goodness Inside Us All
Last Saturday, my owner went to a friend’s funeral. And funerals are occasions that can cause all kinds of different emotions to swirl...

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Jun 16, 20212 min read
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