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Coco Calling No.256 - All About Prayer
One of my regular readers sent an email asking whether parrots ever pray. And the answer is yes we do. In fact, it’s easy for us. I just...

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Apr 8, 20252 min read


Coco Calling No.255 - Going Back to the Garden of Eden
One of the very special things about Costa Rica which sets it apart from other countries, is that the majority of its humans live in...

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Mar 31, 20252 min read


Coco Calling No.253 - A Tale of Two Trees
My owner and his wife have recently returned home from southern Costa Rica where they spent a couple of weeks enjoying the tropical rain...

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Feb 17, 20253 min read


Coco Calling No.254 - The Most Popular of All
Many years ago, the people of Costa Rica were invited to vote for their country’s ‘National Bird.’ With well over 700 different species...

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Feb 17, 20252 min read


Coco Calling No.252 - All About Fish
Source: https://pemptousia.com/2020/09/the-fisherman-of-gennesaret-a-historical-approach/ Did you know that the key to life can be found...

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Feb 17, 20253 min read


Coco Calling No.251 - All About Change
Parrots and humans share a common trait, because not many of us like to welcome change into our lives. We prefer everything to remain the...

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Feb 17, 20252 min read


Coco Calling No.248 - All About Hope
January can feel like a month that drags. And humans don’t seem to like it at all, which is probably why they call one of their days...

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Jan 28, 20252 min read


Coco Calling No.249 - A Question of Words and What Really Matters
Parrots are well known for being great talkers. Yes, we like to learn human speech, and some of us are really good at it. African Grey...

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Jan 28, 20253 min read


Coco Calling No.250 - A Parrot’s Guide to Human Acronyms
Last week, I wrote about how hard it is for parrots to understand the dual meanings of certain human words. And as if that wasn’t bad...

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Jan 28, 20252 min read


Coco Calling No.247 - The Hypocrite That’s Me
Credit: Helen Blewitt Everything started off as normal today. I woke up, had a good stretch, ate some breakfast, and then performed my...

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Jan 14, 20252 min read


Coco Calling No.248 - My Own Worst Enemy
Last week’s chicken blog taught me an important lesson. Yes, I’ve been a hypocrite, but I’ve also been vain. All too often, I’ve puffed...

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Jan 14, 20252 min read


Coco Calling No.246 - Temporary Residents
There’s a very hard frost in the garden today. And it means that the birds outside are twice as hungry, and all fluffed up against the...

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Jan 8, 20253 min read


Coco Calling No.245 - Christmas Gifts!
We’re now a week past Christmas Day, and I hope you all had a wonderful time. I certainly did! A couple of my regular blog readers sent...

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Dec 31, 20242 min read


Coco Calling No.244 - The Most Joyous Day
So how do you feel about today? It’s Christmastime, and we parrots absolutely love it! We love all the sparkly lights, especially when we...

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Dec 25, 20242 min read


Coco Calling No.243 - About Life’s Trials and Tribulations
Sometimes, something comes along in life which can only be described as a trial or a tribulation. Something that we are forced to deal...

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Dec 19, 20243 min read


Coco Calling No.242 - The Water of Life
My owner has to change my water pot every single day because I always make a mess in it. I like to put banana chips and nuts into my...

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Dec 10, 20242 min read


Coco Calling No.241 - Making Our World a Better Place
We parrots love a good bedtime story. A story helps us to settle down on our perches before we go to sleep. And one of my absolute...

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Dec 3, 20242 min read


Coco Calling No.240 - The Journey of Life
Last week, my owner had to make a journey from Penzance in Cornwall to the edge of Exmoor in Devon. It was the day after some heavy snow,...

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Nov 25, 20243 min read


Coco Calling No.239 - November Blues
November! Urgh. Definitely not the favourite month for parrots living in the northern hemisphere. And that’s because it’s getting dark....

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Nov 18, 20242 min read


Coco Calling No.238 - “Love Your Neighbour as Yourself”
We now have three chickens out in the garden. Yes, THREE free-range chickens which in my humble opinion is three too many. They’re pretty...

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Nov 13, 20242 min read
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