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Birds of a Feather?

4/19/2013

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Together on the food tray.
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Together on the metal shelf.
     Birds of a feather?  No, but close. Thanks to Parrot Rescue Center of Costa Rica, Uno now has an orange-chinned parakeet for company!  (Uno is an orange-fronted parakeet.)  The two have been sticking together since they were introduced today, and the new arrival got very vocal when Uno was removed from the aviary for a trip to the vet.
     The not-so-good news?  Uno had to have a hematoma drained this afternoon, and the vet said the wing should be amputated.  We're taking Uno to Zoo Ave on Monday, anticipating surgery.
     Hoping for the best possible outcome for our little feathered companion.  Wildlife rehabilitation isn't always easy on either the rescued or the rescuer.  
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Orange-chinned parrots in the wild.
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Orange-fronted parrots in the wild.
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    Michele Gawenka 

       Jane Goodall has always been my hero, and working with primates an aspiration.  Africa wasn't in the cards the summer I turned 16, when my parents offered to send me to volunteer,  and there was only one class (in physical anthro-pology) when I wanted to study primatology in college.  
         Decades later my husband and I retired in Costa Rica, and this is our journey with spider (and howler) monkeys. 

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