Pope Francis blesses Amore the parrot after peace doves were attacked by other birds
POPE Francis seems to have made up with the world of birds.
POPE Francis seems to have made up with the world of birds.
Updated on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 7:43 by City Parrots
Berkeley's free parrot of Prince Street, who has spent 10 years visiting us through our bedroom window ("A fussy bird moves in," July 9, 2005), has turned out to be a girl.
Readers intrigued by the wild parrots of Telegraph Hill may be interested in Berkeley's Free Parrot of Prince Street. This small yellow- crowned, green Amazon parrot with a metal tethering ring around its right leg was originally one of a pair that were already frequenting the Ashby BART neighborhood when we moved here more than 20 years ago.