IT is a hard heart that doesn’t break a little in the presence of a bird in a cage or -- in the case of the parrots of California -- cheer at an escape. One Los Angeles species to elude the pet trade ...

A couple of weeks back, I got an e-mail from a reader suggesting a column about the Berkeley parrot flock. In trying to pull that column together, I was struck by how little I knew about these ...

Last week’s column, about Berkeley’s flock of parrots (or, depending on the source, parakeets or conures) drew a gratifying response. There are lots of keen observers out there, and I appreciate all ...