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The Creation of the Grey Parrot
By Gloria Ridgway
Submitted by Diane Christiansen

The Creators sat by the edge of sea,
Their shining new world a joy to see
There were all the beasts of every kind;
Herbs, grasses and trees and fruiting vine.
But somehow, they noticed a lack was there,
A missing'something' to move through the air...

Insects and angels are just NOT enough;
We need something between, not so small, not so grand,
Something for everywhere: sea, sky and land.

So they gathered up petals of every hue,
Gave the Breath of Heaven:
And the petals flew.

They turned in the air moving white and green,
Yellow and red, and all colors between...
The blue of a gentian with daffodil gold;
Shimmering shadow from an evergreen fold,
White daisy in sunlight spun raucous delight,
While scarlet and green soared into the night.
All the colors of earth merged in ways rare and fine,
Forming splendor in feathers with wings made of sublime.
All from the petals of Earth's very best,
And then kissed by the breath of Heavens own blest.

They sat on the hill and they watched the great flight,
With joy and laughter and unbound delight.
But they found a small lack; a something not right,
And they bent to find where they had failed their foresight.

Far from the south a great cloud roiled free
In piles and billows it spilled over the sea,
Rushing and roaring up the river it fled;
All grayness and moon shot
With a curfed silver head.

It came from deep shadowed darkness
While the huntress shone bright
But this mighty storm cloud
Bore her crest and her light.
Deeper yet to the west the sun had set down
A flame of farewell to the sea the ground.

The mighty ones stood, looked east toward the day;
Subtle hints of morning not yet quite on the way;
And they gave a great shout inspired and proud
Put out heir hands, grasped chaos and cloud;
Reached for the morning still allunborn,
Plaited the sunset, flaming and warm
Whispered a WORD to the river wind
Sang a NOTE from the stars: a perilous hymn;

And brought forth a bird with the moon on his face,
Silver mail on his breast in a pattern of lace;
Wings shifting creating a wafting of dark,
Tail feathers of sunset shouting his mark;
And his eye, oh his eyebrought first blackest night,
Hidden fallings of stars, gentlest light;
Shading at last into sun pale and bright.
He hovered before them this bird made of storm,
Of moonlight
And sunlight
And
Sunset form;
This most perfect creation of all winged ones
Storm parrot, grey Parrot, Creations' own son.

NEW
KIDS AND Parrots
(under construction)

This area is to show that kids and parrots may live happily within the same home.  No names will be displayed in this area for the safety of the children and their feathered friends.

If you would like to share a picture of your kid with your fid please e-mail me your jpg. picture at michelle@thepoliteparrot.com

POLITE PARROT CLIENTS AND FRIENDS

Strawberry, Oct. 2003                 Strawberry, May 2004      

Puga  prior to her consult with Michelle and Puga two years later.  Puga had been picking for two years prior to her consult.  This helps confirm that the longer a behavior problem continues that will be the amount of time to fix it.  Puga is fortunately in a very loving home who devoted themselves to making her happy.  Great Job!

Gilligan  giving Michelle a kiss 

  FROSTY

We had a special visit from our new friend Frosty who spent the night and day with us, we enjoyed her so much we thought you would too.  Frosty has since passed away, she put up a good fight but with her handicap and her medical issues she just could not hang on any longer.  She touched our lives briefly yet blessed us forever.

Cyrus with Michelle
Cyrus bless many of us by showing everyone he met true affection, it was love at first sight when I met him.  Cyrus has since passed away from PDD, he is missed more than words can begin to explain.  His story will soon be available for all to read and hopefully learn from.  We miss you Cyrus!

Matty is a rainbow Lorikeet, he loves to visit us here at The Polite Parrot while his mom Susan is away.

Chuckles, and Tupok De Angelis

Pat and Chris with their Congo African Grey Bailey.  Pat and Chris are the adoptive parents of Kiwi and Mookie.

"Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me!"
Lemondrop was a self mutilator.

Harry enjoying an afternoon
of outdoor activities

Lemon Miller, Wally Grunauer, and Peter Grunauer
enjoying the sunshine at The Polite Parrot

   
Chris is a Dusky Head Conure.
She lives out east with Michelle's Aunt Kathi.

Merlin and Woody watch for the mailman to bring cracker treats.

Jeffrey Davidson out playing after his bath

Update on Jeffrey, Jeffrey was a girl and she became egg bound despite the efforts of her owner and her vet she has left us with a hole in our hearts forever.

Colby Stenberg out playing at The Polite Parrot

Colby has also left us after dealing with seizures for many years, we shall miss all her sweetness and love that she gave so readily to everyone's life that she touched.

Tigger, a Polite Parrot client, getting into trouble.

Tigger now lives at Colby's old home, so that the house was not so quiet.  She is happy, healthy and very spoiled.

 Polite Parrot clients Charlie and Nora Fratini enjoying the great outdoors 

Polite Parrot residents Buzz, Jazz, and Oskar.  Polite Parrot clients Nuk, Squeak, Ellis, and Olivia.  As seen at the top of page.

December 7, 2001

Hi, my name is Lily and I was rescued from a home in Wisconsin. My family bought me about a year and a half ago and for some "unknown" reason I became severly phobic. I'm Ricco's little sister now. I also live with Nuk and Squeak. We think that I'm Squeak's clutch mate because we came from the same breeder about the same time. I was really scared when I came here and I still won't let anyone touch me. Now I come out of my cage and sit on the door. I'm still scared but I like to be misted and play with all my new toys. Ricco assures me that this is a nice place to live and no one will hurt me here.

December 1, 2001

Harry a 6 year old Green Wing Macaw with his Mom and Dad, Larry and Dorian.

December 7, 2001

Mookie a Green Wing Macaw was adopted by Patrick (on left) and Chris (middle). Chris is holding Kiwi another adoption from the Polite Parrot. Michelle has Bailey on her shoulder. Mookie instantly bonded with Patrick. Mookie was given up by his owners along with Harry a 6 year old Green Wing Macaw (also adopted) due to the family's relocation.

August 11, 2001

Ricco was recently placed by the Polite Parrot. He is a 14 months old Congo African Grey and was a fully feathered baby. His feather destruction started at 16 weeks. He is now with a family of 2 other Greys and is completely fuzzy and has shown no signs of picking. He is on a totally organic diet and spends most of his time learning how to be a parrot. Look for updates on Ricco's progress. Ricco now has his own page. "Click Here" to check up on him!

Woodstock is the baby Conure and Sweet Thing is their other Conure. Woodstock came from The Polite Parrot and Sweet Thing is a boarder at the Polite Parrot. They both belong to The Bucholz family.

Elvis was rescued from a dark unfinished basement with little light. He was banned for being too loud. He now lives in Indiana with his new family. He is doing very well. He is the only bird in the household and having the time of his life where he can be a bird and not be punished for it.

Maxx is a Moluccan Cockatoo and he is 7 years old. He came from a very loving family and was given up due to aggression. His aggression issues have been resolved. Maxx now lives with Nancy his new mom and is very spoiled.