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Hunt for George the parrot, stolen in house raid  -  Nov 14, 2008
Belfast Telegraph,A family is desperately searching for George, an African grey parrot, taken from their home by burglars. Carina Archbold had been living in her new home in

How Alex the Talking Parrot Showed `Bird Brain' is No Catcall  -  Nov 10, 2008
BloombergNo matter that her avian companion, ``Alex Pepperberg,'' the famous African Grey parrot, had his own ticket -- and the papers to prove he was a valuable

Parrot spirited away by wind gust  -  Nov 12, 2008
Union Democrat,By JAMES DAMSCHRODER Shadow, an African grey parrot, was swooped away from his home by a gust of wind 12 days ago near Mormon Creek and Flume Drive off of

Book Review Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Uncovered a ...  -  Nov 11, 2008
Blogcritics.org,Dr. Irene Pepperberg spent 30 years conducting research on Alex, an African grey parrot. The research with Alex ended abruptly due his unexpected death in

Family issues appeal for stolen parrot and dog  -  Nov 11, 2008
Northside People,Carina Archbold, from Swords, has been following up on sightings of her missing African grey parrot, George, around Clonsilla, but is less optimistic about

Dr. Irene Pepperberg to Sign Copies of 'Alex & Me' at Borders in ...  -  Nov 7, 2008
SYS-CON Brasil (Assinatura),...scientific research and her unique relationship with her subject, an African grey parrot who gained worldwide fame for his remarkable language skills.

Blotter: Report: Woman’s wallet lighter after parrot scam  -  Oct 22, 2008
Denton Record Chronicle,By Donna Fielder / Staff Writer A woman reported to police Tuesday that an African Grey parrot she ordered from Africa never arrived.

Surprising words of this bird  -  Nov 3, 2008
Toronto Star,AP PHOTO/BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY This 2006 photo released by Brandeis University shows Alex, the university's African grey parrot that could count to six,

Parrot that helps stroke patients speak safely returned to its owner  -  Oct 24, 2008
KSLA-TV,By Jim Shannon - bio | email WHITE CASTLE, LA (WAFB) - An expensive African Grey Parrot is back home after escaping a Gustav-damaged cage in White Castle.

First Chapter ‘Alex & Me’  -  Nov 7, 2008
New York Times,Alex, the African Grey parrot who was smarter than the average US president, has died at the relatively tender age of 31." The story was spreading around

Champaign County courts  -  Nov 13, 2008
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette,Assistant State's Attorney Joel Fletcher said Brown arranged to sell a grey parrot over the Internet to a Michigan woman, who sent her $595 via Western

A Tale of Alex, Bird with a Walnut-Sized Brain (And What a Brain ...  -  Nov 3, 2008
Bookslut,For 23 years, Alex the African Grey Parrot had been surprising scientist Irene Pepperberg with his skills, skills no birdbrain was supposed to have.

Theft of prized parrots felt ‘like my heart was ... ripped out’  -  Oct 31, 2008
Norwich Bulletin,EAST LYME 10/31/2008 Barbara Pagano holds her pet Congo African Grey Parrot, Penelope, at her home in East Lyme. Several parrots were recently stolen from

Beloved family pet missing  -  Oct 30, 2008
Sommerset County Gazette,Anyone who might have seen Piff the African grey parrot should contact 01159 491342 or e-mail: trojan66@gmail.com.

Review: Alex and Me by Irene Pepperberg  -  Nov 5, 2008
New Scientist (subscription),After all, the Alex in question was a wonderfully talkative and gifted African grey parrot who could mentally organise objects by shape, colour and quantity

Brainy bird shows where science and love meet  -  Nov 3, 2008
USA TodayIrene Pepperberg writes of the three-decade-long relationship she had with a feisty African Grey parrot named Alex, a bird who had a mind of his own.

Excerpt: 'Alex and Me'  -  Oct 27, 2008
ABC NewsIrene Pepperberg and an African Grey parrot named Alex worked together for more than 30 years. The pair became pioneers that gave the world insight to

Home for parrots whose owners flew the coop  -  Oct 27, 2008
Boston Globe,She trained her well-known African Grey parrot, Alex, to speak more than 100 words and discern shapes and colors. Alex, who died in 2007,

Irene Pepperberg Talks about Alex Her Parrot Colleague  -  Nov 3, 2008
ScienceBlogsAs you know, I went to Irene Pepperberg's reading last night from her new book about her friend and colleague, Alex the African grey parrot.

African parrot 'Ringo' returns to his Welsh College perch  -  Oct 22, 2008
Evening Leader,Ringo, a 16-year-old African grey parrot, was missing for more than 48 hours, since escaping from the Welsh College of Horticulture's small animal unit,

The Rich, Mixed Legacy of Michael Crichton  -  Nov 6, 2008
Wired NewsBut even Bailey admits that Next ends "with a vision of a happy trans-species blended family, including a multi-lingual African grey parrot and four-year

Hatebeak / Caninus - Bird Seeds of Vengeance / Wolfpig [7 inch]  -  Oct 31, 2008
Punknews.orgFor those who don't know, Hatebeak is a metal band, whose vocalist is a 17-year-old African Grey parrot named Waldo. Similarly, Caninus are fronted by two

Writer fused science with thrills  -  Nov 6, 2008
This is London,...his thriller about genetic engineering, Next, featured such captivating inventions as a loyal monkey-boy and a brilliantly clever African Grey parrot

Bookworm: Carving out a place to be  -  Oct 24, 2008
Marconews,She had wanted an African Grey parrot. They’re smaller and easier to live with, calmer in temperament and with better lingual abilities.

Airline loophole: Many animals’ deaths not tallied  -  Nov 2, 2008
Atlanta Journal Constitution,An African Grey Parrot arrived dead “in a frozen state� in April aboard a Delta flight from Atlanta to Orange County, Calif.

Michael Crichton, RIP The novelist and public policy provocateur ...  -  Nov 6, 2008
Reason Online,...trans-species blended family, including a multi-lingual African grey parrot and four-year old humanzee, as being pretty normal for the 21st century.

Jacky M: Crystal diva  -  Nov 5, 2008
XPRESS,...works solo from a palatial villa in Al Barsha, surrounded by her pets, which include an African grey parrot, a huge German Shepherd and some turtles.

Inspiring love and compassion  -  Oct 24, 2008
Tampa Tribune,Human guardians of turtles, rabbits, cats, an African grey parrot and dogs also brought pictures of their animals for the lama to bless.

Light In Winter lines up eclectic mix of artists  -  Oct 21, 2008
Ithaca Journal,...physicist Robert J. Lang, a master of origami paper folding; Irene Pepperberg, who helped an African grey parrot develop the vocabulary of a 2-year-old;

Parrot enthusiasts flocking to Simcoe County group  -  27 Sep 2008
The Barrie Examiner,Aside from Indie the sulphur-crested cockatoo, Pyke also has a grey parrot and an alexandrine parakeet. Brophy has two conures, an African grey parrot,

CIRCUS IN CITY FROM TODAY  -  27 Sep 2008
Star of Mysore,...horses, camels and rare birds like the scarlet macaw, the blue and yellow macaw, moluccan cockatoos, African lory, African grey parrot and pigeons.

Meet the parrot who politely tells you to f*** off!  -  Sep 15, 2008
Sify,London: An African Grey parrot’s filthy accent is leaving the zoo visitors go red in the face, as it tells them to "f*** off.

Swearing parrot ruffles feathers  -  Sep 15, 2008
Daily Telegraph,Max the five-year-old African grey parrot was donated by a previous owner who got fed up with his expletive-laden chatter. Keeper Peter Hansom at South Park

Sick over loss of Hounslow parrot  -  Sep 17, 2008
Hounslow Chronicle,The seven year old African Grey Parrot, Babbloo, flew from his home in Taunton Avenue, Hounslow, on the evening of Saturday, September 6,

Commemorative Coin Remembers Alex  -  Sep 3, 2008
BirdChannel.com,The Alex Foundations releases 250 collector’s coins in tribute to the Alex the African grey parrot. By Rachael Brugger Alex the African grey parrot was a

Smiley Anders for Sept. 13, 2008  -  Sep 12, 2008
2TheAdvocate,Another driver was having what appeared to be a quite animated conversation with the GPS perched on his left wrist — his Grey Parrot Sidekick!

New Orleans relieved to escape the worst  -  Sep 1, 2008
Financial Times,...husband decided to stay in New Orleans through hurricane Gustav, as they did during Katrina, with their two shar-pei dogs and one African grey parrot.

Robert Wagner on Life, Career and Natalie  -  Sep 22, 2008
ABC News...although he had his eccentricities as well: he had an African grey parrot he would wrap in a napkin and put in a brandy snifter at the dinner table.

'Who's this pretty boy then?' - appeal for owners of stray parrot  -  Sep 4, 2008
Mansfield Chad,RSPCA officers are appealing for the owner of a stray African grey parrot to come forward after the bird was found by a member of the public in Mansfield on

Birds in the News 146  -  Sep 22, 2008
ScienceBlogsMax the African Grey parrot blurts out the obscenity at South Park birdhouse in Darlington, Co Durham, UK, after he was donated by a previous owner who

Official Comment Count: 994060  -  Sep 11, 2008
ScienceBlogsWhile not an official contributer to 'Of Two Minds,' Shelley's sidekick is an African Grey parrot named Pepper. His heros are Irene Pepperberg, Alex,

Birds Brave Hurricane Gustav Evacuations  -  Sep 11, 2008
BirdChannel.com,By Angela Pham Keeping an African grey parrot, a quaker parrot, an Amazon parrot, two cockatiels, three budgerigars (parakeets) and 20 doves in a single

Who's the pretty boy then?  -  Sep 10, 2008
Mansfield Chad,RSPCA chiefs are urging the owner of this African grey parrot to come forward after he was found in Mansfield. The bird was spotted on the pavement outside

From the octopus to the parrot, the smartest creatures on the planet  -  Aug 30, 2008
Glasgow Daily Record,One African Grey parrot has a vocabulary of 900 words, which he uses in sentences. He even spots differences between objects. A captive octopus was given a

Closing road to park doesn’t make sense  -  Aug 31, 2008
Norwich Bulletin,I take my African grey parrot, Kya, to Mohegan Park at least once a week. We enter the park by way of the Taftville entrance; it is the shortest trip and

Gates couple gives love to their diverse animals  -  Aug 30, 2008
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,The loudest and funniest is Bob, an African Grey parrot with an extensive vocabulary. Bob shares air space with Kelly, a blue-fronted Amazon parrot,

The BirdChannel Newswire - August 29, 2008  -  Aug 29, 2008
BirdChannel.com,A missing African grey parrot was reunited with its owners after another family read about his disappearance in an article, reports the Evening Post.

Creative joker of contemporary theatre  -  Sep 2, 2008
Financial Times,He is survived by Daisy, two grandchildren, three dogs and Doris, an African grey parrot he had been training to squawk her life story.

Pellissippi campus aglow with balloon events  -  Sep 18, 2008
Knoxville News Sentinel,Daily entertainment includes performances by the Knoxville Zoo's African Grey parrot Einstein and by the dog show Ultimate Canines.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Smith a nice fit at Delaware  -  Sep 13, 2008
Morning Sentinel,Smith owns an African Grey Parrot and has a 100-gallon tank with more than a dozen fish, including some Frontosa. "I always wanted a water tank,

Official Comment Count: 994060  -  Sep 11, 2008
ScienceBlogsWhile not an official contributer to 'Of Two Minds,' Shelley's sidekick is an African Grey parrot named Pepper. His heros are Irene Pepperberg, Alex,

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