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		<title>The Story of Snowball&#8217;s Rise to Viral Fame</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently chatted with Irena Schulz, founder of the avian rescue Bird Lovers Only, which is best known for being home of Snowball the Dancing Cockatoo. Just over two years ago, Irena posted a video of Snowball dancing to the Backstreet Boys and this Medium Sulphur Crested Eleanora Cockatoo skyrocketed to viral video fame.

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		<title>One of Our Videos Has More Than 25,000 Views!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Best in Flock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was just checking stats for our YouTube channel, and one of our videos has well over 25,000 views on it.
Which one, you ask? Of course it&#8217;s the one of Stewie screaming his little sun conure head off. None of the others come even close.
Okay, so my little video star isn&#8217;t nearly as popular as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bestinflock.wordpress.com&blog=1385309&post=1021&subd=bestinflock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scritches for Everyone!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a whole year of watching Mika enjoying head scratches, Stewie has decided that he&#8217;s going to allow me to touch him. Not just touch him, but rub his neck and pinch the keratin off his new feathers! Pin feathers are itchy and uncomfortable and, in the wild, parrots engage in allopreening to help each [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bestinflock.wordpress.com&blog=1385309&post=991&subd=bestinflock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Loud Is a Sun Conure (Redux)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Best in Flock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick story: The other night, I got a call from the ACLU asking for a donation to support their investigation of waterboarding at Guantanamo. The whole time, of course, my orange ball of terror is &#8220;vocalizing&#8221; to express his unhappiness about me being on the phone. At the end of the call, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bestinflock.wordpress.com&blog=1385309&post=943&subd=bestinflock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Parrot Hormones &#8211; Is Brat Bird Season Over Yet?!</title>
		<link>http://bestinflock.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/parrot-hormones-is-brat-bird-season-over-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring is hormonal season for parrots. It&#8217;s a time for molting, crankiness and just general acting out. And Stewie the sun conure had a horrid case of the brats for the last month or more.
In the past few weeks I&#8217;ve barely been able to hear myself think thanks to all the incessant screaming. Stewie screamed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bestinflock.wordpress.com&blog=1385309&post=796&subd=bestinflock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Frivolous Photo Friday</title>
		<link>http://bestinflock.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/frivolous-photo-friday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Stewie. Inside my shirt. It&#8217;s his new favorite hangout.

That is all.
 Tagged: conure inside shirt, parrot photos, photo friday, photos of parrots, silly birds, sun conure, sun conure snuggling      <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bestinflock.wordpress.com&blog=1385309&post=781&subd=bestinflock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wet Birdie Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://bestinflock.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/wet-birdie-wednesday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing sillier than a wet parrot  
Here&#8217;s Mika looking like a wet chicken after a shower:

Here&#8217;s Stewie sporting a faux-hawk.

Mika loves her showers, always getting good and soaked, while Stewie prefers a more gentle misting (or a bath in his water bowl).
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		<title>Stewie&#8217;s Guide To Stepping Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some birds (like Mika) step up pretty much whenever you present your finger in the step-up position. Stewie thinks that&#8217;s for suckers.
Here are his rules for getting him to step up (from his perspective):
1) Bribes - A bribe is when I show him the treat (and let him watch me get the treat) before asking [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bestinflock.wordpress.com&blog=1385309&post=754&subd=bestinflock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>African Grey Sings National Anthem at Puppy Bowl</title>
		<link>http://bestinflock.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/african-grey-sings-national-anthem-at-puppy-bowl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pepper the African Grey is a representative for Phoenix Landing, my favorite parrot adoption agency &#8211; and this weekend she rose to stardom singing for a national audience. This precocious parrot sang The Star Spangled Banner to open Puppy Bowl V.
Check out Pepper showing off her pipes at the Puppy Bowl:

And then join the Phoenix [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bestinflock.wordpress.com&blog=1385309&post=762&subd=bestinflock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year from Stewie and Mika</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Best in Flock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2008 has been a good year for the flock &#8230; and for the blog, with lots of fun posts and even a shout out or two from folks in the avian training industry. And December 2008 was our best month yet in terms of blog visits. Hooray!
We&#8217;re also thrilled to have made it as a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bestinflock.wordpress.com&blog=1385309&post=681&subd=bestinflock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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