Parrot Palooza!
I had an art table at Parrot Palooza, hosted by the Calgary Parrot Club yesterday. Originally the show was supposed to be in a community hall, but they switched it to the new VCA vet hospital down the road from us. I tell ya, I’ve never seen such a fancy place! Most VCA clinics here are private clinics bought by VCA. I ran into a vet I knew and she told me that the actual vet part was about 1/3 of the building. Another 1/3 was Mollie’s, a pet food and supply store, complete with a coffee bar! The last third was a big community room and grooming/laundry area and that's where the bird show was.
Somehow I didn't factor in that I would be in a room of screaming parrots for seven hours. It was like "SCREAM SCREAM SCREAM SIREN SCREAM I love you SCREAM SCREAM SCREAM BARK BARK hello", but once people arrived, talking balanced out the noise. All the parrots there were club member parrots--no outside birds allowed. There were so many! There were cockatiels, conures of all kinds, cockatoos, one blue and gold macaw, an African grey, a few caiques, several different types of Amazons, a parrotlet, two Quakers, and a grey parrot who someone told me the name of, but that I didn't recognize.
While there were other vendors like me, the club members had educational tables where you could meet and greet the birds and learn about them. It was really nice to see because people don't know what they're in for with a pet parrot, even a small one. I also met local celebirdy Max the Moluccan!
There were other sweet sights. A little girl carried around a stuffed cockatiel and quietly lost her mind at all the parrots--that was probably me 40 years ago! Another lady carried around her 30 year old cockatiel and he looked exactly like Muffin. Aw! I almost started crying on the spot. Definitely looking forward to attending again next year!
Somehow I didn't factor in that I would be in a room of screaming parrots for seven hours. It was like "SCREAM SCREAM SCREAM SIREN SCREAM I love you SCREAM SCREAM SCREAM BARK BARK hello", but once people arrived, talking balanced out the noise. All the parrots there were club member parrots--no outside birds allowed. There were so many! There were cockatiels, conures of all kinds, cockatoos, one blue and gold macaw, an African grey, a few caiques, several different types of Amazons, a parrotlet, two Quakers, and a grey parrot who someone told me the name of, but that I didn't recognize.
While there were other vendors like me, the club members had educational tables where you could meet and greet the birds and learn about them. It was really nice to see because people don't know what they're in for with a pet parrot, even a small one. I also met local celebirdy Max the Moluccan!
Click to viewThere were other sweet sights. A little girl carried around a stuffed cockatiel and quietly lost her mind at all the parrots--that was probably me 40 years ago! Another lady carried around her 30 year old cockatiel and he looked exactly like Muffin. Aw! I almost started crying on the spot. Definitely looking forward to attending again next year!