As a caretaker to a rescued Blue & Gold macaw, this book was extremely disturbing. The author directly caused the untimely death of her bird by letting it free-fly in Northern California, and the poor thing starved and froze to death as a result. There was no reason for her macaw to suffer due to the author's ignorance and lack of knowledge. She claimed "macaw wasting disease" was a result of a bird not being able to fly and the wings and muscles "emulsifying". It is a viral disease, and the book is an alarming mix of misinformation like that. Read at your own risk and be prepared to get very angry at the senseless death of Sarah the macaw!
Helpful Score: 1
This was a pretty good book. I didn't really sympathize with the author much, bringing that big, noisy and aggressive bird into her little and already crowded home. And I especially didn't sympathize with Nancy's desire to give the bird its freedom.
Even though I didn't agree with the author's handling of her parrot, still she tells an interesting story well worth reading.
Even though I didn't agree with the author's handling of her parrot, still she tells an interesting story well worth reading.
