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Friendly Feathers
Life With Pierre, An African Grey Parrot
Dr. Fran Smith
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Price: $9.99
Paperback | 32 pages
ISBN: 978-1-4243-3694-4 |
Summary
For bird lovers young and old, this book demonstrates the relationship between one parrot and his family. Pierre, the African Grey, says greetings, makes contact calls, requests food, comments on events, and even gives commands to the poodle. Do parrots and other birds in the wild use specific sounds to communicate the same messages in bird sounds? Ornithologists have found that birds do "talk" to each other in their own way. Deon Matzens charming illustrations bring Pierre to life in this delightfully illustrated account of the bird's communication to his family. Enjoyable reading for both reader and audience.
About the Author
Dr. Fran Smith, A Clinical Psychologist, retired from Private Practice in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Dr. Smith graduated from Nova-Southeast School of Psychology. Her undergraduate degree from Brooklyn College is in Early Childhood Education. Caring for two pets, Pierre an African Grey Parrot and Cosette, a Standard Poodle are Dr. Smith's hobby. She recorded words and phrases spoken by the bird over a period of years and realized that Pierre's communication represented a real relationship between bird and the family he adopted. Dr. Smith put Pierre's communication into the context of a day for the book "Friendly Feathers".
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