I love all this talk of birds. I have to make it up there one day, ParrotStars sounds awesome. I've never seen a black palm cockatoo in person- I think I might actually faint if I did, lol. AH isn't too far from me, I have to convince Dad to take me, lol.
...that would be great!
ParrotStars is only a couple of blocks away from the Arlington Heights village train station literally. One block north and 3 blocks east if you went public transportation route.
For those in the suburbs, there's a store called Chicago Bird House in Orland Park, they are a bird only store and board birds as well as selling handraised babies, I've met many a cutie in there. I just go in to visit the birds, most of the time I don't even buy anything lol.
Don't kid yourself there aren't that many bird only shops. This one is particularly clean as sanitized as a store open to the public could be. They now offer grooming services but it's by appointment only and you use a back entrance so the bird to be groomed doesn't come in contact with the store birds.In Spain we don't have any bird only pet stores. And the pet shops we have sell few bird supplies.
Occasionally in a regular pet store there may be a macaw or a an African grey that someone is trying to sell through the store. My friend got guilt tripped into buying an African grey for almost double the price of a chick. The bird is a year old and was in such bad condition, she'd been plucking, only one tatty flight feather left on her, the rest of her feathers in bad condition and the shop owner was letting everyone pester her, poor thing. He's has her a couple of months and she's looking much better.
My local park has 2 centres, one is marine the other is safari and at the marine centre they will let people hold the macaws if you don't have a child sat close to you. The birds are all donations from people who have passed or couldn't take care of them and they don't breed any of these birds in their parks.
They will talk about them and promote recycling. The girl always holds people's hands in a way they can't drop their arm and scare the bird.
I don't like all zoos/parks but this little place is ok. They aim to educate rather than entertain.
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I would love an all bird pet store to open here but I can't see that happening anytime soon
Did you get a chance to scratch her? I know I initially felt some trepidation about sticking my fingers into her cage but she is so calm and moves slowly. My eldest son James (definitely NOT a bird person) was in awe of her and she'd changed perches to get closer so James could scritch her on her crest and on the ack of her neck.@SandraK, It was my first time there looking for supplies. I didn't know anything about Juno (Juneau) but glad to learn. She is gorgeous.
@d_msparkles, That is a fantastic hyacinth. If I get back to Florida I may have to go to that park.
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