-> Sad.  Were there ever native parrots down your way?  There used to be
Yes, and we still have them flying wild.  Brownsville has a strong
Mexican Redhead population, and we have a flock of at least 50+ Green
Conures (Arratinga) flying wild in McAllen.  We see them regularly at
the park and never tire of them.  (Though they can FILL a palm tree with
their raucus noise!)
-> about the problem of her decibel competition with the vacuum cleaner.
Oh NO!  Not the dread Amazon Vacuum Cleaner imitation!  That's louder
than DC-9 (If possible) PRobably becxause it's closer to their natural
voice pattern.  We just took ours outside for their bath or something
when we wanted to vacuum.  It's ear splitting!
 ^..^
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