-> Wowee, a boat-tailed grackle- aren't they the huge ones?
Yep. BIG ole honker.  Easily as long as a DYH, but very light in the
body. Have a TERRIBLE gleam in their eyes! 
-> Sounds very much like the personality of the mynah, from what I've
-> heard.  Did he love and collect shiny things?
He loved HIMSELF!  Since he never nested, (Or even seemed teritorial) I
guess he never had a chance to collect things.  What he REALLY loved to
do was strut in front of that mirror.  I've seen wild ones admire
themselves in shiny hubcaps by the hour.
-> guess Zopolote expected to dominate all dogs like he did yours.
-> Pobrecito.
Zopolote expected to dominate EVERYTHING!.  I swear he bossed those
linemen around better than *I* did!  He was a "fully in charge" guy.
-> I think it would be so incredible to have an intelligent bird
-> companion who could be free to interact with you outside.
My wife has a girlfriend who has a Conure that she free flys a lot!
That crazy bird thinks she's a tame mockingbird! Never fails to land on
her mistress's glove when called.  She certainly does some beautiful
flying too!  Soars and dives and does aerobatics that I could never even
attempt in my baby airplane.
-> pleasure of knowing Zopolote; thanks for sharing him with us.
Thanks for listening.  All us writers need readers!
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