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Carly Lu is Missing – Possibly Stolen
UPDATE: Link to NEW Carly Alert Poster. Please post on social media or anywhere around San Diego County. Please help put the word out to help find Carly. She had been flying at the bay Tuesday 6/24...
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2 birds in the bush: worth 1 in the hand?
If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, then the reverse is true, right? Well it looks like we may have two in the bush. And for tonight anyway, that’s close enough to one in the hand to give...
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Ace Ventura, Poop Detective
Lots of ground covered today, stakeouts at all the spotting locations, but no Carly. I did find out she’s been seen by the park service guys most days this week very early in the morning, near the...
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Beach Bum
The latest reported sighting is from Zack in Pacific Beach, who saw Carly sitting on top of the shower area at the beach in PB, next to the lifeguard tower, on July 5, with a green parrot. He gave a...
View ArticleOne on One with Piper Poo
Thursday AM update. No new reports yesterday. I took Piper flying at the bay for a couple hours, to get him some much needed exercise and see if Carly might join him if she was nearby. He got in some...
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Not Your Ordinary Breakfast
Friday AM update: Yesterday’s walking, talking and posting mileage nets a useful lead. No reports yesterday, but I covered & posted Campland well (near golf course). Lots of trees, campers, and...
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Wednesday outpost: Crown Point
Another sighting today after 2 days of nothing and a very very low Monday. There was a promising sighting in Pacific Beach Saturday night and Sunday afternoon, a few blocks from the beach north of the...
View ArticleTheoretical Parrot Dynamics 1
1a. The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle of Parrots At any given moment, you can only determine one of the two pieces of information that will allow you to predict their next location. 1b. The Fractal...
View ArticleMEGAPHONE REPORT: IT’S LOUD
Nothing like walking around with amplified parrot calls to feel like a contestant for Neighborhood Nuisance of the Year. (Actually — surprisingly — no complaints. Just stares.) I hit the last 2...
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Where have all the Amazons gone?
After the 2-in-one-day sightings of August 1st at the far northwest and far northeast of Pacific Beach, there has been a long lull. Some 3rd hand reports, and some strange calls, but nothing very firm....
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Parrotwatching, Part 1: How to Spot an African Grey Parrot
African Grey Parrot / Carly Lu Features Body is all grey, lighter underneath with darker grey wings Bright red tail Pigeon-sized, but more torpedo- or potato-shaped Perches in the open on wires or...
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Parrotwatching, Part 2: How to Spot a Red-Crowned Amazon
The wild Amazons in San Diego are usually Red-Crowned Amazons (aka Mexican Red-headed Parrots) a species that is endangered in the wild. Red-Crowned Amazon Features Bright, solid green with bright red...
View ArticleJuly 22 SearchDay Party
My birthday celebration this year had an unusual theme: Search Party! It was partly to keep my spirits up, and partly to recheck the home territory around NE Mission Bay and do another public info...
View ArticleCarly’s Latest Tree
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Carly’s Fledging Anniversary
My calendar just reminded me that today is a day we always celebrate: the anniversary of Carly’s official fledging. It was 8 years ago on July 26, 2006 that she took her first “hop-flap” from her perch...
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Where’s the Beast?
Carly has been seen repeatedly in north Pacific Beach over the last 5 months. Most of the sightings from August on have been in a small area to the west of Kate Sessions Park. Several of these...
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San Diego Bird Festival
Welcome to all the birders here for the 19th Annual San Diego Bird Festival, sponsored by our local Audubon Society. Here is the link for downloading the information sheet About Carly, which gives...
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Chapter Eleventy
One of the hardest days ever in the Carly saga. A Grey was found this morning in a backyard, just over the hill from many of the previous Carly sightings. She cautiously let a woman give her a cracker....
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Postcards from the Wild: One Year Anniversary Edition
It was a year ago this week that I set out on what I’m glad I didn’t know at the time was going to be a life-changing experience. It boggles my mind how much has happened, but that’s for another...
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