parrots good pets

tags: National Pet Week 2008, companion pets, birds, parrots Orpheus, preening his feathers. Hawk-headed (red fan) parrot, Deroptyus accipitrinus accipitrinus (if you look closely, you can see a pale bare spot where the feathers that cover his ear are located). Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view]. In honor of National Pet Week, and in response to one of my readers, I am writing a little about what makes a parrot a good pet, because I wrote an essay about some of the drawbacks of living with a parrot. So please keep in mind that describing why a parrot makes a good pet is much like…