Jan and Bob had a 91裸聊视频渓ove connection91裸聊视频� the first time they met, but most days she wishes he would fly the coop.

91裸聊视频淎 lot of people can91裸聊视频檛 handle Bob, he will bite them,91裸聊视频� Jan Robson says as Bob nuzzles into her chest.

91裸聊视频淚 can pretty much flip him upside down, do anything, and he won91裸聊视频檛 bite me. That91裸聊视频檚 not because I91裸聊视频檓 fabulous with parrots. That91裸聊视频檚 because Bob and I have something.91裸聊视频�

Bob is a peach-coloured moluccan cockatoo, and along with 94 other parrots including macaws and amazons, he91裸聊视频檚 awaiting adoption at the Greyhaven Exotic Bird Sanctuary. It opened in a warehouse on the east side of Vancouver in July 2016.

Almost 600 parrots were rescued from the World Parrot Refuge in Coombs, B.C., on Vancouver Island after the death of a woman who operated the facility. Bob and his buddies are among those still waiting for forever homes, as are about 30 other birds kept at a house south of the city, in Tsawwassen.

A lease for Bob and the gang91裸聊视频檚 current abode, in a building that91裸聊视频檚 up for development, has been extended several times and is set to expire on Feb. 28 so Robson is hoping that every bird, even her favourite, will tug on someone91裸聊视频檚 heartstrings.

Bob91裸聊视频檚 canoodling with Robson, spokeswoman for the sanctuary, isn91裸聊视频檛 going over well with his mates, who protest loudly from their cages, their wood-block mobiles and paper-plate toys are no match for the strokes and smiles he91裸聊视频檚 getting from a human.

91裸聊视频淗i there!91裸聊视频� says Gwenevere, a cat-calling cockatoo who repeatedly twirls herself upside down in her cage as Bob laps up all the attention.

A plastic tarp separates the cockatoos, which are prone to dander, from the macaws and amazons being chatted up by volunteers as a cacophony of parrots takes over, with green-winged macaws named Simon and Garfunkel leading the pack.

Medical records weren91裸聊视频檛 available for most of the rescued birds so Robson doesn91裸聊视频檛 know their ages. She says parrots are known to live for up to 80 years, meaning commitment phobics need not apply to adopt them.

Anyone who thinks a parrot91裸聊视频檚 main purpose is to entertain them with human chatter should consider another type of pet, Robson says, adding staff have discouraged some of the birds when they start up with their 91裸聊视频減otty mouths.91裸聊视频�

People who value their furniture should also think twice about bringing a parrot into their home because the birds with strong beaks are known to peck away at mouldings, Robson says, describing them as 91裸聊视频渄estructive,91裸聊视频� not to mention noisy.

91裸聊视频淢oluccan cockatoos have been measured as being as loud as jet engines,91裸聊视频� Robson says, adding Bob is 91裸聊视频渆xquisitely loud91裸聊视频� when he91裸聊视频檚 not gazing into her eyes.

While parrots are 91裸聊视频漚ttention junkies91裸聊视频� that squawk endlessly if they don91裸聊视频檛 get their fill of love, Robson says they91裸聊视频檙e also smart and have 91裸聊视频渏oy packed into their little bodies.91裸聊视频�

Once an adoption application has been vetted, a phone interview and a home visit would follow, she says, adding people need to know what they91裸聊视频檙e getting into instead of passing a parrot off to someone else if they can91裸聊视频檛 handle it.

91裸聊视频淥n average, these guys will be in seven different homes in their lifetime. And for a creature that bonds really, really closely with its family, that91裸聊视频檚 abusive.91裸聊视频�

Erika Condon, 20, a volunteer at the sanctuary, adopted a parrot named Elton a year and a half ago and renamed him Lincoln.

Condon would miss his charms after not seeing him for a week so she decided to take him home to Langley, B.C., where he has mostly kept quiet between cuddles, she says, adding Lincoln may be an older bird.

As for Robson, she once had such a fear of birds that she91裸聊视频檇 cross the street to avoid a pigeon.

When her partner moved in with two birds, she laid down the law and told him: 91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 clean their cages, I don91裸聊视频檛 go near them, you don91裸聊视频檛 have them out when I91裸聊视频檓 home.91裸聊视频�

A maroon-bellied conure named Basil and Clancey the budgie took the opportunity to escape from their cages when Robson was alone with them. She locked herself in the bathroom, her heart pounding 91裸聊视频�100 miles and hour.91裸聊视频�

The birds eventually won her over and now, 26 years later, Robson shares her home with six parrots.

Camille Bains, The Canadian Press

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