Mozart's 2nd Coming

Well at the tail end of 2005, a local parrot rescue called to see if I knew of shelter for a boisterous Moluccan foster, 'the worst they'd ever had.' You always hear stuff like that when it comes to Moluccans, the worst, the loudest (actually I think macaws are louder), the meanest, the sweetest and the most extreme parrot there is.

Partially true in all respects. To take in such a Moluccan, one must be a devotee of the species and believe me, for simply love of this bird and not for monetary or self-glorified experts, there are very few of us. Who just love the bird for who they are, a Moluccan, a noisy, demanding, clever and yet impossibly dear little pink dragons. Dragonkeepers be we, we Moluccaners.

And so now we have a second pink dragon in our Sanctuary. We were told that her name is Mozart and she is 21 years old, originally from the Seattle area where she belonged to a magician. How interesting, and now she is here at Sparkling Hearts Sanctuary rehabilitating from years of solitude and darkness.

Mrs. Mozart






Not that much has changed for her here yet. She demands to be covered up or left alone for large portions of the day, yet she seems happy with this. She is a beauty isn't she? Already, we're having such wonderful experiences with her. She is warm and gentle, does love people and sits still and quiet as long as someone is in the room with her. Very well mannered, she likes to take part in conversation too, adding comments here and there, "yea..." head bobbing in agreement with you.

I was mystified by the reappearance of a Mozart Moluccan. I knew there were a number of them. Funny thing is, as soon as we got her in the van when we picked her up, she acted just like he used to. Same squawks, chuckles and whispers. She was so well-behaved in the van coming home, it was amazing. We all liked each other right away and it's stayed that way ever since.