Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

PBS/Independent Lens
May 28, 9 p.m. Check local listings.

A thoughtful, nearly homeless man, "occupying" a cottage on San Francisco's Telegraph Hill, finds himself caring for a flock of wild parrots. Mark Bittner feeds them, nurses them when they are sick, and slowly begins to document their behaviors, from their special "hawk" danger call to their unusual method of fledging their young. This documentary speaks to the social sciences as well as biology and ecology. For more, visit www.pbs.org/independentlens/wildparrots.

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