It's Parrot Time!

This is the Delhi Branch of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, just one of forty branches in this system. It is one of the busiest library systems in the country serving a population of 500,000 or more and has one of the ten largest collections in the U.S. with over 9 million items!

This past weekend I attended my first library program in probably a decade. Three members of the Greater Cincinnati Bird Club gave a presentation featuring three of our feathered friends: a macaw, a cockatoo and an African Grey parrot. The program itself was held in the main part of the library and turned out to be a big hit with a final count of 76 people. After a brief introduction by the reference librarian who arranged the event, each member of the bird club talked about one of the parrots and offered advice for those interested in purchasing a bird as a pet and tips on maintenance.