One Parrot Came

She arrived unannounced one morning on a city windowsill-a yellow-crested parrot with clean feathers, trimmed nails, and the quiet air of someone who had been somewhere before and was not going to tell you about it.  She stayed four weeks. She ate corn, tossed the things she didn't like overboard, and watched everything with the sharp, intelligent eyes of a creature who was filing information away for later.
She left in the evenings. She came back every morning. And slowly, carefully, without either of them quite meaning for it to happen, a woman and a bird built something that looked a lot like trust.  ONE PARROT CAME is a five-chapter novella inspired by a true story-the kind of small, real event that turns out to be bigger than it looked. At its heart, it is the story of Sybil: a parrot who survived apartment life and an open balcony door and three days alone in a city before landing on the right windowsill at the right time.
A parrot who discovered that the sky is larger than any cage, and that freedom-real freedom-is something you have to earn with your wings.  Along the way, Sybil meets Big Lou, Tiny, and Mabel: a flock of city pigeons whose street wisdom is delivered with the cheerful confidence of people who are absolutely certain they know more than you. She learns to bank on his tail feathers. She learns to read the air for the push that comes before a hawk drops.
She learns that corn on a windowsill and a woman who doesn't try to catch you might be the best kind of love there is.  And then she learns how to leave it.  Funny and tender and alive on every page, this is a story for anyone who has ever loved a wild thing, or wanted to be one. For readers who love animals, nature, and stories that find the extraordinary inside everyday life.  "She spread her wings.
Just once. Just a small display. She pressed one hand flat against the glass, not trying to touch her, just being there."