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Skip to main content Some of San Francisco s iconic wild parrots are sick. Meet the people who are saving them. FacebookTwitterEmail     As soon as she wakes up, the Chief Operations Officer of Mickaboo (a nonprofit bird rescue and adoption organization) spends two hours checking on each of the cherry-headed conures, most of whom are named after the San Francisco streets where they were found:     Injured or sick and therefore deemed non-releasable to their urban habitat, the parrots fostered by Lemarié are dwelling in her living room for the time being until they can find a permanent new home.   She feeds them a mix of pellets and fresh vegetables with a bit of fruit, usually lingering at the towel-lined cage belonging to Clay. Half of the wild parrots in Lemarié’s home show signs of bromethlian poisoning – a commonly used rodenticide – but Clay’s symptoms might be the most apparent: His head droops to the side. He can’t perch or fly very well. The towels,

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