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Pixabay At the Early Care and Education Center at the University of Wyoming, there's a lot of what one would expect to see at a daycare - toys, books, and cubbies for tiny shoes. And that's not all. "We've got air purifiers, we've got CO2 detectors," said Mark Bittner, the director of the daycare. He said those machines were added during the pandemic as they were looking for ways to keep both children and staff. The daycare's HVAC system also got a boost to recirculate air more frequently, and each classroom now has an air purifier. As for the CO2 detector, it's not measuring for the nove...

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Now streaming on: "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill," a documentary about Bittner and his birds by Judy Irving, is making its way around the country as an underground phenomenon, fueled by fans who urge their friends to see it. It is not the film you think it is going to be. You walk in expecting some kind of North Beach weirdo and his wild-eyed parrot theories, and you walk out still feeling a little melancholy over the plight of Connor, the only blue-crowned conure in a flock of red-crowned conures. Connor had a mate, Bittner tells us, but the mate died. Now Connor hangs around with the o...

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 ne...

Skip to main content Some of San Francisco's iconic wild parrots are sick. Meet the people who are saving them. FacebookTwitterEmail 1of14 Mooshi and Julian are two cherry-headed conures fostered by Sarah Lemarié, a volunteer for Mickaboo, a bird rescue and nonprofit organization.Courtesy of Sarah Lemarié and MickabooShow MoreShow Less 2of14 Beale and Clay snuggle together in their cage.Courtesy of Sarah Lemarié and MickabooShow MoreShow Less 3of14 5of14 6of14 7of14 8of14 9of14 11of14 Two cherry-headed conures perch on a tree in San Francisco.Thomas Winz/Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less 12of...