The Parrot Who Owns Me: The Story of a Relationship BOTY_2025 But underpinning the remarkable book

But underpinning the remarkable book is a timeless truth: that making journeys has always been a way of making meaning

And the more he learns about her

but also to those around us

and daring rescue will both inspire the adventurous spirit in all of us and make us laugh along the way

The Parrot Who Owns Me: The Story of a Relationship BOTY_2025 But underpinning the remarkable bookSeventeen years ago, when she adopted a neglected, orphaned thirty year old parrot named Tiko, the internationally renowned ornithologist Joanna Burger entered one of the most complex relationships of her life. Sullen and hostile when he entered Dr. Burgers home, Tiko gradually warmed up, courting her during mating season, nursing her vigilantly through a bout with Lyme disease, and for a while even fighting her husband for her attentions. In time