The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill by Mark Bittner, Harmony Books, $22, ISBN 0609610554 Reviewed by Adrian Barnett
SAN Francisco is famous for many things but not, until now, for its wild parrots. They are not native species; the inhabitants of the US have killed both of those. Instead, like many immigrants before them, the city’s red-headed and blue-crowned conures, amazons, parakeets and budgerigars are transplanted individuals who have made their way in this new land and, in many cases, prospered.
In The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill Mark Bittner tells how he, a former musician on a 20-year spiritual…
