The North Beach Journal , the definitive neighborhood newspaper, ran two earlier stories about the parrots, in February and March of 1999. Your World of Birds magazine describes how he came to study the parrots and includes some flock history and observations. Chris O'Connell's colorful and accurate followup article about Mark and the flock was printed in the March edition of the North Beach Journal and is reproduced with permission here . The article describes Mark's history with the flock, includes some observations about individual birds, and gives accurate accounts of current events. I'm not a scientist.
Science is about characteristics . . .
I'm more interested in who the birds are . . . All Things Considered radio broadcast. Mark Bittner gave a presentation about birds at the Commission's invitation. The Commission officially praised Mark Bittner's efforts and adjourned honoring those efforts. It's like this magic descends from the sky when they come in.