Steve Brust wrote: >> Ditto the ending of _J_. I don't know anything about parrot >>ears and if they like to be scratched around that area. > > Nope. Oddly enough, Doc likes having the feathers under his eyes > preened and played with, but he, and most parrots, are very sensitive > about the ears. Weird, Falko (our parrot, same kind as Doc, except for having a grey beak, so slightly different subspecies) absolute loves to be scratched around his ears. Sander - who is always amazed at the power of threads to spin off into the weirdest directions.