Arts & Entertainment Mark Bittner, Writer and Musician Known for 'The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill,' Dies at 74 A local celebrity of a very particular kind, Mark Bittner, has passed away, 21 years after he helped put San Francisco's wild parrots on the map in 'The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill.'
misc Polly Wanna New Home? Fans of fancily feathered fowl were flummoxed a fortnight ago when they awoke to find that the flora that many of the famous parrots of telegraph hill called home was cut down. And
Arts & Entertainment SFist Cares ... About Birds We know that Menlo Park might be a bit far for some of you to travel, but we thought you might want to know about a special showing of The Wild Parrots of
Arts & Entertainment Happy Parrot Day! February maybe the dreariest month, what with it being the dying days of winter and there being a dearth of sports on TV, but cheer up, San Franciscans, the Board of Supervisors has
SF News Urban Ornithology Pigeons - with their penchant for cooing, darting, eating garbage, and soiling cars and innocent passersby-may comprise the biggest bird population in the City, but they aren't the only avian species around. The