Barney is a Yellow Naped Amazon Parrot who loves to go on bike rides in his “Fun Cage” As of July of 2021 he has ridden more than 23,000 miles on his bicycle in the New Berlin / Waukesha area. If you see him while you are riding or walking, say “Hi”. He is always happy to meet new people.
See what he has been doing in the posts below. If you would like updates “Like” Barney on his Facebook page
Sammy makes his TV debue
Here is a link to his video and story as done by TMJ4 in Milwuakee.
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New Berlin 'Parrot Man'
Full Story
www.tmj4.com/news/milwaukee-tonight/new-berlin-bird-guy-puts-new-parrot-on-his-bike-after-famous-...
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News Flash
Yesterday James Groh a reporter at WTMJ4 our local NBC affiliate contacted us about doing a story about Sammy. He had learned about Sammy from a co-worker.
So, this morning we got together to get to know each other at Milwaukee's Lakefront. We had lots of fun talking and Sammy shared his insights on the economy and the upcoming fall elections 🙂
The story will be broadcast tomorrow 9/15/22 on the 6AM, 4PM, and 6PM news and will be shared on social media. I will share the links when we have them.
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Sammy's first camping trip
This week we went camping in Peninsula Park in Wisconsin's Door County. We were there Tuesday thru Thursday and the weather was fantastic. Sammy enjoyed being outdoors and the bike rides on the park trails and roads. He also enjoyed talking with the visitors to our campsite. He is happily carrying on Barney's parrot camping legacy.
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Introducing "Sneaky Sammy"!
I still miss Barney, but after some time and the response from those here and on the trails we decided that perhaps a new biking buddy would bring joy to our fellow bikers, neighbors, and the real and virtual community.
So we have adopted Sammy, a male Red Lored Amazon parrot. Sammy is from CARE www.facebook.com/ctr4animalrehab He had been surrendered from someone who was not suitable to have a parrot. I will share that story at a later time.
In the meantime, we have been biking for a few months and he has now ridden about 1500 miles so far. He of course loves to get to go on rides; when I ask him if he wants to go for a ride he does a little ritual song and dance.
Sammy is more vocal than Barney was, but his voice is not as clear, so we do not know what many of the words he says actually are. He loves whistling tho, if I whistle to him he gets all excited and whistles back.
Ant why is he "Sneaky Sammy"? We had a house sitter come when we were on vacation a month or so ago. One day she forgot to lock one of his side dish doors, the next morning when she came,, there he was out of the cage on a cage stand bar waiting for his morning treat.
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It is with great sadness that I have to report that Barney succumbed to old age this past Sunday afternoon 3/20/22. Barney brought immeasurable joy to me and our family and the thousands of people that he met during the 9 years he was part of our family and a fixture in our community.
This picture is from one last ride that Barney had just this last week Wed. He rode his bike for 8 miles this year, 2172 miles last year, and a total of more than 23000 miles all told.
We believe that he brought great joy to his Facebook friends and those who saw him. Godspeed Barney
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Barney had a great time camping with us at Peninsula Park in Wisconsin's Door County the week of August 22nd. He was happy to talk to people and we even met some of his friends from past camping trips.
Tomorrow is a big day, he will be in the Milwaukee Zoo's "Ride on the Wild Side" for the 4th time. We hope to see more of his friends tomorrow.
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Barney has been continuing his illustrious biking career, however, I have not been posting on social media. For those of you wondering, as of the 4th of July 2021 Barney is at 23,000 miles (he hit the milestone in the evening so tool the odometer pic the next day when it was lighter. He has been enjoying his rides as always. We hope that everyone has been happy and healthy during these trying times.
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Barney wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! On November 21st, 2019 Barney reached 20,000 miles on his bike. We did have a few rides since then with some warmer days.
Soon you will be able to purchase Barney swag 🙂 Karen, his artist friend did some sketches and has them available on her Shopify site. Links coming soon.
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Barney has been a busy bird this summer. Right now he is at about 19,400 miles in his biking career. Since he enjoys riding so much he decided to sponsor a section of the New Berlin Recreation Trail. We hope that you have been having as much fun as we have been having, altho cutting seed heads from invasive teasel can get old pretty quickly.
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