Pirates Of The Caribbean Parrot Auditions

Pirates Of The Caribbean Parrot Auditions

LONDON - NOVEMBER 16: A parrot is interviewed during screen tests held to find the official spokesparrot for the launch of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' DVD on November 16, 2006 in London, England. Disney are searching for outgoing and talkative parrots to support their promotional activity for the DVD release. The successful parrots duties will involve meeting fans and guest appearances at DVD retail outlets.

Photo: Scott Barbour/Getty Images

nov 16, 2006

More about the bird owned by Cotton, a pirate who served under Captain Jack Sparrow aboard the Black Pearl: http://pirates.wikia.com/wiki/Cotton's_parrot

Budgie Parrot Vintage Photos

Parke Avenue's Moe, kissing a lady, likes to take his bath in an old fashioned glass and say "Where's the whiskey?"

Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen

Chief stealing a cigarette from her owner's pocket.

Location: New York, NY, US

Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen

 

Schnauzer Spice, play pal for budgies, allowing the birds to climb all over him.

Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen

Chief shrieking into mouthpiece of telephone when she hears a sound.

Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen

Chief sampling one of her favorite foods, grapefruit, from owner's plate.

Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen

Life-sized picture, showing actual size of budgie.

Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen

Baby budgies and the egg are from the same clutch as mother usually lays eight eggs-one at a time-every other day, with babies arriving on the same schedule.

Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen

Parakeet watching reflection in a mirror.
Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen

Having stolen a cigarette from her owner's pocket, Chief is finding it too heavy to carry.

Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen

 

Mike practices making conversation, while raising his head slightly and ruffling his feathers.

Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen

Parakeet bird, with bushy feathers and dots forming a semi-collar around its neck.

Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen

Budgies at Macy's department store, flying around in a large, high cylindrical cage, with trapezes for the birds to sit on.

Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: March 1953
Photographer: Nina Leen



photos from LIFE photo archive hosted by Google

African Grey Parrot Vintage Photos

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photos from LIFE photo archive hosted by Google

source: http://postcardcollector.org/

Vincent Price ca. 1940s in "Champagne For Caesar" (1950)
Image by © John Springer Collection/CORBIS

Cockatoo Parrot Vintage Photos

Man looking at a cockatoo at the Tenth National Cage Bird Show.

Location: Long Beach, CA, US
Date taken: November 1958
Photographer: Ralph Crane

Fashion model Donyale Luna holding out toy for cockatoo through fence in wildlife sanctuary.

Location: Sydney, Australia
Date taken: 1967

Photographer: Unknown

Australian naturalist Edward Hallstrom with Crested Cockatoo.

Location: Papua New Guinea
Date taken: 1965

Photographer: Larry Burrows

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A young girl and boy visiting w. a man and his performing parrots and cockatoos outdoors at Coney Island.

Location: Brooklyn, NY, US
Date taken: September 19, 1884
Photographer: Wallace G. Levison

 

 Crowds watching parrots and cockatoos performing tricks on tightropes, outdoors at Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY.

Location: Brooklyn, NY, US
Date taken: September 06, 1884
Photographer: Wallace G. Levison

Man feeding the cockatoos at the Tenth National Cage Bird Show.

Location: Long Beach, CA, US
Date taken: November 1958
Photographer: Ralph Crane

Young girls looking at a cockatoo at the Tenth National Cage Bird Show.

Location: Long Beach, CA, US
Date taken: November 1958
Photographer: Ralph Crane

Woman looking at a cockatoo at the Tenth National Cage Bird Show.

Location: Long Beach, CA, US
Date taken: November 1958
Photographer: Ralph Crane

Woman looking at a cockatoo at the Tenth National Cage Bird Show.

Location: Long Beach, CA, US
Date taken: November 1958
Photographer: Ralph Crane

 

Portrait of Countess Phyllis della Faille de Leverghem in bedroom of her villa reclining on her ornately carved and tapestried bed, holding pet parrots, chihuahuas & afghan dog.

Location: Near Tangier, Morocco
Date taken: 1950
Photographer: Jack Birns


 

Cockatoos perched on a tree branch at the Brookfield Zoo.
Location: Chicago, IL, US
Date taken: 1930
Photographer: William Vandivert


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March 1946: British statesman Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) makes some chatty new friends during a visit to the home of Colonel Frank Clarke in Miami Beach, accompanied by his wife and daughter. The parrots were brought to Clarke's home from the Parrot Jungle after Churchill expressed an interest in the creatures. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
source: http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/3247933/Hulton-Archive

Cover Book Photo

 

Camp mascots of No. 1 Camp, Tatura Internment Group, "Whacko" the sulphur crested cockatoo, and "Cobber" the dog.

Location: Australia: Victoria, Tatura

Date taken: 1943

Photographer: James Tait

http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/052601

Family and parrot in the Dutch Indies about 90 years ago.

Photographer: Unknown

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasiuduk/29294046