"Polly Wanna Coffin"

I will be away for a couple of days so you will have to put up with a couple of best of's.
Your Pal.

Alex, the world renowned African Grey parrot made famous by the ground-breaking cognition and communication research conducted by Irene Pepperberg, Ph.D., died at the age of 31 on September 6, 2007. Dr. Pepperberg’s pioneering research resulted in Alex learning elements of English speech to identify 50 different objects, 7 colors, 5 shapes, quantities up to and including 6 and a zero-like concept. The cause of death was attributed to a cracker caught in his throat.