Special Reports

This Parrot Sings

By CBSNews.com staff CBSNews.com staff

May 21, 1998 / 11:05 AM EDT / CBS

Little Annie belts out show tunes every day at the San Diego Wild Animal Park.

Unlike the Broadway musical character of the same name, this 12-year-old songstress sports, not a tomato-red dress and strawberry-blonde ringlets, but gleaming green feathers with golden highlights.

A yellow-naped Amazon parrot, Annie entertains crowds regularly at the California park with selections from her wide repertoire, including one of her favorite numbers, Let Me Call You Sweetheart. She does her singing perched on the arm of one of her trainers.

In addition to her regular animal-park shows, Annie also performs frequently for television audiences.