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8 unusual facts about Telegraph Hill


Brockley Nature Reserve

The entrance is on Vesta Road situated between Barriedale in Brockley and Sandbourne Road, Telegraph Hill.

Lynn Korwatch

To accomplish these goals, the Maritime Exchange brought about a signal station which is located on top of Telegraph Hill.

Mark Bittner

After many years of doing odd jobs while maintaining a Dharma Bums-type lifestyle, he found a flock of naturalized parrots (mostly cherry-headed conures, also known as Red-masked Parakeets) in the area of Telegraph Hill.

Telegraph Hill, Dorset

The area of Minterne, Dogbury Hill and High Stoy was the setting for Thomas Hardy's novel, The Woodlanders, Minterne House being referred to as Great Hintock House.

Telegraph Hill, San Francisco

Today Telegraph Hill is known for supporting a flock of feral parrots, primarily Red-masked Parakeets (Aratinga erythrogenys), descended from escaped or released pets.

The flock was popularized by a book and subsequent documentary (2003), both titled The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill.

The information was used by observers operating for financiers, merchants, wholesalers and speculators.

The feeding ban was championed by Mark Bittner, the birds' most outspoken supporter who fed them for years and wrote the book The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill.



see also

Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods

The CD contains all their charted singles and, in fact, includes 9 of the 11 songs featured on the 1974 LP Billy Don't Be a Hero. The CD booklet includes liner notes written by Gordon Pogoda and the CD features such highlights as "Who Do You Think You Are", "The House on Telegraph Hill", and "The Heartbreak Kid".

Cherubina de Gabriak

The name, Cherubina, was taken from the story A Secret Of Telegraph Hill by Bret Harte.

Crossways

Crossways Sixth Form, a defunct provider of sixth form education in the Telegraph Hill area of London, England

Mark Bittner

His book, The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, and the documentary of the same name, by Judy Irving, describe that encounter and the relationship he formed with the birds.