#Sophia Cancelli

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Cape Fear Parrot Sanctuary Invitation!

So some super cool news happened for me. As a result of my parrots and pirates history article  I put out on both here and Facebook and it’s success, in which I gave a shoutout to the Cape Fear Parrot Sanctuary up in North Carolina (about 3 hrs from me that I have yet to be able to go see), I was contacted by the Sanctuary’s operator (and pirate author) Sophia Cancelli, and extended a personal invitation to not only come visit the Parrot Sanctuary but stay there for a weekend onsite free of charge.  While there, she plans on doing a few things collaborating with me, she is a writer for the French pirate magazine l’Echo des Mers and wants to write an article about me and my stay with the parrots, as well as doing a Vlog for their official Youtube channel about my time at the Sanctuary.  In addition she wishes to travel with me to historic Bath NC to where Blackbeard lived, and co-write an article with her for l’Echo des Mers about the location to be published.  The Cape Fear Parrot Sanctuary is also near the Cape Fear River where pirate captain Stede Bonnet was captured, and near Topsail Island where pirates would lurk behind to pop out at passing victims. The Sanctuary is a forever home to many parrots that have illnesses, or were abandoned. Sophia’s the write of “Pirates for Parrots”, and her book can be found even down in Florida, such as The Pirate Store in St. Augustine.  But yeah, really excited for my upcoming trip, next weekend I believe. Been wanting to at least ‘swing by’ my next time to NC, but never thought I’d receive a personal invitation and accommodations and collaborating with Sophia in both writing and video forms. :) 

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UTC 132 Sophia Cancelli and Ces Erdman of Cape Fear Parrot Sanctuary

UTC 132 Sophia Cancelli and Ces Erdman of Cape Fear Parrot Sanctuary

It’s a 2-fer today!  Ces Erdman runs the Cape Fear Parrot Sanctuary.  Previously a parrot rescue guy, now he just keeps unwanted parrots at his sanctuary instead of trying to rehome them which they don’t like. (For reasons he’ll explain.) And Sophia Cancelli is the resident fundraiser for Cape Fear Parrot Sanctuary and in deep fostering connections between the pirate community and the sanctuary.…