{"product_id":"san-francisco-california-holiday-ornament-wild-parrot","title":"San Francisco California Holiday Ornament - Wild Parrot","description":"\u003c!-- San Francisco California Holiday Ornament - Wild Parrot | Version: R4.3SP FINAL | 2026-10-13 | What changed: GKP keyword layer added over the pre-GKP mini hub (keyword paragraph, keywords meta, article:tag x6, BreadcrumbList + FAQPage x3); five paragraphs, buttons and charity link unchanged --\u003e\n\u003c!-- GKP 403: R1 15\/23 (65.2%); R2 6\/24 (25.0%); two-run 21\/47 (44.7%) | Keywords meta: 21 measured | Embedded in visible text: 11 | article:tag x6 | Store tags unchanged --\u003e\n\u003c!-- IP Clean: town name and Merlin art only; no business, team or brand marks | Content audit: PASS (buttons full width, labels one line, charity linked, local spellings as entities) --\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e.mc-orn{max-width:100%;}.mc-orn p{margin:0 0 1em 0;line-height:1.6;}.mc-orn a{color:inherit;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:1px;text-underline-offset:3px;}.mc-orn a.mc-btn{display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap;padding:13px 16px;margin:0 0 14px 0;background:#F0EAD6;color:#1a1a1a;border:1px solid #1a1a1a;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.03em;border-radius:4px;}.mc-orn a.mc-btn:hover{background:#E6DEC4;}.mc-orn .mc-spec{font-weight:600;}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mc-orn\"\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"mc-btn\" href=\"\/collections\/crystal-glass-town-ornaments\"\u003eOther Town \u0026amp; Animal Ornaments\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA cherry-headed parrot in flight over the bay-window houses, red head and green body, a cable-car track below. The wild parrots of Telegraph Hill.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNobody is sure how the first ones got loose, but by the 1990s a flock of cherry-headed conures was living wild on Telegraph Hill, roosting in the trees and screaming down Columbus Avenue at dusk. The flock is now several hundred birds, and the shriek overhead is as much a sound of the city as the cable-car bell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA documentary made them famous. Locals knew them long before, from the racket, and still look up when the flock goes over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSan Francisco has a bridge everyone knows. The parrots are the San Francisco that lives here. The red and green are the bird's own colors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wild parrots of Telegraph Hill, the cherry headed conure flock, are the San Francisco parrots everyone hears before they see. This parrot ornament is a San Francisco Christmas ornament, a bird ornament and San Francisco souvenir, and a San Francisco glass ornament for anyone who has spent Christmas in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mc-spec\"\u003e3-inch faceted crystal glass ornament, white-backed print, line-drawn in 1880s engraving style, your choice of white or gold gift box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery San Francisco ornament ships ready to give, and \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/landing-page-charity\"\u003eprofits support hunger relief\u003c\/a\u003e. Hang it on the tree, in a window, off a lamp, or send one to the person who misses San Francisco most.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"mc-btn\" href=\"\/collections\/san-francisco-ca-retro-apparel-hats-home-goods\"\u003eMore San Francisco Items\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mc-meta\" style=\"display:none!important\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"bird ornament, christmas in san francisco, san francisco christmas, san francisco history, san francisco parrots, san francisco souvenir, san francisco souvenirs, telegraph hill parrots, wild parrots of telegraph hill, california ornament, cherry headed conure, parrot ornament, san francisco christmas decorations, san francisco christmas ornament, san francisco christmas ornaments, san francisco gifts, san francisco ornament, san francisco ornaments, wild parrots, san francisco christmas gift, san francisco glass ornament\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"wild parrots of telegraph hill\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"telegraph hill parrots\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"cherry headed conure\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"san francisco parrots\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"parrot ornament\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"san francisco christmas ornament\"\u003e\n\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e\n{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@graph\": [{\"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\", \"itemListElement\": [{\"@type\": \"ListItem\", \"position\": 1, \"name\": \"Home\", \"item\": \"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/\"}, {\"@type\": \"ListItem\", \"position\": 2, \"name\": \"Crystal Glass Town Ornaments\", \"item\": \"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/crystal-glass-town-ornaments\"}, {\"@type\": \"ListItem\", \"position\": 3, \"name\": \"San Francisco California Holiday Ornament - Wild Parrot\"}]}, {\"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Are there really wild parrots in San Francisco?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. 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