Universal Color Parade: Parrot Jungle, 1958 (short) (writer, director, producer, photographer, bird trainer)

Parrot Jungle was built as a winding nature trail dug through the coral rock and hammock land, indigenous to the area.

Since 1936, over a million visitors have visited Parrot Jungle.

Since 1936, Parrot Jungle has attracted over a million visitors and became a world-famous tourist attraction.

Parrot Jungle (11000 S.W. 57th Avenue on the outskirts of South Miami; 305-666-7834) is exactly what its name suggests.

Some of the birds were sold by Parrot Jungle for as much as $1,800.

After swimming with the animals, you can talk with them at Parrot Jungle and Gardens at 11000 Southwest 57th Avenue in Miami, (305) 666-7834.

In Miami, attendance at both the Miami Seaquarium and the Parrot Jungle was down 3 percent in June from last year.

Originally named Parrot Jungle, the popular tourist attraction first opened in the Pinecrest neighborhood of Miami in 1936.