All right folks - enough of this jibber jabber. It's become painfully obvious what's going on here.
This thread is a cheap rip-off, errr reverent homage, of The Maltese Falcon. Instead of the priceless black bird, we have a tatty dead parrot that is apparently changing color as he decomposes. [Can't you at least put him in a Zip-Loc bag?]
So ... we should focus on the dame who appeared in the office of our fearless detective. She's clearly a bad 'un! And will bring nothing but trouble and sleepless nights to Rock Lobster.
Rock Lobster indeed! More like Lobster Mayonnaise, with a side of sensuous escargot sizzling in melted garlic butter!!
[Give me one of the readers now or I'm adding recluse to the story line as the Sidney Greenstreet character!]