content: Attention cheesy karaoke fans and those who love to sing in the shower: no matter how off-key your warbling, there is an audience that wants to hear from YOU! And they won't laugh or throw beer cans at you, either!\n\nI'm talking about the hundreds of birds at the Gilcrease Bird Sanctuary. Most of these parrots, macaws and other exotics were donated or abandoned by long-time owners, and they are lonely and starving for human company. They love nothing more than having some random wannabe come up to their cages and sing to them. Seriously! On my two visits to this awesome place, I crooned endless Doris Day and Bing Crosby songs to a rapt audience of caged birds who cocked their heads, fixed their beady little eyes on me, and started bobbing up and down! It was a win-win -- I got to indulge my inner pop diva, and the birds dug the attention. I came away from the sanctuary feeling totally re-energized and fortified against the ugliness in life: f*ck the haters; the birds dig me!\n\nAside from the birds, Gilcrease also has a collection of farmy-type petting zoo animals including pigs, goats, deer, ostriches, peacocks and chickens, as well as a duck pond. It's a fun place to spend an hour or three, and you'll feel like you did something good! \n\nBonus: on the way back to the freeway, you pass Retro Bakery, which makes these big obscene gourmet cupcakes. YUM!