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LOS ANGELES, CA-MARCH 2, 2023: Chan Quach, also known as Chan the Birdman, watches, as his Hyacinth macaws, the world's longest parrots, get airborne during a visit to Griffith Park in Los Angeles. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

He wants L.A. to love macaws as much as it loves dogs. Will free flying do the trick?

Chan Quach flies his macaws in L.A. parks, rides his bike with them and takes them out to eat. It’s all part of his mission to make L.A. love birds.

Traditional and modern snowshoes in Alberta, Canada.
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It’s a glorious time to try snowshoeing. Here are 9 great trails in San Diego

Torrey Pines State Beach, La Jolla.

Giant sequoias, desert land and alpine peaks? California’s 280 state parks have it all

Paul Sepuya Title of the work: Pedestal (0X5A9024) Year of the work: 2022

Here is a portrait of an L.A. artist having an intimate conversation among friends

Mia Carucci for Image magazine. Photographed on Wednesday, January 17, 2023.

Mia Carucci’s sonic collage of heaven and Earth

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Los Angeles, CA - December 04: Kyle and Claire Penn play with their daughters Maxine, 3, left, and Stella, 5, right, in their backyard where Berkeley Sedge, a meadow grass grows at their home on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. Homeowners Kyle and Claire Penn wanted a wild outdoor space for their family that felt "organic, lush and voluminous." (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

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Do kids really need grass? This magical L.A. garden will make you rethink turf

Kyle and Claire Penn pulled out their lawn in Eagle Rock and never looked back. “We haven’t given up anything by not being able to run around on grass,” Kyle says.

Santa Barbara, CA - February 21: Paul Gripp stands for a portrait at the business he helped start in 1957 as one the premiere hybridizers at the Santa Barbara Orchid Estate on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023 in Santa Barbara, CA. Gripp helped bring the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show to prominence and it will have its 75th annual show March 10-12. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times).

This fabled orchid breeder loves to chat — just not about Trader Joe’s orchids

Lake Elsinore, CA - February 07: A close-up view of the spring California Poppies and wild flowers blooming early this year in the wake of major winter rainfall, which are covering patches of the upper slopes of Walker Canyon in Lake Elsinore Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Poppies didn't blanket Walker Canyon hillsides in the past three years due to the drought. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Has wildflower shaming gone too far? How to find the best blooms without the drama

San Gabriel, CA - February 21: Mary Ishihara Swanton, granddaughter of Fred and Mitoko Yoshimura, the original founding family of the San Gabriel Nursery and Florist, is photographed on the property in San Gabriel, CA, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. The nusery is celebrating 100 years of business. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Yoshimura family was interned, but able to sell the business to E. Manchester Boddy, publisher of the Los Angeles Daily News, who paid them in installments while they were interned, which provided them with income to re-start their business after they returned to San Gabriel. The nursery would become well known for the hard-to-find, as well as for the hybridization of the "Mission Bell" azalea. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

After 100 years, San Gabriel Nursery & Florist continues to bloom

Palm Springs, CA - January 11: Clark Moorten walks through Moorten's Botanical Garden and Cactarium on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, in Palm Springs, CA. Clark Moorten's parents Chester "Cactus Slim" and Patricia Moorten, created the Moorten Botanical Garden and Cactarium in Palm Springs in the late 1930s. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

This tiny, quirky garden is an endearing remnant of old Palm Springs

Planning to visit the superbloom in Lake Elsinore? Here’s why the city won’t let you

Are the conditions ripe for a ‘superbloom’ in rain-soaked California? Here’s what experts say

What do mushrooms sound like? Hear the psychedelic boops, beeps and womps for yourself

Curious about mushroom foraging? It’s an ‘exceptionally good’ year to start in SoCal

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PALM SPRINGS, CA - JANUARY 31, 2023: Shannon Graham smokes marijuana inside the lounge at Reefer Madness on January 31, 2023 in Palm Springs, California. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Palm Springs’ weed lounge game is hot right now — especially compared to L.A.

Pot smokers looking for social sesh options should consider heading to Palm Springs, which has 10 licensed consumption lounges compared to L.A.’s zero.

A psychedelic image of the number 2023 surrounded by cannabis leaves, edibles, a joint and drifting smoke.

What’s in store for L.A.’s cannabis market in 2023? A roller-coaster ride for starters

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - NOVEMBER 09, 2022 - Looking through a port hole one can see an enlarged flower of Georgia Pie strain from Farmer and The Felon Cannabis CO. at the Woods dispensary, November 09, 2022, in West Hollywood. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

This new West Hollywood weed lounge is a mind-bending, must-see jungle oasis

A person holding two weights up also smoking a marijuana joint.

Is working out while high L.A.’s next fitness craze? This trainer is betting on it

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