My friend’s coworker found this budgie last night in their yard. He checked all of the houses in the neighborhood and no one was missing a bird. 

(Sorry about the bad pics she’s scared of me and I don’t want to stress her out too much)

She was found in Howell, New Jersey on June 18th. She’s light blue, with light scalloping on her head, and black wings. She has a red band on her leg with ‘8008 BBFE’ on it.

FOUND

This budgie flew down at a little league game in (I believe) Caledonia, MI and wouldn't leave. Since I have birds and supplies for them I got a call and went and picked it up with a spare travel cage and some random things from my other birds. It is now in Grand Rapids , MI with me.

But with 3 birds and a brand new puppy (and no real supplies for a bird quite this small) it CAN NOT stay with me long term.  

I got an email today from the brave little lovebird’s owner! Was kinda sad to be honest but I knew this was what had to happen. The owner was able to send photo proof and able to describe its behavior and eating patterns pretty accurately.

She and her dad came to claim the bird this evening and the initial sadness I felt was gone when I saw how little Chloe reacted to seeing her owner. She made a sound I hadn’t heard before and seemed happy.

Apparently Chloe escaped about 10pm on 18 Nov and it was a rainy night.

The owner’s house is 2 km from my house if Chloe flew in a straight line. For a 3 month old baby, i cant imagine how she could have flown so far as she’s barely able to fly more than 5 seconds each time. She would have had to have flown over thousands of houses before landing on my balcony. We found her at 9am the next day. Truly a miracle.

I’m really glad we managed to return her to her owner and believe it’s a sign that God is looking out for even the smallest creatures and what more for us. I know she’s back to a family that loves her esp seeing what a sweet little bird she is.

I can message pictures if anyone in the area lost a really friendly bird, or knows anyone who has. I’d like to see this bird go back home. The bird has a tag. I don’t know what to do with that info though.

Edited to add I believe it's either a dusky or green cheeked conure.

LOST COCKATIEL SPOTTED AT SHADOWROCK PARK, LAS VEGAS, NV

(The park being the green square on the map.)

EDIT: Yes, feel free to share this on other sites if you want!

While getting ready to walk home, I heard the distinctive cry of a cockatiel, and spotted this little bird flying into a tree. Sadly, despite staying there for an hour, i was unable to catch them, and ultimately lost sight of them when they flew to the other side of the park.

For that reason i can’t guarantee they’re still there. However, if someone in the Las Vegas area, especially someone in the north-eastern part of town, has lost their cockatiel, it may be worth a try to look here or in the area... Some notes:

I did attempt to call animal control and was told that they couldn’t do much about a bird that was still loose and flying.

I can’t be 100% certain of the coloration as i couldn’t get close enough, but the bird seemed to have a normal grey body. The face also had a lot of grey, and if i remember right there were bars under their tail. Please do not rely on this account 100%; i can only say that they were not a highly visible variation like Lutino, Pearled, or heavy Pied.

They are fully flighted and strong enough to fly from one side of the park to another, staying in the trees. Bringing along some method of reaching them is recommended. EDIT: On second examination of the photo, I’m not sure if their wings might have been previously clipped. At any rate, the bird was able to fly back and forth through the park, even without noticeable wind.

When they fly, they make that one-note, distinctive cockatiel screech-call. They also seem to chirp at other cockatiel sounds, like from videos. (I could not track them down this way once they reached the other side of the park as there was too much ground to cover.)

Yes, they blended in easily among the tree branches.

There are a lot of trees in the park, and on the adjacent school grounds. Multiple searchers is highly recommended. I have not contacted the schools (I think there are three in total), nor do i know if they would even do anything.

The bird seemed to be in good health and was not easily startled, but would not leave the trees or approach any humans.

At the time of this post (10 AM PDT), it’s been over an hour since I last saw the cockatiel; upon checking various photo/phone logs I saw the bird from 7:40 AM to 8:40 AM. Again, I can’t guarantee that they haven’t relocated elsewhere completely.

Again, I’m sorry I couldn’t do more to contain the bird; they spent most of their time in the trees that I had no way to climb, and even if I caught them the only thing I could have done was put them in a backpack. I’m just shouting into the void right now, but if there’s even a slim chance I can get this bird to a safe place, or even to their original family, I’ll take it.

(To come, if the video uploader cooperates: a couple of videos of the bird, though the images are not very clear.)