Very bad luck struck me the afternoon of 12/11/17. I was sitting on
my patio with Ripley like we do all the time, but this time she got
spooked really bad by something and took off. A gust of wind carried her
down the road to a nearby farm.
The next morning (12/12/17), my
roommate and I got up before sunrise and called to her from outside the
farm’s property line. Ripley called back and then flew toward my
apartment building at Sevona Westover Hills at around 8:15 AM. I spotted
her on a third-floor balcony just a couple apartments over from my
patio at 11:30, but when she saw me she tried to fly down and caught the
wind again, which carried her across the gorge to another set of
apartment buildings (between buildings 10 and 11) within the complex.
The leasing office put out a notice on their Facebook page, and I’m getting the word out to as many people as I can.
I’m extremely worried, because temperatures are supposed to dip down to
the mid-30s tonight, and a small parrot like Ripley might not be able
to handle those temperatures, especially if she hasn’t had any food.
If you’re in the Alamo Ranch area around Rogers Rd, 1604, Culebra Rd,
and Wiseman Blvd, please be on the lookout for my baby and spread the
word. She was flying around my apartment complex earlier, but I haven’t
seen her since she flew off at 11:30 this morning. She has no leg-bands.
Both wings are mostly clipped except for a couple feathers on the tips.
Responds to R2D2 sounds and other whistles.
I won’t stop walking
around and searching for her until she’s returned safely home. The best
chance of finding her is at sunrise and during the day. It will be
fruitless to search at night, as parrots will quietly roost somewhere
until morning. Please spread the word and share this information if you
can so that Ripley can come home.
That’s what I loved about having Lovebirds: They recognize how to get reactions from you. If they do a thing and you do a thing in response that they like, they start doing the thing more and more.
This is really cute! And what I love about it is that it’s also a great example of a small animal initiating petting. The bird recognizes that hand shape as an offer of contact and moves over totally voluntarily, which to me makes this extra special.
These parrots are found in acacia woodlands and dry bush habitats of East Africa, in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania. They eat fruits, grains, and seeds. A sexually dimorphic species, males have orange on their chests and green on their tails, while females’ chests and tails are green. They usually travel in pairs, or family groups of around four. Nesting in cavities in trees or termite mounds, females incubate the eggs. They are relatively common in captivity, where they are known as good talkers.
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