Found: One pretty little cockatiel in Brisbane, Australia :)

[LaManuka]

So there we were, minding our own business this afternoon (Friday in Australia), when my husband told me he'd see an obviously escaped cockatiel perched in the palm tree in our neighbour's back yard. Not thinking for one moment we would be able to successfully rescue "her" (not sure of gender but I'm going with female for now), we took a dish of pellets out there to try to tempt her down. After a brush with the local and very territorial noisy miner birds who almost chased her away, she cautiously made her way down and landed on my shoulder, and immediately took to those pellets with great enthusiasm!

And here's a pic of our little house guest ...

She's a pretty little thing, and very tame, so is obviously someone's much loved pet. I have made a report on www.parrotalert.com and advised my regular avian vet (not open on the weekends sadly) plus another bird vet a few suburbs away. Will be listing on Fb, and listing here on the off chance that the rightful owner may find us here at Parrot Forums.

I'm pretty sure someone out there is missing her very badly and I would love to be able to reunite her with her family, so please contact me by private message here if you think this little sweetheart is yours.

 

[Rozalka]

How pretty birdie! I hope she will find her owner

 

[LaManuka]

How pretty birdie! I hope she will find her owner

I hope so too Roz, I'm sure there's someone out there who loves her and is missing her very much

 

[ini3vm]

Hopefully the owner will contact..

 

[T00tsyd]

Your heart needed this lift and she recognised that you were just what she needed. I hope you find her owner but while with you I feel sure she will bring you joy.

 

[LaManuka]

Your heart needed this lift and she recognised that you were just what she needed. I hope you find her owner but while with you I feel sure she will bring you joy.

Thank you T00t. I don't think it was any coincidence that she just "happened" to find her way here either

 

[BirdyBee]

Such a cutie! I really hope she gets reunited with her owner soon who is probably missing her so much

 

[foxgloveparrot]

She's beautiful But her poor owner must be missing her so much...I hope they're reunited soon.

 

[Deleted member 42416]

You never know…if she goes unclaimed she has found the most loving home at a time that is very unlikely to be coincidence. Sometimes the Lord doesn’t work in mysterious ways…sometimes they are very obvious!

Even if she is reunited with her former owner….what a beautiful little blessing from above! Perhaps, just a memo that when you are ready, a feather-baby is waiting!

 

[Flboy]

So nice! A blessing for you both!

 

[Laurasea]

Awwww the sweetness in that face ! I'm so glad you were in the right place. A blessing to both.
I pray for reunited

 

[Scott]

Awww, what a gorgeous house guest! Be interesting to see what develops.....!

 

[LaManuka]

Awww, what a gorgeous house guest! Be interesting to see what develops.....!

I know, right??

I had been planning on hopefully getting a baby lorikeet in May or June when a breeder contact has some babies again, but this may have thrown a spanner in the works there - albeit a very cute one Either that, or the flock is about to expand to four should i not be able to find her rightful owner!

She started to reveal her full repertoire of sounds yesterday, and she has such a very sweet little voice She also makes kissy kissy sounds, can say "peekaboo", and I'm pretty sure I heard a "pretty bird" in there too. I got some video yesterday - apologies for the big bird poop at the end, but bird poop is an inevitability for folks like us

 

[StormyPica]

I know, right??

I had been planning on hopefully getting a baby lorikeet in May or June when a breeder contact has some babies again, but this may have thrown a spanner in the works there - albeit a very cute one Either that, or the flock is about to expand to four should i not be able to find her rightful owner!

She started to reveal her full repertoire of sounds yesterday, and she has such a very sweet little voice She also makes kissy kissy sounds, can say "peekaboo", and I'm pretty sure I heard a "pretty bird" in there too. I got some video yesterday - apologies for the big bird poop at the end, but bird poop is an inevitability for folks like us

Oh no....
My heart....
It's stolen....

 

[LaManuka]

Oh no....
My heart....
It's stolen....

What, even with the big bird poop at the end??

 

[Deleted member 42416]

She is so stinking cute!!!! Now, how long are we going to keep calling her “house guest”?

 

[StormyPica]

What, even with the big bird poop at the end??

'Twas a most elegant poop, so I shall have to excuse it.

 

[StormyPica]

She is so stinking cute!!!! Now, how long are we going to keep calling her “house guest”?

I dub thee no longer a house guest.
Her name is now 'The Cockatiel'.

 

[LaManuka]

She is so stinking cute!!!! Now, how long are we going to keep calling her “house guest”?

Oh I don't know. I don't think she could have been away from her home for more than 24 hours when we caught her. She's in too good condition and we've had the most dreadful rain and flooding here the week prior and I very much doubt she'd have survived that so she cannot have been on the loose for long. Have had a few enquiries on the post I made on Fb, but neither of those were her family

We thought, in view of her arrival here coinciding with the loss of our beloved Uncle Jim, we might call her "Jemima" in honour of him, and I like to call her "Little Jem" - that will also work if it turns out that she's a he

 

[StormyPica]

Oh I don't know. I don't think she could have been away from her home for more than 24 hours when we caught her. She's in too good condition and we've had the most dreadful rain and flooding here the week prior and I very much doubt she'd have survived that so she cannot have been on the loose for long. Have had a few enquiries on the post I made on Fb, but neither of those were her family

We thought, in view of her arrival here coinciding with the loss of our beloved Uncle Jim, we might call her "Jemima" in honour of him, and I like to call her "Little Jem" - that will also work if it turns out that she's a he

Aww, that's great! Although, an escaped bird can survive a bad rainstorm (Stormy did, ironically).