Awwww...happy good news for once :-)
UnionLeader.com - New Hampshire news - Parrot that flew the coop reunited with Salem owner - Friday, May. 30, 2008:
PELHAM – A parrot that had flown the coop earlier in the week was reunited with its owner at the police department yesterday.
Julie Galvin of Salem was brought to tears when animal control officer Allison Downing brought out Bailey, a 21-week-old African Grey parrot.
Bailey went missing late Sunday afternoon when a sliding door at Galvin's North Main Street home was left open.
Previously, open windows and doors weren't a major concern, since the employees at Zoo Creatures in Plaistow told Galvin that Bailey, who was a Mother's Day gift from her husband Kevin, couldn't fly because feathers needed for flight had been clipped.
That didn't prevent Bailey from covering a distance of about 10 miles by Wednesday. Several pet store employees told Galvin that he'd likely stay close, Galvin said.
"They all said he'd stay near one area and cling to a tree," she said. "We don't know what he was thinking."
Galvin searched the local area for hours each day beginning at dawn while putting up posters and asking neighbors for help.
"The whole neighborhood was wonderful," she said.
Galvin recalled Bailey swooping out the slider door and then heading straight up the street as she tried to run after it.
"I didn't think I was going to see him again," Galvin said. "I haven't slept in days."
On Wednesday evening, Downing was called to a home on Ledge Road, where a family reported that a large bird flew right into their garage.
After bringing the bird into the department, Downing put out a New England-wide teletype message to area departments seeking a missing bird of its kind.
The following morning Salem police called back with the prior report Galvin had entered, and Downing contacted her and confirmed it was hers.
"Isn't he a love?" she said as Bailey flitted his wings while stretching out in a cage. "I can't believe you guys found him. It's like she found my kid."