Allie's story with pics

This is Allie the day she came to live with us

On Fri 8/22 my husband wanted to clean up around the bird cages and since Allie is deathly afraid of our mop he put her on our screened lanai while he cleaned up. We had just experienced Tropical Storm Fay and were still getting some high winds and severe thunder/lightening showers
but it was calm at the moment he put her outside. Our lanai is screened and has one side attached to the house, a front door and a back door down a hallway. Hubby wasn't thinking and stepped out onto the lanai to put the mop there to dry and Allie spooked and flew up into the screen above the back door and it gave way and she flew away, here is a pic of the area, the screen let loose from the bottom and along the sides

It stormed all day off and on and part of the next day, I looked everywhere, finally after some good advice from Kim, an experienced bird friend on Sun 8 24 I looked toward the north of my house and found her, here are the pics of the tree,
this is about where I found her in the tree, we had to get a 16 foot extention ladder and I had to go to the top put one foot on a branch and lean up as far as I could to get her

this is a pic of the tree standing on my front door step looking across the steet, the tree she was in is marked, it's the one in the distance behind the palm, it's top is visible from my front door step and she could probably see us everytime we went out the front door.

Just a few pics for reference, I could not see her just scanning the tree it was too heavily leaved, she was calling and I had to actually go and look from the trunk up into the tree to see her, I went out early when she would normally be having her breakfast and as I walked this treeline when I went too far to the right of the tree she screamed and when I went too far to the left she screamed until I finally figured out which tree it was.

And this is my girl after I brought her home she was hungry and happy

She has found her voice, she has been with me for about 3 months now and hadn't said much but since I found her she has vocalized with me everyday.

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Rowdy male Vos eclectus
Allie female SI eclectus
Nila male Indian Ringneck
Priya female Indian Ringneck

That is some sort of miracle, Sue. And you bet Allie knows who mom is now and is going to chat you up every chance she gets!

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MCS

The Camp Chaos Crew includes:
cool kitties, fearless finches, cunning canaries, boisterous budgies, tireless tiels and renegade ringies!

Ooooooooooohhhhhhh SUE!!! What a story! Wow....looking at the photos, that tree is so big and dense...it really was a miracle that you were able to find her! I can't wait to meet the little escape artist tomorrow afternoon!

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Bailey - male Blue & Gold Macaw * the attitude of the flock!
Chloe - female Red-Fronted Macaw * the mouth of the flock!
Jasmine - female Solomon Island Eclectus * the looks of the flock!
Princess - female Patagonian Conure * the neuroticism of the flock!
+ 4 doggies, 2 lizards, a tortoise, a turtle, & a hedgehog!

That really was some story! I just can't imagine going through that. Thank God you found her! She's a beautiful girl.

Allie is just gorgeous! I'm so thankful you found her!

that is quite a story for sure!!! Allie is so beautiful!!!

Wow, that is one HUGE tree. I am sooo glad that you found her, I was praying for you guys.

Amazing how something so wonderful as Allie now talking to you and trusting you more came out of such tragedy. I truly believe that she now KNOWS you will be there for her and are truly trying to help her.

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Angela
Tiels: Daisy, Summer, Chip, Dale, Pearly, Frankie
Quakers: Petrie, Captain
Lovebirds: Smarty, Sandy, Scooter, Rosie, Betty
Budgies: Sky, Bella
Linnies: Popeye, Olive Oil