On my way to the airport today, I stopped at Mom & Dad's where their neighbor, Grace, was in the midst of encountering a very cool bird. Obviously what AJ would call, "An Unauthorized Cage Release." Turns out he is a Rainbow Lory. He was sitting in front of the neighbor’s house on their railing and would whistle back every time we whistled at him. He let me get close enough to touch him, but then he started to fly away. I grabbed him in mid-air and he bit the be-jeezes out of the flap of skin between my pointer finger & thumb (2 hours ago and it still hurts). I didn’t let go and we ended up putting him in a shoe box until the animal rescue people could come.
He’d have been lunch for an osprey if we hadn’t caught him. His wings must have been clipped or he would have flown better.
What a catch!
2 comments:
I can't believe you could catch that thing without any salt to put on its tail.
Having exhausted my lifetime supply of shoeboxes for lost and wounded animals by the time Missy was eleven years old, it's a good thing a neighbor came up with one. I was not anxious to have this exotic bird among our packing cases. I'm surpised Missy made it to the airport in time to catch her plane as this diversion lasted quite a while. Hope the bird is safe and returned to his owner soon.
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