Barney the African Grey parrot is reunited with his beloved Hertfordshire family after Flying the nest!
The 4 and a half year old African Grey who swears at the cats on a regular basis made his escape when a door was left open in the family home.
Owners Ian and Courtney Sutton never believed they would get Barney back and thought they had more chance of winning the lotto than getting Barney back.
The owners put up posters up in the surrounding areas and were shocked when they got a phone call from a vet who said he had been found!
They said it seemed like a very long weekend and we are over the moon to have him back, he rules the roost and is the wife’s baby and is part of the family.
He was found resting on someones Balcony near the QE2 Hospital in Welwyn Garden City.
im so glad the barney the african grey came back , i feel that it has given me hope as our african grey archie took off last nite 05/07/2009 @ 8pm as we were cleaning out his cage out side and decided to fly off we are all distraught he is only 3 but reading this has given me hope and my kids and husband say he’ll be back by thursday! i have rung the radio station the police all the vets in the area ad mag and am now working on poster to stickloads around our area. i hope he comes back i feel like a part of me has gone and we are all heartbroken.
hi,i wonder if you got your parrot home yet.dont give up.my 8 month old grey captain escaped and was gone for nearly a week.we searched every where for him and he was found ontop of a school roof they are very tough birds and the rain and wind didnt seem to have bothered him much.look in high places that stand out also high trees.i hope u are lucky.
Hi, my african grey is one and a half and flew away on Sunday 8 August 2009. I am absolutely gutted as she was spotted in the nearby village but when I got there, there was no sign. I have issued posters and contacted the village newspaper to put an ad too, fingers crossed.
our african grey got out on tues 11/08/09 we got a call tonight at about 6.30pm someone had found him we brought him home for 7pm but he was in a very bad way by 8pm sadly he had passed away our whole family are so upset.
Stephen Kendall-Lane – October 3, 2009
My African Grey, Princess Parity, flew off on 17th Sept 09 from Streatham, London SW16. I have been fortunate enough to have this loss covered by ITV 5.30pm London News this evening 3rd Oct, with my contact number shown. I have so far received two calls – neither were my parrot, alas, but are possibly of interest to somebody in the same boat.
First call was about an African Grey first spotted just over two weeks ago by a lady in Gravesend.
Second call was about an African Grey, without a ring, captured in St Albans and handed over to a bird sanctury.
If either of these could be your missing parrot, email me on princessparity@btinternet.com
Stephen