Farewell Found Feathered Friend...

Sunday, May 29 was an eventful day at church. It started off normal enough but as Mike and I were getting ready to head to Discipleship and Life (aka Sunday School) we were beckoned to see about helping a little bird that seemed injured in the parking lot. When we got to the bird we were surprised to find a beautiful little white cockatiel!

Mike, being the avian lover that he is, got down beside it and was able to rescue it from the parking lot. He drove home, holding the bird, and put it in a spare cage we had at the house. When we got home from church the kids were super excited to see a new bird friend and dubbed him/her/it "Polly". While Polly was rough around the edges, with missing tail feathers, scabs on its head and a few other feathers missing, she perked up after getting some food and water.


The search began for Polly's real home. I had no idea that there were so many missing cockatiels in our general area, but we were contacted by 5 or 6 pet owners trying to find their beloved, missing birds. Honestly, we had given up hope and decided to just try and find a nice, loving home for the bird when I got a call this afternoon and met up with a nice woman who thinks the bird is hers.

Apparently her bird, Charlie, went missing about 3 MONTHS ago!! She said that Polly looks like Charlie, but with birds it is pretty hard to tell. While we are not 100% sure that Polly belongs to her, this bird just made the day (and probably month) of a wonderful widow who was missing her bird terribly.

Our goal was to find the owner or, if we failed in that, to find a good home. Hopefully both were accomplished today!!