Chalky

Mum got off the bus yesterday with her friend and as she went into her flats they spotted a grey bundle huddled on the floor. Her friend Carol knew what is was an African Grey Parrot. He was soaking wet and shaking like a leaf, they coaxed him to come to them which amazingly he did easily and carol took him to her flat, her husband had a parrot for years. There he gradually thawed out and made himself at home.
Meanwhile mum rings me to ask what to do about finding an owner. She said someones going to be heartbroken to lose him and he's safe here.
The great power of facebook kicks in, within 10 minutes of me posting it and sharing someone comes forward and said they'd seen one was lost on a pet site her friend ran. She gave me a phone number. A lovely truly amazing lady called Hazel who made it her personal mission to reunite this pet with it's owner. She knew the road name where the parrot was lost from but had no phone number, the vets had asked her to put him on her site but the vet was closed. She drove to the road and knocked on every door until she found the owner then drove her to pick up her beloved parrot, Chalky aged 35... a very naughty boy. A happy story for one lucky bird, a night spent freezing and he wouldn't have been here here today!

Chalky