Here is one of the best Lost and Found. I can relate to you.
Alex the Alexandrine I got after the death of Dexter and the other seven.
It is a copy & Paste from my write up at the time.
21st October 2016
Alex has flown out of the door at Care Vets 69 West Coast Road Glen Eden 11am this morning. Last seen flying towards Clayburn reserve on Clayburn road.
He is human friendly and will I am sure go to someone for help. He is finger and hand shy. So please do not force him. Offer a arm and he will step up on his own if asked.
Semi recall trained but not good at flying down out of high places. (To some degree flight impaired). But make no mistake he can fly.
I am shattered and he will be freaking out. If sighted or caught please either contact me or the vets.
He, I felt he did respond to my calls.
But as I have alluded to before (Due to constant clipping) he has lost or did never learn how to fly downwards. So off he went over the railway lines and I lost sight of him behind the building. And assumed he may of landed up in a large Pine tree on the reserve in Clayburn road. I spent time in that area calling him, but gave up and went home to print posters and list on every site I could.
22nd October 2016
I delivered posters to every letterbox in the area I thought he maybe, and stapled them up on every telegraph pole.
Calling his name all the time.
I had heard nothing.
But the lady who spotted him on the 23rd did say she heard a strange bird call tonight before dark.22st October 2016
23rd October.
My birthday and we were off fishing for the day. I wont get into details.
Except to say my mobile rang on the way out running down to the back of Waiheke.
Forgot to check when we got parked up.
And then it rang again, I was on to it this time.
The lady said am I speaking to Clive? I think we have your bird!
68 Westcoast road. Across the road almost, from the vets.
So he went back to where he flew away from almost. Smart little bugger.
At that time she just filled me in with a few details how they had managed to get hold of him and he was safe.
The call before turned out to be from the after hour service of the vets, to say I should contact such and such number as they have seen a bird, but had not been able to get it as it was high up in a tree.
This is where, having a smart intelligent bird helps. And all the work I have done with him over the last 16months has paid off. After they had found the Carevets
Notice and made contact. Knowing his name now they went back to calling to him, and he replied.
Back this handicap of not being able to fly downwards.
They said they could tell he wanted to come to them, and he worked his way out the ends of each branch and got to the next lower one, until he ran out of branches.
Then he flew to one of the ladies, but did not get low enough and flew past over her head and down between two houses into a low tree/shrub. Still to high her to get hold of him. She went and got a small pair of steps and went back worrying that she may frighten him into another flight.
But No, she was able to get both hands over him, Her reward was getting a bite. But I think this was just a stress reaction from him, as he did not nail her. They took him inside and put him in a cat cage.
After I talked to them and said he would be ok once he relaxed they had him out in the lounge for the rest of the day.
When I got home I called and they had me on speaker phone. And said boy did he get animated when he heard my voice. Off I went to get him. My gift to them in way of thanks was a 1.2kg half of my special cold smoked salmon.
We had a long talk about Alex and how they talked him down, and a few other things, then I left after about an hour.
On the way home he went to the floor of the car where they is a seed tray always for him.
At home I put a good array of foods out for him.
On dusk I went and turned the bird room lights off and took Alex to my bed room and he flew across to his beer box. Landed on top where he would normally stay until I go to bed. But this time and the first time I have known he wanted to get down and went straight into it.
I take it he is happy, full and needing rest and recuperation.