My male aqua blue budgie Sweetie flew from Croydon Park, Sydney, on Wednesday, 29th June, 2011.

Very friendly, good talker: "Hello darling", "Love you, darling", "Good girl" etc.

Excellent flier so could be some distance away.

His mate is nesting and is anxious at his absence. She needs him to help her while she incubates her eggs and raises her first brood of chicks.

Sweetie is very precious to me - a very special little sweetheart.

If found, please contact me urgently!

I have combed the local streets and parks calling him and have done a letterbox drop around the block as well as put up posters in vets' windows, the post office, McDonalds, Subway, the newsagency, local churches and bus stops. He is 4.5 years old. My hope is that, being so friendly, he has approached someone who has taken him in. I just need to find that person!

Ween

Post a lost and found on GUMTREE and also leave details with the RSPCA. Post notices ANYWHERE near you that sells bird seed, as rescuers often head straight for such places to get them food.

If he has a legring with codes on it leave those details too. There are many lost and found sites on the net too that you can place a free advert with.

If you get him back it may not be wise to allow him straight back in with his hen. He may come back carrying a disease and also the stress of being out in the real world might be too much for him to just take up where he left off. Best of luck finding him. Often they are very close to where they went missing from.

 

PS find anyone in your area that has bird aviaries. Birds that go missing have a tendency to land in at other peoples bird aviaries drawn to them by the bird chatter. We have found many a budgie and other bird landing on our aviary wire over the years. Pays to keep a net handy by the aviary we have found.

Edited July 5, 201113 yr by **KAZ**

Thanks for the advice, Kaz. We have a budgie aviary just next door and it was the first place I checked but unfortunately no luck. Have also discovered another one on my travels around the block but still no luck as yet. He went missing about 3:30pm so there wasn't much time before nightfall. What do you think a budgie's behaviour might be on escaping at that time of day? No leg ring, I'm afraid.

A budgie escaping at nightfall would ( after a little fly around ) settle in a tree for the night, but with the sun coming up would fly off again. Also all of this would depend on if any other birds or animals were chasing him off.