Had an interesting evening yesterday. Call came in as I was fixing dinner. A Cockatoo had flown off and landed in a tree about 50 foot up at the local Hostel. Owner asked if I had a bucket truck. Told him no I climb, no bucket. But advised him that I have only rescued cats and drones in the past. Never a bird. Asked about the size of the bird, and took the appropriate pillowcase.
He called me again on my way there and asked about a hose with a nozzle that I definitely did not have on my truck. Saying if he sprayed to bird, it would not be able to fly. Of course my next question was, "did you clip the flight feathers!?" Nope. He forgot to before they left Oregon.
When I got there, they were tormenting the poor thing with a drone, me just standing there with throw line in hand, ready to deploy the cube.
Inevitably, the bird became disturbed with the whole situation and proceeded to fly to the nearest building to hide behind it. On the ground at least. Once in possession of her parents, she settled down. I had a nice pair of secateurs in the truck and Chloe promptly got her flight feathers clipped. They tried to pay me, but the whole event seemed so crazy that I just told them no, just leave a nice review. See if they do.
This morning the local sheriff's office called and added me to a list of names to call in case an animal needs rescued. Guess they found out about the bird as they referenced it .