We were taking fireworks outside to put in his car, and his stepdad was bringing more out when she slipped out the door. It was very windy and she tried to turn around to land somewhere near the house, but the wind just blew her farther away and I could see she was a long ways away before I lost sight. (Her dot was gone before it headed for trees, and it’s a fairly flat landscape with shorter trees.) We looked for a long time after she was gone, but it was no use, she’d flown too far. I just want to know what are the chances. I know they have bad homing skills, I know they aren’t good at surviving in the wild. Especially not with all the booms from fireworks, and I think it was supposed to storm last night sometime, and there are a lot of hawks around here, and it’s very very hot out. ((Texas.)) So just give me a blunt answer; is there any chance she’ll come back, and if not, what are her chances of surviving? She was a nice bird, even if she didn’t like me(jealousy), and I don’t like to think of her being killed. ((My boyfriend and his mom both take the stance that birds aren’t meant to have their wings clipped or be kept cooped up in a cage all the time, and she’s only in a cage at night or when they take her to her big outdoor cage. I like birds a lot, and I’m all for that stance except for the heartache of losing the bird. If I ever get one, I’m clipping its wings.))
