After a heart-stopping escape from his cage, Henry the brave and exploratory bird has made a triumphant return to the loving arms of his rightful owner after venturing into a world with no barriers for two days.
Last week, Henry's unexpected flight sent his owner Kim into a whirlwind of distress. With each passing moment, the chances of Henry's safe return seemed slimmer. Kim McLoughlin states she has had the fifteen-month-old Hahns Marcour since early this year. The day Henry made his great escape had been the same day Kim had plans to move into a new house.
After putting Henry's cage against the removalist truck as she quickly went inside to grab a drink, she had come back to see the cage at the end of her driveway with Henry nowhere to be seen.
Kim's despair turned to desperate hope, as she longed for her beloved feathered friend to come home. She decided to stay at her old house one more night in an attempt to call out to Henry during the night, as she prayed for his return.
“I was up and down the street at 8 o’clock at night going ‘Henry, Cuddles’, just hoping he’d hear me,” Kim explains.
It is believed that he had flown over to the opposite side of the racecourse track houses across from Kim’s Ooralea home and landed on a woman’s shoulder. Kim explains the odd coincidence that the woman who found the bird called her daughter, which led to Henry ending up in a house at Andergrove.
Shortly after, Kim’s sister-in-law’s son happened to have been going to school with the son of the woman who had Henry in her care. The boys got to talking about birds only to realise that they were both talking about Henry.
After two days of despair and heartache for Kim, she received a miracle call to say,
“I think I’ve got your bird.”
Kim was overwhelmed with joy and was extremely grateful for the return of her Henry.
“I couldn’t stop crying, I thought I would never see him again, but thank God there’s some honest people out there,” she says.
After two eventful days of exploring the mysterious world, Henry is now back in the warmth and security of his own home, reunited with his rightful owner and settling into his new area that Kim has dedicated for him.
Caption: Adventurous Henry: Home safe at last. Photo supplied by Kim McLoughlin
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