cocktiel n the loose

Question
My cocktiel's wings are unclipped...I know...and he escaped through my front door 5 days ago.  We have located him and tried for two days to get him to fly back down to us.  We have his cage, his parent birds, a mirror, and food.  He wants to fly to us and has tried 8 times.  The problem is he won't fly down low enough to land nor be caught and circles frantically above us until he tires and then lands in another tree.  I kow he must be wearing out.  What can we do?

Answer
Hi,

Unfortunately, a lot of birds get freaked out when they get loose and have a hard time coming back (despite how easy it might seem to us, from our point of view).

Here are some articles with tips for getting your bird back:

http://mickaboo.com/findbird.html

http://www.parrottalk.com/missing.html

I hope this helps! Good Luck!

-Maggie