LOST Red-collared Lorikeet, Sydney Australia

[Anony]

Country: Australia
State: NSW
City: Sydney
Area: Northern Beaches
Suburb: Curl Curl
Breed: Red-collared Lorikeet
Name of Bird: Jack
Date Lost: 23rd May 2008
Banded: Black band with white number WJK48
Reward: Yes!
Owner Name: Peter
Owner Mobile Phone: 040 472 227
Owner Email: peter@artofmoving.com.au

LOST

Lost on 23rd of May, Red-collared Lorikeet from Curl Curl, Northern Beaches, Sydney, NSW. Last seen flying North with Rainbow Lorikeets. Jack is hand reared, very tame, talks and will most probably visit people on their verandas.

He looks like a Rainbow Lorikeet but has a red collar instead of green around his neck. He wears a black band with a white number around his ankle.

Jack especially likes to snuggle behind necks or crawl into your jacket's hood or pockets. He might greet you with a "Hello" and a kiss. If it's night time he will blow three kisses and say "I love you" before falling asleep. Jack likes grapes more than any other fruit and will say "Thank you" if you give him a flower. He likes to place bottlebrush stamens between his feathers after a bath to smell nice.

Jack thought it was funny showing he could open the doors to his Castle, so we added peg locks to the doorways just in case he thought it was funnier to wait for us to laugh by being outside instead of inside his Castle. Yesterday morning he pushed the joke too far...

A large "PLONK" frightened off a flock of Rainbow Lorikeets when I dropped the washing basket in shock of seeing Jack's Castle door wide open. He took to the air with the Rainbows!

Jack's family miss him very, very much!

[Anony]

JACK HAS BEEN FOUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5pm this afternoon :)

YIPEEEEE!!!!

[jodringneck]

you are so lucky

[Bebe]

Hi Anony
I'm very happy for you all that Jack has been found.
How did you get him back? I'd love to know.

Bebe

[Courtzrocks]

YAY! JACK'S BACK! How did you find him?

[Icednova625]

Awesome you got Jack back:D

[Anony]

Hi Jodringneck, Bebe, Courtzrocks and Icednova625!

WE ARE SOOOOOO HAPPY to have Jack back!!!!

My Birdytale has been published on my blog as to how he came home again Here:

Bird Anonymous: Jack Phoned Home

Jack wrote his own story a couple of posts below that but he was a little nectar drunk the whole time he was gone

Jack even has his own King Jack Appreciation Society Badge now