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Cockie rescue cock-up
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AdvertisementIt took a US Coast Guard helicopter to rescue a Texas man and his pet cockatoo from the heights of a pine tree after he got stuck trying to retrieve the bird, valued at nearly $2500.
William Hart, 35, had climbed about 18 metres up the tree to get the bird after it escaped from its cage and flew out a bedroom window.
Television video showed him standing on a branch yesterday awaiting rescue, the exotic white bird apparently tucked under his shirt.
The cockatoo, Geronimo, got out after Hart's daughter apparently forgot to latch his cage after feeding him, Hart told the Houston Chronicle.
He said he spotted the bird in flight and chased him, then climbed the tree until Geronimo flew to his arm.
That is when Hart realised they were stuck. He said he yelled to his sister, who was helping him chase the bird, to call authorities.
Firefighters had trouble backing a truck up to the tree because of the rain-saturated ground, so the Coast Guard helicopter was called in. The crew used a harness to get both man and bird down.
Hart had a few scratches and a bite on his finger from the frightened bird nipping him, but he said he was glad it all worked out. The shaking bird tucked its beak under his collar as he held it.
"He's my baby," Hart said. "I'd do it again."
AP
