For anyone who has ever lost a bird.

Atwee921

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Sprite the cinnamon green cheek conure.
I found this nice poem:

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When a bird dies that has been especially close to someone here, that bird goes to the Rainbow Bridge. At the Rainbow Bridge, there are meadows, hills, and beautiful trees of all kinds where all our special friends can fly and climb, hang and flap, hop and run, jump and play, squawk and squeal and sing together.

There is plenty of good food, including grapes and peanuts, ice cream and cheese, spaghetti and especially lots of pizza. There is crystal clear water in brooks and springs are filled with water as well as every kind of delicious fresh fruit juice.

One warm spring even runs full of the coffee they can now drink their fill of without hearing a single no-no. There is a lot of glorious sunshine and sweet warm rain when they want it and our friends are warm and comfortable and totally at peace.

All the birds that had been ill or old are restored to health and vigour and to their natural incredible beauty. Their feathers shine, their wing feathers are whole and their eyes gleam once again with vitality. Those who were hurt, maimed, ignored, or broken-hearted are made whole again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days gone by.

The birds are happy and content. Except for one small thing: they each miss someone very special to them who had to be left behind when the bird returned home. Still they all fly and play happily and safely and noisily together: even the grouchiest greys and orneriest senegal, the tiniest finches and the grandest macaws

But the day comes for each bird when he suddenly stops and looks far into the distance. His body freezes and his bright eyes are intent as he watches and listens in silence. Suddenly he begins to fly from the group, soaring over the green grass, his wings flapping harder and harder!

You have been spotted - and he shrieks to you and then calls your name and his own and cries again and again, as he rushes towards you.When you and your bird finally meet, you cling to each other in joyous reunion, knowing you will never be parted again.

Your face and your fingers and even your toes are covered with beak nibbles and soft ecstatic kisses. Your hair is preened by that special beak, and his head bends under your fingers to invite your touch. Your hands again find their way under beloved wings, to caress the downy softness beneath.

You look once more into the trusting eyes of your companion, so long from your physical life on earth but never for an instant absent from your heart. Your tears of joy are gently brushed away by those beloved wings and feeling immersed once more in total contentment and love, you and your beloved companion cross the Rainbow Bridge together.
 

Garnet

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5 Green Cheek Conures; 1 Blackcapped Conure; 2 Sun Conures; 3 Cockatiel; 1 Quaker; 1 Whitecapped Pionus; 2 Peach Fronted Conures; 1 parakeet
Having lost birds throughout the many years I've had them, the rainbow bridge is the way I've always liked to think about after their death. It seems they are only loaned to us for awhile, then they go home.
 

Rio Mom

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River - Green Cheek
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Pepper - Congo African Grey/

Rest in Peace Rio
Makes me cry :(

Aww I cant imagine what its like to lose a parrot. Its like losing a best friend.... I just cant imagine. How long did you have Rio?

Sadly, I only had him for two months to the day. But in that short amount of time, he managed to completly steal my heart, and my husbands as well! I miss him horribly, and think of him often.
 
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Atwee921

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Sprite the cinnamon green cheek conure.
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Awww, thats so sad. Its amazing how an animal so small can steal your heart and feel love.
 

andrea.faerie

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My lovely little Black Cap Conure, Lucy (in the sky with diamonds) <3
Animals of all walks that show us affection and true, unconditional love, are magnificently incredible. I have no idea what I'd do without my critters <3
 

upcgirl

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Max--Senegal

RIP Ricco--Mexican Red Head Amazon
Thanks for sharing the poem. I had a good cry. A month ago, I lost my parrot. I had him for 18 years, since he was weaned.
 

MaraWentz

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Red Front Macaw, Elvis, 10,male RIP

Red Front Macaw, Erin, 1.5,female

Goffin Cockatoo, Blossom 2,female Rehomed

Blue & Gold Macaw, Oscar, Male, 21 years old, Rehomed

American Bulldog Mix,
Ugh this has me crying. Makes me think that maybe my baby isn't so lonely up there after all.
 

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