I lost maggie tonight!!

[Sunset_Chaser]

Oh, Mark, I'm SO sorry to hear that Maggie is missing! I've been inactive and just came across this. Prayers being sent and fingers and toes crossed that you find her and can bring her home!

 

[miloslave]

Mark, please dont give up, Maggie is just as scared and I believe also looking for you. Keep believing!

Mom to Charlie and Milo

 

[OOwl]

I imagine it's hard not to get discouraged, but stories abound of birds reunited after weeks (or months) on the wing. I still tell friends and family of your steadfast devotion and dedication to finding Tusk. I've burned that into my memory banks for if I ever find myself in the same situation. Through your pain, you've helped educate untold numbers of people that could very well find themselves in the same situation someday, so I'd like to thank you for sharing every step of the process. I just know it's going to be some kind of celebration when you find your Maggie. I'll keep checking back. . . a dozen or more times a day. . . like everyone else here. The entire "atmosphere" here isn't the same right now. We need our flock whole again.

 

[Birdman666]

Mark, please dont give up, Maggie is just as scared and I believe also looking for you. Keep believing!

Mom to Charlie and Milo

I'm not giving up. I am suspecting that I'm pounding the pavement in the wrong location.

When I went out looking for Tusk in the area where he was last seen...

By then he had moved three miles down. He was seven miles away when he was finally found. He found a person, and that person found me.

I'm suggesting that I may be looking in the wrong place. I think I'm presently looking where she WAS a short time ago. NOT where she is now.

I can look for here where she WAS the rest of my life, and I still won't find her. Because she's not there now. I need a fresh lead.

The most important thing now is putting myself out there so someone knows I'm looking. I've done that.

She's a three foot fire engine red bird, that talks to people from the trees. Someone is bound to spot her.

Soon, I hope!

 

[DRB]

Not sure if this will make you feel better but here goes.

I'm a rookie CAG owner and reading this story has greatly increased my awareness and diligence in taking care of my Perjo and things I show her, train her and how I take her in and out of the house.

You'll get her back I'm sure, but in the meantime know a CAG is better off b/c of this shared story.

I went through my contacts that live in Texas and unfortunately none live in or near San Antonio.

Stay upbeat as much as possible.

 

[chris-md]

Still following what's going on mark.

Project out. You've been mapping the sightings, Youve described a pattern. project a couple miles ahead of those sightings see if that helps at all.

 

[Scott]

Good luck today, Mark. Perhaps the rain will make Maggie feel more vulnerable and decide to interact with whatever humanity is in her area.

Hang in there buddy, and keep nourished even if it is just concentrated foodstuff.

 

[Birdman666]

Still following what's going on mark.

Project out. You've been mapping the sightings, Youve described a pattern. project a couple miles ahead of those sightings see if that helps at all.

I've been doing that already. But she's at the edge of the human grid.
There is nothing out there past Highway 90. It's just barren scrub land. I was out that way both last night and this morning. I don't see her continuing in that direction if she gets to absolute nowhere. For starters, there's no trees, just dirt.

There is a heavily wooded area on private property in the area where she has been spotted on Pru Road. The guy who lives there is cool, he's an animal person. I think she might be roosting there at night. It's a natural safe haven. He checks it from time to time for me. She was seen flying over it once.

Like I say, we've got lots of eyes out there. Lots of good people. A few cranks... WAY MORE GOOD PEOPLE THAN CRANKS...

I still think she's looking for a familiar landmark, and she isn't far from finding it. She's just got to turn the right way. I free fly her at the duckpond park in Heritage. She KNOWS that area. And it's a heavily traveled residential area. If she finds it, I know she'll find her way home.

 

[OOwl]

Wouldn't that be awesome to pull into your driveway and see her sitting in her very own tree? Hoping for that . . . .

 

[Birdman666]

Wouldn't that be awesome to pull into your driveway and see her sitting in her very own tree? Hoping for that . . . .

It would be awesome to just see her PERIOD!

This is one of the most bonded birds I've ever had.

She brings so much joy to my life, that I absolutely cannot imagine having to live without her.

 

[plumsmum2005]

Keep the faith, she will be home.

 

[cottontiel]

Wow, the roller coaster of anxiety I felt reading this thread cannot even hold a candle to what you must be feeling. I am deeply sorry for your current loss, but you will definitely find her, I am confident about that. Your efforts will not be fruitless.

I am not in the area but I will keep an eye on anything I may come across online. Thank you for not giving up, I know that Maggie is looking for you just as you are looking for her.

 

[Birdman666]

Looks like the storm is going to miss us, but it's very, very windy again tonight.

Got the worst crank call yet tonight. Mean spirited @$$hole... I didn't listen to his entire rant. Hung up after about the second sentence. To parahprase: "Your bird is going to die if he isn't dead already. You're never getting him back. Next time leave the bird in a cage where he belongs....

For the record:

Maggie never belonged in a cage. She would have WISHED she were dead if she were forced to lived like that... she couldn't stand it!

I gave her a quality of life she didn't have before I got her.

I love her dearly. And she isn't dead yet.

F#@% HIM!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?!

 

[2greenconurestostart]

Looks like the storm is going to miss us, but it's very, very windy again tonight.

Got the worst crank call yet tonight. Mean spirited @$$hole...

I didn't listen to his entire rant. Hung up after about the second sentence.

To parahprase: "Your bird is going to die if he isn't dead already. You're never getting him back. Next time leave the bird in a cage where he belongs....

For the record:

Maggie never belonged in a cage. She would have WISHED she were dead if she were forced to lived like that... she couldn't stand it!

I gave her a quality of life she didn't have before I got her.

And I love her dearly.

And she isn't dead yet.

F#@% HIM!!!

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?!

i don't know but there is a very special place for them. I am so sorry.....

 

[Christinenc2000]

Man I am not a violent person but would like to punch that punk in the mouth.

Mean just flat mean. Trying to make someone else feel as bad about life as they do. YOU do not have to defend yourself here. As far as I am concerned you treated your Bird with nothing but love and respect.

Everyone knows how much you love your Flock. And NO she is not dead.

Hope that Jackass gets **** on by every bird flying close to him

 

[Birdman666]

Maggie is not replaceable.

I don't think I could start over with another greenwing.

I don't think I could replace ten years of training, or go through all that again with another bird. I can't fathom doing it all over again... and at the same time, I can't fathom not having a goofy GWM in my life.

And even if I did, it just wouldn't be my Maggie... I want MY greenwing back. That line from Iron Man 2 was spot on: "That's not my bird."

She's GOT to be found!

How can a bird that big stay lost in a densely populated suburban environment?

Waiting is not something I do well.

 

[Birdman666]

One of the local news agencies has agreed to do a story on Maggie!!!

 

[Christinenc2000]

OMG that is great news !!

 

[Allee]

Mark, I'm sorry about the latest prank call, no excuse for that nonsense. Thankfully, good people far outnumber the OTHER ones!

That is amazing news! A public news broadcast could make a world of difference!

Hoping for the best. Remember to take care of you too, while you are taking care of everything else.

 

[RavensGryf]

One of the local news agencies has agreed to do a story on Maggie!!!

Great! That's exciting they agreed. That will reach everyone, if they haven't already gotten the word one way or another.