A Budgie at the bird feeder

[Catherine]

I can imagine the surprize of a Winnipeg woman when she noticed a budgie at her bird feeder among the sparrows.  With winter coming on rescuers had to work quickly. The sparrows probably kept the budgie warm, but Winnipeg gets cold. I should know, I grew up there. It took a while, but they were ingenious in setting up a "trap" for the bird, now know as MacGyvor. They set up a cage with a heat lamp and food and they moved it to where ever the bird appeared. On Jan 1, 2016 he was finally caught and brought in out of the cold. 


http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/...-cold.html


He was a very resourceful little bird, but there is no way he could survive a whole Manitoba winter. Winnipeg's nickname is "Winterpeg".
It seems now that MacGyvor is safe over a dozen people want to claim him.
How they will figure out his real owner I don't know. The important thing is that he is safe and will have a good home with someone for the rest of his life.