Lost & Found Birds

baby conures This page is for anyone in Arizona who has lost or found a parrot. We will try hard to help you either reunite with your bird or to find the owner of the one(s) you have found. Please e-mail us at admin(at)tarafoundation(dot)com with details on any lost or found birds, and we'll put your information on our site within, normally, a day of receiving it. (Please do NOT send info as an attachment.) Please also e-mail Mary Boger at mary2441(at)cox(dot)net or contact her by phone (829-8756) to let her know about lost and found birds. She'll send out a notice to her e-mail list and will also post notices on the birdhotline.

If you've lost a bird we'd urge you to do several things, besides having us put up a listing: 1) Walk around your neighborhood—lost birds generally don't go very far; 2) Place an ad in the classifieds in the Arizona Daily Star (or your local daily paper if you're not in the Tucson metro area) as well as craigslist.org (under "pets" in their "community" section); 3) Check the ads in those places every day; 4) Put up flyers around your neighborhood; 5) Go door to door asking about your bird; 6) Don't give up — you have at least a fair chance of finding your bird if you do all of these things. (We just took down our two recent "lost bird" listings [from March] because, by doing the above, both owners found their birds.)

Please spread the word about this site. Our links page lists a few other sites that will help you find your lost bird or find the owners of birds you've found.

Lost birds

February 19, 2008—Sun Conure, lost in Pearce, AZ. Please call 520-609-5070 with any info.

December 10, 2007—Scarlet Macaw & Military Macaw, stolen from a home on the west side of Tucson near Silverbell. The scarlet is a 7-year-old male in good feather. Please call 609-2889 with any info.

November 8, 2007—Normal Grey Cockatiel, near I-17 & Greenway in Phoenix. If found, call 602-866-3995 or e-mail lcarp(at)cox(dot)net.

November 7, 2007—"Red Throated" Conure lost in Hereford, AZ. Call 520-378-0773 if found.

October 3, 2007—Timneh African Grey, near 33rd Ave. & Bethany Home in Phoenix. Three years old with very distinctive feet: no toe nails and a couple of deformed toes. If found, call 480-227-5930.

August 2007—Lineolated Parakeet (aqua/turquoise bird with black barring on her tail/wings) lost on West Side. Reward for her safe return. Please e-mail parrotsrfun(at)cox(dot)net.

May 2007—Senegal Parrot lost in Peoria. If found, call Merle at 623-748-8854.

April 2007—Bare Eyed Cockatoo lost in Phoenix near I-17 and Bell Road. If found, call Bob at 602-626-7767.

April 11, 2007—Budgie, light blue, near Orange Grove and La Canada. Call 297-1052 or e-mail foxardithhughm(at)qwest(dot)net"> if found.

February 24, 2007—Mustached Parakeet lost in Gilbert on Guadalupe between Val Vista and Gilbert Road. Call (480)776-9616, (480)632-2430 or (623)221-83-01, or e-mail maru_2710(at)msn(dot)com.

February 10, 2007—Green Cheek Conure lost in north Tucson. Call 297-2991 if found.

December 27, 2006—African Grey baby (only 4 months old) lost near Drexel and Country Club. If found, call 620-6590.

November 7, 2006—Timneh African Grey lost in Chandler near Hartford and Ray. Please call 480-206-4236.

November 5, 2006—Two Grey Cockatiels, lost near Houghton and Tanque Verde. If found, call Robin at 749-7795.

September 1, 2006—Stolen Birds—Congo Grey (Sequoia, 13 years old, talks, fully feathered at time of abduction) and Blue & Gold Macaw (Baby, 18 years old with only half a wing on one side, not a friendly bird). Reward offered. Birds can be turned into Valley Animal Hospital or OK Feed with no questions asked, or call 520-360-1263

Found Birds

We do not list details (normally not even the species) on medium-size and large found birds (that is, conures and larger), because, sad to say, there are unscrupulous people who falsely claim ownership of lost birds in order to obtain them and then sell them. (If you're one of the kind-hearted folks — or know anyone else who is — who will put an ad in the paper upon finding a lost bird, please do not put in any identifying information in the ad, for this reason.) We do, however, facilitate the reuniting of found birds with their companion humans. We do this by listing where and when the bird was found and the size of the bird.

When people turn in found birds to TARA, we run an ad in the daily paper for two weeks and also post information on this page. If no one claims a found bird within a month, it legally becomes an abandoned animal, and becomes the property (though we really dislike that term and what it implies) of TARA. We'll then place the bird for adoption.

November 18, 2007—cockatiel, very friendly, found on northwest side. Call 8295786 to identify.

September 23, 2007—parrot found near Alveron/Palo Verde. It is a very nice bird. Seems to be in good health dose not look like it had been gone from home long. Call Mary at 829-8756 or email her at mary2441(at)cox(dot)net to identify.

July 30, 2007—Yellow Budgie, found near 4th/5th St. & Country Club. E-mail jeanne(at)cdg-architects.com.

May 15, 2007 — Small Parrot found in Oro Valley. Call 971-4579 to identify.

April 10, 2007 — Small Parrot about nine to 10 in long. It was found on the North west side of town. If you have lost your little friend please contact Mary at 829-5786.

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