Fun News: A Real ‘Loopy’ Story

July 21, 2011

A little good news to report today — Loopy the parrot is back home thanks to a few good folks, our online paper and Facebook.

Loopy was happily enjoying life on a screened back porch in the Bratt area, near Pine Barren Road and the Alabama/Florida line, late last week. But when the mailman decided to put a package on the porch to avoid it getting it wet in an impending storm, Loopy decided to take a road trip out the screen door.

Darlene Thompson and her daughter, Kate Sells, frantically searched for Loopy, a 7-year old double yellow-headed green Amazon parrot. Darlene walked through the woods calling Loopy to no avail.  When they returned home, Darlene emailed NorthEscambia.com, placing a free “lost and found” ad on the website.

Fast forward to Tuesday night. That’s when Loopy made his way into the Moore family’s barn on Highway 168 — about a mile from where he fled the porch last week. The Moores immediately tossed a towel onto the wayward bird and captured him, snapped a few photos and contacted NorthEscambia.com on Facebook with information about their find. They also called Darlene and made arrangements for Loopy’s little vacation to come to an end and returned him home safe and sound.

“Your classifieds really work,” Darlene told us. She also said that the family is looking into banding Loopy with their phone number, or, since he talks, teaching him his phone number in case of another flyaway.

And, Darlene said, she’s glad to know that there are good people in the world like the Moores.

“They were such nice people. They wouldn’t even take the reward we offered,” she said.

As for Loopy, he had no comment on this story.

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Pictured: Loopy the parrot shortly after his “capture” on Highway 168 near Bratt. Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

Comments

12 Responses to “Fun News: A Real ‘Loopy’ Story”

  1. dad on July 22nd, 2011 8:30 pm

    Glad Loopy is back safe. I bet he had quiet a story to tell his friend wally.

  2. Fed Moore on July 21st, 2011 9:57 pm

    I learned 2 things about loopy.

    #1 He doesn’t like to be wrapped in a towel
    #2 When he is scared he bites real hard !

  3. MQ on July 21st, 2011 12:51 pm

    Wonderful Story. Puts a smile on your face for a change!!

  4. EMD on July 21st, 2011 11:37 am

    So glad he is home. Rarely happens in cases like this. God bless the Moores.

  5. Kate Sells on July 21st, 2011 10:47 am

    Loopey and Wally (african grey) stay inside at night. During the day they are let on the back porch in cages and on some days they fly freely back there. Unfortunately my back porch wasn’t locked that day and Loopey was startled by a stranger. They usually won’t talk at all to people they don’t know and try to fly away if someone new is in their area. As soon as he got here he started chatting away. He is doing great and happy to be back with his friend Wally again. =) I’ve had Loopey since he was a baby, for seven years. I hand-fed both Loopey and Wally. I don’t clip their wings because they love to fly.
    Thank you so much for finding him. He is very important to me and very loved.
    -Kate

  6. Another Pet Owner on July 21st, 2011 10:29 am

    Might want to think about keeping Loopy’s wings clipped if he lives on a porch that doesn’t have a vestible. It would be pretty easy to add one to your porch. Have a small screened area & another door….that way, if Loopy got through the 1st door, he would still be confined. Aviarys are built in this manner, at every door is an enclosed vestibule.

  7. Debbie Moore McKinley on July 21st, 2011 9:51 am

    Poor Loopy was pretty traumatized after his capture. When we found out his name we tried to talk to him, but he wouldn’t say anything. According to my step-mom, his owners said he was talking up a storm when they got him back. I think the leg band is probably the best idea.

  8. atmore on July 21st, 2011 9:17 am

    LOVE IT!!!=) so glad this little fella made it back home safely! That would be the most awsome thing if he flew up to someone and started saying his phone number, I love parrets!

  9. xpeecee on July 21st, 2011 7:23 am

    Proof that there are still a few good folks left… And one good news source.

  10. catering los angeles on July 21st, 2011 7:11 am

    Oh, this is really a good news for Darlene family. The work done by facebook and NorthEscambia.com is very good. I really impressed with this article and made me happily.

  11. Queenbee on July 21st, 2011 6:36 am

    I always go to northescambia.com first thing in the morning to get the best local news. Reading this story was a great start to my day. I love your closing line about Loopy having no comment. I got a good laugh. Great rescue story. Your site rocks!

  12. Rhonda on July 21st, 2011 1:42 am

    That is awesome, that she was able to get her bird back, and KUDOS to northescambia.com. I love this site, and turn to it for all my local news. The area north of Pensacola, seems to be skipped all the time by the News Journal & Wear3.

    Thanks again, for all the work that you put into this site.

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