Peaches the parrot escaped from her owners home in the Midtown area of Prince Albert on Saturday afternoon. (Christina Marchildon/Facebook)

By Logan Lehmann

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A woman in Prince Albert is asking for help from her neighbours to find her missing pet parrot.

Peaches the parrot is a seven-year-old green-cheeked conure and escaped from her owner’s home in the 500 block of River Street East in Midtown on Saturday afternoon.

Her owner, Christina Marchildon, said she has had Peaches for six and a half years and was out of town when her pet bird flew away, noting that a relative came to check on her and may have startled Peaches when they came in.

“One of our relatives went to go feed her and I think [she flew away] because she’s not familiar with her relative, I think she got spooked,” said Marchildon. “As soon as he opened the front door she flew out, like they said as soon as he opened it, she was gone.”

She added that Peaches tried to fly away before but never got far and that the weather on that day was windier than usual.

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Having bright green wings, a red tail, and a red and yellow stomach, Peaches is easily identifiable and very intelligent as she chirps back upon hearing her name and can fly back to the person who called her name if trusted enough.

Marchildon said she contacted a bird expert who explained that Peaches’ species isn’t known to stray away.

“They said usually birds like that because they’re so intelligent, they don’t go far from their home – they’re usually within a six to seven-block radius. It could be farther than that because of how windy it was that day, but they said usually even when birds escape, especially parrots, they don’t go far from their home. I’m hoping she’s still around that area.”

“I’ve also had family too that have had parrots and different kinds of birds and they said too that they don’t go far from their home when they do escape,” she continued. “It’s kind of funny though too my boyfriend’s mom, her bird escaped in Vancouver and after about a week when the word out around online and on the radio, she found her bird so I’m hopeful still.”

With the ongoing snowfall in the Prince Albert area, Marchildon said that the experts told her that they are not concerned about the snow and added that Peaches’ species can handle temperatures as low as -12. The only worry from the experts is the threat of predators as Peaches isn’t a typical bird you find on the prairies.

Anyone who sees Peaches or has information can contact Christina at (306) 940-7468.

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loganc.lehmann@pattisonmedia.com