 I should have bought my long lens. Hey guys, how are you? I'm Marlene McCohen, welcome back to my channel. For those of you who are following this story, today is going to be a really big, big day. Did you hear that? That is the Amazon. Hello, you're looking well. It's so early in the morning, not my forte. For those of you just tuning in, basically what happened is when I lost my bird Picasso, somebody called me about a bird and asked me if it was mine because they wanted to help. Well, once I saw the photo, I knew it's not my bird, but I had a hunch they would need help. So I went over, I said, do you guys need any help? I'll gladly come over. They said yes. I went over, gathered the bird, he was bleeding profusely, he hit his head, he had head trauma, thought he was gonna die. Bird, I thought bit me. Well, the bird did bite me. This is not my blood. The bird is choking on blood. So George was rushing it to hopefully take it to Lou because I trust Lou more than anything. We nursed him back to health with the help of Lou at Birds Plus. Are you doing all right? I cleaned him up a little bit. Do you look bad, my baby? You look better already, baby. I'm gonna get you situated, okay? What? He had a problem flying and it hit the window. The reason why he had that problem was because he was already, I guess he got E. coli and he was already off balance because E. coli will do that. How does Lou know that? Well, he did a, he kind of felt like he wasn't eating. And so what he did is he had a friend do a test on him. Stop. Lou. Yes, my dude. The bird's on antibiotics? Yeah, betroth, gata, E. coli. How did you find that out? I'll check it out. He has made a full recovery but we've discovered that he is, in fact, one of the wild Amazons that fly locally in the area. Yeah, that's an old bird. Usually when they have the beak looking that way when it's real narrow like that. Yeah. They've been cleaning it off on the trees. The black on there, that's just not the blood. When they're part of camp, the birds are really in season. The red little layers of tomatoes, the gorge themselves on them is a wild bird. With that knowledge, we can't just keep him tame him or breed him or anything like that. We really have to make sure that we set him back into the wild. For those of you who haven't been following the story, click below in the description box. You'll see the first episode in the rest of this series. But just to fill you in now on how we know this is a wild Amazon, some small little things. First of all, the beak was very thinned out from being in the wild for a very long time. Second of all, he had very black nostrils which is from eating the wild berries. This is over a long, long time. Lou at Birds Plus, he knew exactly that this is a wild Amazon. Oh my God. Is he, what is he doing? What are you doing, baby? He seems a little playful this morning. What are you up to? Before we set him free, I wanna show you this side of his face. You see that beautiful yellow? You wanna play today? By the way, one last time before we go. Uh-oh. Okay. Well, he's flying around. Oh, that's great. Okay. This is good. We know that he can fly. Okay, let's go. Bye, birds. I hope I have my phone. Okay, I got my phone. Why is he in the van ready? Am I seriously getting in this right now? We're going to meet Carolyn. Mom, you know what? Let's take something off the CD. Yes. It looks like we're taking this normal car now. You have the bird? He has the bird. Took us a moment to get him in the carry-on, but ultimately we had to grab him with a blanket because I didn't want him flying around and stressing himself out or hitting anything. Baby, you okay? The reason that we're doing this so early in the morning, by the way, is one, because the birds are calling each other this early. So he'll literally be able to recognize their sound and go meet the flock. And two, because we want him to have all day to be able to settle in and find his way with the flock. Now, Lou told me that even if he has no friends, has nobody to acclimate with, he will still find his way. Even if he's kind of the one out of the flock, he'll still be able to find his way with the rest of the birds there. Obviously, I can't let him loose where I found him because it could take him a very long time to ever find one of his kind. And he was disoriented when he was there, which is probably how he got very out of the area. I personally, in my area where he was found, have never ever come across a wild Amazon. But where we're going, we know that that's where the flocks call in the morning. We know that he is very well-flighted and also he doesn't seem to be well acclimated to living in a house. I could see by his flight pattern the things that he tried to land on. So that was actually kind of unfortunate that he got a little loose, but it made me feel confident with the fact that he's gonna be flying free right now because I just grew up with birds my whole life and I know that the things he tried to land on. Okay, that's not a house bird. Now something occurred to me. So he's a wild bird, he grew up in the wild. And then he's gonna go in the wild and I'm looking at him in this moment of time when he's been in my house and when he returns to his people, he could go back and tell the other birds like, so listen, there's other birds in their houses and they have cages and the birds think it's okay. And I saw the most gorgeous Amazon in the world. He acted like I wasn't even that interesting. He wanted to be with the human. Can you believe it? I'm here witnessing his time during his abduction. We're gonna go visit Carolyn. I thought Carolyn would be perfect for this because she knows the area that we're going to. She knows exactly where the wild flock is and I thought she'd actually enjoy it a lot. Paula, they don't know that we're outside. Oh, we're outside? We might find the crazy lady in the way. Carolyn, we're outside. We wanna know if you have any crazy people outside that we can find and help our video go viral. Yeah, so we're here. Do you wanna just get in our car? Okay, I'll jump in. Okay, come jump in. Are you serious? She has her bird. What? Well, Faye, this is such a good idea. I think. She's in her harness, so she's all secured. Faye is a red-haired, maxed Amazon. You can go straight and make a left. Sweet. Step up. I'm his fave because I found her. Same story like you. I lost Precious, a ring-necked parakeet and I was looking for him for like probably two, three weeks and then he never showed up and then somebody found her and then I was like, hey, I just lost a parakeet too but if you don't like, let me help you find the owner for this Amazon. And he's like, yeah, we have cats and we can't keep her but we're trying to find the owner. So I tweeted, I put it all out on social media and it turns out that this guy who found Faye found the owner and the owner released her purposely because he didn't want her anymore because he bit the finger off of his kid. So I was like, yeah, we don't want this bird. Just keep her. He bit the finger off or? No, just like. Bit her. Just bit her. And then I was like, what? So he's like, yeah, you know, if you want, you are the best option because you already have an Amazon and you can have her come pick her up today. And I got her including Cage and everything and I call her Faye. I don't have any back history, don't know where she came from but the thing is, I know she had an owner because she talks. She says, I want burrito, I want burrito. You want a burrito? Oh my God, this is so cute. You're the cutest bird ever. Yeah, and within one week we just bonded. She's starting kissing me. And she loves it. She has now a boyfriend, Destiny, a yellow double-headed Amazon. You have a boyfriend? And you're out here with this guy? An Amazon smells so good. Okay, here's the thing. A lot of people are like, my Amazon stinks. Yeah, but like, and they're like, what should I do? Because you say that bird smells so good and I feel like we need to address this. They don't smell the same as other flowery smelling birds like Picasso. They have like- I think it's more like a stench, but okay. Oh what? It's stench. Yeah. Okay, make a right here. We're gonna go to the resting place. Are you serious? They're not Amazon. No, but there's one right there. Where? They're all over. If you open the window, you can hear them squawk. Oh wow. Yep. Yeah. I can't believe it. You're gonna go home? I've never come across wild Amazon. I knew they existed and I knew where. And release them. You see, they're all over here. They're all over. They're everywhere. They're everywhere. Why don't you wanna go to the arboretum? The arboretum is a botanic garden, but they don't rest there. They don't perch there overnight. They sleep right here. They chose this place and they nest here like over like 500 at one time. Okay. You can hear them. They're all over the place. They are. And if you could tell me, you know, they are not there. If I go to the arboretum, they're not there. They're not there. How did I know that you were the perfect person for this? Oh my God. Let's see his reaction. They're everywhere here. I love it. They're everywhere. It's all your relatives. All right. You ready? Yeah. Let's do it. Oh my God. I should have brought my long lens. Hey, can you tell me how I can find the crazy person so I can make my video go viral? And people poop in my garden. What? Yeah, I don't even need to look for them. My God. Do you guys hear it? He's already responding. Okay. Yeah, I think we should let him respond a little bit. No, just let him out. Before it's too late. He's excited. Just open it and let him like, yeah, let him purge. No, it's not. That's him, maybe. You guys are tripping. Yeah, let's get out of here. That's him. That's him. That's him. That's him. Let's go. Okay. This is just the most beautiful thing. Lucky, I have my emotional support bird. Do this alone. Like, Obie and George would have been like so. Where? I love birds. She is a bird person. Guys, don't just protecting my nuts. From that crazy lady. Hey guys, the Feathered Fun Box is our new subscription box of toys, treats and other surprises for you and your bird. So don't forget to check the link below and get in on that. And guys, don't forget to check out my new line of organic bird food called Marlene Signature Blend made with tops. The link is below.