Help! A guest accidently left door open and my baby got out.

[Michelleny1975]

She's fully flighted. Have over 400 flyers out. Received several calls. We have her located however 100 feet up in a dense area of trees. I called out to her and she is responding but I think she's afraid to fly down. I have her food water treats etc. even have my other bird in a carrier and he's calling out to her. How else can I get her to fly down.

[Michael]

Sounds like you are doing the best you can under the circumstances. Not much more you can do but keep your eyes on the bird and wait.

[Wolf]

Since you have her located, the only thing you can do is to wait her out as anything else that you could try might make her fly again.

[GMV]

I have heard in some cases the fire department can help.

[Michelleny1975]

Sounds like you are doing the best you can under the circumstances. Not much more you can do but keep your eyes on the bird and wait.

I located her again this morning about 5:30. Called out. Even bought a megaphone so she can hear me. I saw her twice today in the same location as yesterday. I just can't get her down. Today comes a new set of problems. 2 hawks are around and she's mimicking their call. I don't know if she's doing it because that's what greys do or if she's trying to fit in so she doesn't get harmed. I'm thankful that she's still in the area after now 49 hours out there. But why won't she just fly down instead of hopping from tree top to tree top???

[Michael]

If she's A) stuck in the same tree and not flying away and B) knows how to fly around the house, the situation is on your side. The bird is getting hungrier and more likely to do what will get it food. If it's not supplementing food from elsewhere, this is in your favor of getting her back. Keep trying to lure with familiar signs of food. If you do clicker/target training, bring those out. Or the cage or tree or wherever the bird usually eats. Show the food bowl or the bag of bird food. Something recognizable. Sometimes they are more desperate for water than food. Show the water bottle or dish. Just keep trying. If you choose to leave food outside unattended to lure back when you're not there, use nuts in shell only. Other animals can't eat them but your bird can. It will both preserve and be a sign if your bird was there when you get back.

[Michelleny1975]

If she's A) stuck in the same tree and not flying away and B) knows how to fly around the house, the situation is on your side. The bird is getting hungrier and more likely to do what will get it food. If it's not supplementing food from elsewhere, this is in your favor of getting her back. Keep trying to lure with familiar signs of food. If you do clicker/target training, bring those out. Or the cage or tree or wherever the bird usually eats. Show the food bowl or the bag of bird food. Something recognizable. Sometimes they are more desperate for water than food. Show the water bottle or dish. Just keep trying. If you choose to leave food outside unattended to lure back when you're not there, use nuts in shell only. Other animals can't eat them but your bird can. It will both preserve and be a sign if your bird was there when you get back.

She's not stuck in 1 particular tree it's a dense canopy of forest. I just don't understand why she is so afraid of flying down

[Wolf]

It is an alien environment to her, she doesn't know that it is her natural habitat. She lives in a place with windows and walls to help her limit her flights and where she can see her food and water and she feel safe.
She doesn't see these thing anywhere and so she is afraid. She was as surprised as anyone could be when she flew out, nothing like that ever happened to her before and since she isn't quite sure how she got there she doesn't know how to get back, and she is scared.
Unfortunately, it only offers you two options to recover her. You either get to climb the tree to get her and then climb back down with bird in hand, or you have to wait on her to come down to you. Neither one is all it's cracked up to be.
I climbed the tree and as soon as my foot touched the ground, mine flew again and I had to wait on her to come down low enough to get her. So I really know exactly how you feel, well I do if you feel the way I did, and it sounds like you do.

[Michelleny1975]

It is an alien environment to her, she doesn't know that it is her natural habitat. She lives in a place with windows and walls to help her limit her flights and where she can see her food and water and she feel safe.
She doesn't see these thing anywhere and so she is afraid. She was as surprised as anyone could be when she flew out, nothing like that ever happened to her before and since she isn't quite sure how she got there she doesn't know how to get back, and she is scared.
Unfortunately, it only offers you two options to recover her. You either get to climb the tree to get her and then climb back down with bird in hand, or you have to wait on her to come down to you. Neither one is all it's cracked up to be.
I climbed the tree and as soon as my foot touched the ground, mine flew again and I had to wait on her to come down low enough to get her. So I really know exactly how you feel, well I do if you feel the way I did, and it sounds like you do.

There's no sign of her at all this morning. It was 55 degrees last night. Not sure what to do. I'm putting out more flyers to homes and businesses. Bought bags and bags of peanuts to give to people in case they see her to entice her to come in. Tried to go back to work today but felt incredibly guilty when I was a few miles away and had to turn back around. When is it officially too cold for a grey?

[Michael]

55 is fine. When my Cape was lost, night temps were down to the low 50s or even 40s. Wind and rain, he was find like nothing even happened to him. A plump Grey can easily make it 3+ days without food.