Oct. 25 (UPI) — Firefighters in California came to the rescue of a parrot stuck in a tree — as well as a teenager who become stranded trying to reach the bird.
Buena Park resident Safiya Hashimi said her pet cockatiel, Tweedy, was a birthday gift 6 months ago, and the bird flew the coop when startled this week.
“I dropped something and he just flew off my shoulder,” Hashimi told KNBC-TV.
Tweedy landed on a high branch in a tree near the Buena Park Community Center, and her teenage brother attempted to climb the tree to retrieve the pet.
The boy found himself stranded on a branch where he couldn’t climb any higher, or safely climb back down.
The Orange County Fire Authority responded to the scene and firefighter Shane Allan of Truck 17 used a ladder to reach first the teenager, then the bird.
Allan “proved that saving two birds with one ladder isn’t just a figure of speech,” the Fire Authority said on social media.
Hashimi said her brother and bird are both uninjured.