Meet Jack. Jack arrived a week ago and should be flying in Northern Australia from the Kimberly across the Gulf of Carpentaria. He was found playing in someone's bathroom in Sydney - a long way from home.
He is a mutation from the likes of Mr and Mrs Rainbow Lorikeet shown in the photos below - a red-collared lorikeet. We don't like cages surrounding birds and have been unable to find his owner. However, he will not survive in the wild of this foreign part of the continent if we set him free. Correction, he will survive but will keep ending up in people's houses wanting a cuddle. Thus, a never-ending circle from foster care to freedom. Combined, life can be forever more traumatic.
Jack has now moved from foster care into adoption by the Anony Family. Tomorrow Jack will be wormed and sprayed for bird lice, then sexed (he might be Jackie) and have his wings clipped.Say "Gidday" to Jack ... he's upside down from Australia. Click on Title to comment.
