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Danvers Fire Crew Rescues Cockatoo On The Loose

Firefighter John Hodgkins was able to secure the wily bird that got out of a home and flew to a tree in the backyard.

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A grown-up version of this baby cockatoo, which is from the Zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, was rescued from a tree in Danvers on Sunday.
A grown-up version of this baby cockatoo, which is from the Zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, was rescued from a tree in Danvers on Sunday. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek )

DANVERS, MA — It wasn't a cat stuck in a tree, but a bird on the loose in the backyard that drew out Danvers fire crews on Sunday.

Danvers fire Local 2038 said crews responded to the unusual call of a Cockatoo that had escaped someone's house and flown to a tree in their backyard.

Firefighter John Hodgkins was among those who responded with Tower 1 and was able to bring the bird back down and safely inside "without incident."

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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)

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