SALT LAKE CITY: A red-tailed black cockatoo that escaped Friday’s Tracy Aviary was located near Saturday morning.
A spokesman for the aviary said the cockatoo, named Matilda, was “flying with its guard when it was caught in a gust of wind and ripped off” the property Friday afternoon around 3 p.m. of the avian.
“Thank you so much to our community for your support and your kind words during this stressful time,” the aviary wrote on Facebook and added that its employees spent a “long night” looking for the bird.
UPDATE MATILDA FOUND! It was a long night for everyone involved: it’s noon time! We are pleased to leave …
Published by Tracy Aviary on Saturday, March 13, 2021
It’s not the first time Tracy Aviary has had to fight the renegade cockatoo. Matilda also escaped from the aviary in January 2020, to find her safe in a tree in nearby Liberty Park.
Matilda first escaped in 2013, when she was less than a year old, and was not recovered for three days.