A woman was rescued from a mountain after she tried to save her pet parrot from a falcon attack: report
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- A mountain rescue group in Wales rescued a woman Monday, per CNN.
- She reportedly became stranded on a mountain's cliffside after trying to retrieve her pet parrot.
- According to The Ogwen Valley Rescue Organisation, the parrot flitted away when a falcon attacked.
UK Mountain rescuers saved a woman Monday who was stuck on a cliff after trying to find her pet parrot.
Per CNN, The Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation shared details in a Facebook post Tuesday, just one day after the incident. According to the post, mountain rescue received a call about a woman stranded on the high cliffs of Glyder Fawr. Glyder Fawr is the highest summit in the Glyderau mountain range at over 1,000 meters.
Representatives for The Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
"She was one of a group of parrot owners from Derbyshire walking in the area, they were flying their birds in Cwm Idwal when a peregrine falcon attacked them, causing one to fly off," the group's Facebook post read.
The owner used a tracker to locate the bird, who flew to the cliffside, and she followed in an attempt to retrieve it, according to the post.
Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation
"Unfortunately the parrot decided freedom was great and flew back down to the group unassisted, leaving the owner and her second bird now stuck," the post continued.
The post added: "On arrival at the casualty, Jeckyll, the second parrot, perched on her owners' rucksack, greeted our team member with a 'Hello!'"
Per the group's post, rescuers then escorted the woman and her parrot to safety.
In addition, the Facebook post included photos of the rescue, including a group of rescuers posing with three parrots. Commenters applauded the rescue team, joking that people couldn't make the story up.
In an interview with BBC published Tuesday, Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team chairman Chris Lloyd joked that the woman "could be described as being on a perch - needless to say parrot jokes were flying around everywhere."
This isn't the first time in 2023 that parrots are making headlines.
In May, scientists were overjoyed to learn the parrots willingly made video calls to their feathered friends and, in turn, became less lonely.