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Video shows owl trying to break through window of a home to eat family's pet parrot
Troy Lynch
Video shows owl trying to break through window of a home to eat family's pet parrot
THIS, BUT WHO IS IT? WATCH CAREFULLY AND YOU’LL SEE, BUDDY. THE PARROTS ATTACK HOLLYWOOD WHILE CELEBRATING ST PATRICK’S DAY WITH HER FAMILY. CYNTHIA AGGER HEARD A LARGE BANG. SO I CAME IN AND LOOKED OUT THE WINDOWS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IN THE TREE, I COULD SEE THIS BIG, HUGE OWL. THIS OWL WAS LOOKING TO MAKE BUDDY THE PARROT A SNACK. THE OWL STARTED TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT AND THEN FLEW AND BANG. WE WERE ALL JUST, OH, MY GOD, WHAT’S HAPPENING? WHAT? AND AFTER NUMEROUS TRIES OF BREAKING THROUGH BUDDY’S WINDOW, THIS FEL OWL FINALLY FLEW AWAY. HE WAS SAFE. OR SO THE FAMILY THOUGHT. WE HEAR BUDDY FREAKING OUT IN HIS CAGE, SQUAWK AND SCREECHING AND FLAPPING AROUND, AND THE OWL WAS BACK WHEN IT LOOKED DOWN. AND THERE’S THE OWL IN THE SNOW BELOW THE WINDOW, STARING UP, LOOKING AT THE BIRD CAGE. CYNTHIA SHOWED US WHERE THE ATTACK HAPPENED. WERE YOU EVER WORRIED THE OWL? YES. THE WINDOW. VERY MUCH. VERY MUCH SO. THE NEXT NIGHT, THE OWL CAME BACK JUST STARING AT BUDDY FOR HOURS. WAS IT A SCARY OWL? HUH. WE SPOKE TO MARIA COLBY, THE OWNER OF THE NONPROFIT WINGS WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER, ABOUT THIS SITUATION. THIS HAPPENS USUALLY A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR. SHE SAYS THE CULPRIT IS A BARRED OWL, WHICH CAN BE FOUND ALL OVER NEW HAMPSHIRE. THEY CAN GO AFTER SMALLER BIRDS, BUT IT’S NOT THEIR FAVORITE. HER ADVICE TO MAKE SURE THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN IS SHORT AND SIMPLE. REMOVE THE BIRD SO THE OWL DOESN’T SEE THE BIRD OR PULL DOWN YOUR SHADES. IN THIS SITUATION WAS KNOW WHO. BUT AT LEAST BUDDY THE PARROT IS SAFE. OH, WE NEED BUDDY THE PARROT TO BE SAFE. AND CYNTHIA ACTUALLY TOLD ME THAT SHE’S NEVER SEEN AN OWL IN HE
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Video shows owl trying to break through window of a home to eat family's pet parrot
Troy Lynch
There were numerous attacks on a New Hampshire family's pet on St. Patrick’s Day. Video shows an owl trying to attack Buddy the parrot.While celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with her family, Cynthia Auger heard a large bang. "So I came in and I looked out the windows, and all of a sudden in the tree, I could see this big, huge owl," Auger said. The owl was looking to make Buddy the parrot a snack. "The owl started to move a little bit. Then flew, and bang," Auger said. "We were all just, 'Oh my gosh, what's happening?'"After numerous attempts to break through Buddy's window, the owl finally flew away. Buddy was safe, or so the family thought."We hear Buddy freaking out," Auger said. "Squawking, screeching, and flapping around." The owl came back. "I looked down and there's the owl in the snow below the window staring at the bird cage," Auger said. Auger said she was worried that the owl would break through the window. The next night, the owl came back, and stared at Buddy for hours. Sister station WMUR spoke to Maria Colby, owner of the nonprofit group Wings Wildlife Rehabilitation Center about the situation."This happens usually a couple of times a year," Colby said. She said the culprit is a barred owl, which can be found all over New Hampshire. They can go after smaller birds, but it's not their favorite. Her advice to ensure this doesn't happen again is short and simple: "Move the bird so the owl doesn't see the bird, or pull down the shades."Buddy the parrot is safe. Auger said she's never seen an owl in her neighborhood until the night of the incident.
MERRIMACK, N.H. —

There were numerous attacks on a New Hampshire family's pet on St. Patrick’s Day. Video shows an owl trying to attack Buddy the parrot.

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While celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with her family, Cynthia Auger heard a large bang.

"So I came in and I looked out the windows, and all of a sudden in the tree, I could see this big, huge owl," Auger said. The owl was looking to make Buddy the parrot a snack. "The owl started to move a little bit. Then flew, and bang," Auger said. "We were all just, 'Oh my gosh, what's happening?'"

After numerous attempts to break through Buddy's window, the owl finally flew away. Buddy was safe, or so the family thought.

"We hear Buddy freaking out," Auger said. "Squawking, screeching, and flapping around." The owl came back. "I looked down and there's the owl in the snow below the window staring at the bird cage," Auger said.

Auger said she was worried that the owl would break through the window.

The next night, the owl came back, and stared at Buddy for hours.

Sister station WMUR spoke to Maria Colby, owner of the nonprofit group Wings Wildlife Rehabilitation Center about the situation.

"This happens usually a couple of times a year," Colby said.

She said the culprit is a barred owl, which can be found all over New Hampshire. They can go after smaller birds, but it's not their favorite. Her advice to ensure this doesn't happen again is short and simple: "Move the bird so the owl doesn't see the bird, or pull down the shades."

Buddy the parrot is safe. Auger said she's never seen an owl in her neighborhood until the night of the incident.