The State - News from Oct. 28, 1986
Remington, an elusive and sarcastic macaw who flew the coop more than two weeks ago, was back home in Healdsburg, mainly because her pursuers finally ignored her, the parrot’s owner said. The 9-year-old blue-and-gold bird was caught on a neighbor’s property where she had been roosting for the last five days, owner Patricia Foss, 36, said. Remington defied weary would-be captors during her two weeks and two days of freedom, firing away with such lines as “I can talk, can you fly?” and “Hello Dodo!”
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