As she struggles to keep her composure, Caryn Palese, of Tarrrytown, spoke through her tears. "He was my bird...My son bought him for me and he was just like one of us," she said. The Palese family's ...

Nathan asked his mother, Maria Roman, for a pet bird and she said yes. They purchased Paco, a yellow and green male parakeet, but realized only a couple of days later that the new pet was lonely and ...

The power of social media was on full display in recent weeks after a pet parakeet flew the coop in suburban Naperville, and thanks to an eagle-eyed resident near Decatur, this story has a happy ...