{"id":372736,"date":"2026-06-24T07:53:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/372736\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T07:53:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:53:22","slug":"fresno-zoo-asks-people-to-be-on-lookout-for-missing-parrot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/372736\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno zoo asks people to be on lookout for missing parrot"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sarge,<\/p>\n

Sarge, a military macaw, has been missing from the Fresno Chaffee Zoo since Monday, June 22. The zoo is asking the community for help locating her.<\/p>\n

Fresno Chaffee Zoo<\/p>\n

The Fresno Chaffee Zoo is asking for help reuniting with Sarge, a military macaw missing for the past day.<\/p>\n

Spokesperson Gia Krupens in an update Tuesday said Sarge is a free-flying parrot that veered off-course and ended up outside Roeding Park on Monday.<\/p>\n

After nearby searches proved to be unfruitful, the zoo is turning to the community for help tracking down the bird.<\/p>\n

Military macaws have bright green feathers with a small patch of red on their heads. Sarge is about 12 inches long and has one toenail on each foot.<\/p>\n

Krupens advises that anyone who believes they have seen Sarge shouldn\u2019t approach her and instead call the zoo\u2019s 24-hour emergency line at 559-286-7403<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In May 2024, a Harris\u2019s hawk named Ripley<\/a> flew away from a bird show held at the zoo. Fifteen months later, a woman spotted Ripley in Prather, and zoo staff recovered<\/a> the hawk.<\/p>\n

\"The The Fresno Chaffee Zoo says Sarge, a free-flying parrot, flew off course and left Roeding Park. Fresno Chaffee Zoo \"Sarge, Sarge, a military macaw, has been missing from the Fresno Chaffee Zoo since Monday, June 22. The zoo is asking the community for help locating her. Fresno Chaffee Zoo <\/p>\n

This story was originally published June 23, 2026 at 1:50 PM.<\/p>\n

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The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n

Nick Fenley is a reporter covering education, lawsuits, breaking news and more for The Fresno Bee. He\u2019s originally from the Imperial Valley and has been with The Bee since 2025.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sarge, a military macaw, has been missing from the Fresno Chaffee Zoo since Monday, June 22. The zoo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-372736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}