{"id":450973,"date":"2026-09-02T11:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/450973\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T11:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:02:13","slug":"colorful-parrot-rescued-in-san-francisco-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/450973\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorful parrot rescued in San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"

A wild green parrot became trapped Sunday when its head got stuck between panes of glass on a third-floor balcony of a building under construction in San Francisco, according to the San Francisco Fire Department.<\/p>\n

Firefighters responded to the scene and lowered a ladder from the building’s roof to reach the bird. Crews carefully freed the parrot’s body from the glass and wrapped it in a towel to keep it calm. An animal control officer then examined the bird and confirmed its wings, legs and neck were uninjured.<\/p>\n

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A parrot in a towel being rescued<\/p>\n

Once cleared, the parrot was released back into the area. Officials believe it may belong to the wild parrots of Telegraph Hill, a well-known flock frequently seen flying throughout San Francisco.<\/p>\n

What to do if you see a parrot in distress<\/p>\n

Wildlife officials advise against attempting to handle a trapped or injured wild parrot on your own, as stress or improper handling can cause further harm to the bird.<\/p>\n

Instead, keep a safe distance and contact local animal control or the fire department’s non-emergency line to report the situation. If the parrot appears stuck, injured or unable to fly, note its exact location to help responders act quickly.<\/p>\n

For healthy parrots simply resting or feeding in trees, experts say it’s best to observe from afar and let them continue about their day undisturbed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A wild green parrot became trapped Sunday when its head got stuck between panes of glass on a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[35573,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-450973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-buildings","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450973","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=450973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}