The night that Jeff and Roy watched the camera tapes they could not believe their eyes because it was not a person – or persons – who were placing the bird seeds into the food. The pet birds had been releasing themselves from their cages, placing the seeds, then returning to the cages and latching them up again.

This time was different though. The birds left the cages and placed the seeds. Then returned to the cages long enough to grab their travel “luggage” and they left the house. Roy’s parrots did that and Jeff’s finches did it too. They found out the next day that no one had any birds anymore. 

The reason is that the birds had taken enough ignorant, nasty treatment from the humans and wanted to get them back before they (the birds) left for good.