The escape of Margot and Lily, two blue-throated macaws, mobilized a week-long search across England as locals aided zookeepers in tracking these critically endangered birds.
During their daily free-flying routine, the parrots escaped after something spooked them while they were resting in the trees, prompting them to fly 60 miles north.
Zookeepers expressed concern over the macaws' youth and naivety to the outside world, as they had been raised at the zoo and lived with their parents.
After a family's sighting in Buckden, the zookeepers used a video of the birds' call to confirm their identities, but the sisters fled during the rescue.
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