Bird in a Cage

Bird in a Cage

This bird startled me as I was showing a house. It, and its cage, were hanging about 9 feet off the ground near the door connecting the finished and unfinished portions of a basement. I didn’t see it the first time I walked past since it was well above my head. But on the way out it was difficult to miss.

Thankfully, the home’s owner did not have the electronic base on. It appears as though you can record messages and have the “bird” say them back – presumably when it detects either motion or sound. I can’t imagine what would have happened if that thing had started talking to us when we entered that area of the house. Seeing it hanging up there quietly was unnerving enough.