THIEVES CHASED AWAY IN BOTCHED `BIRDNAPPING'.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Daily News Staff Writer A pair of ``birdnappers'' apparently tried to strike again this week in Canyon Country - but this time left empty-handed after bird breeder Bob Kennedy This article is about the baseball player; for the runner, see Bob Kennedy (runner) Robert Daniel Kennedy (August 18, 1920 - April 7, 2005) was a right fielder/third baseman, manager and executive in Major League Baseball. chased the men through heavy brush despite a twisted knee. In his usual routine, Kennedy woke up about 4:20 a.m. Monday to feed the 200 exotic parrots that he and his wife, Jami, raise to keep as pets or sell to private individuals or pet stores, Kennedy said Wednesday. The commotion of his dogs barking and running around the yard alerted a sleepy-eyed Kennedy as he stumbled down to his aviary aviary Structure for keeping captive birds, usually spacious enough for the aviculturist to enter. Aviaries range from small enclosures to large flight cages 100 ft (30 m) or more long and up to 50 ft (15 m) high. Enclosures for birds that fly only little or weakly (e.g. , situated away from his home. Kennedy said he found the door open to his male macaw's nest box. The bird, the mate to a female stolen from the home early last month, was still inside and a plastic bag was lying next to its cage. He looked up and saw ``shadowy figures,'' and chased after them in the dark through a wash area. ``I was screaming and yelling at them,'' he said. But Kennedy, who suffered a twisted knee while carrying a heavy bag of bird seed a few days before Monday's incident, lost track of the two men. However, he did see a Volkswagen Beetle This article is about the original Volkswagen Beetle. For the one introduced in 1997, see Volkswagen New Beetle. The Volkswagen Type 1, more commonly known as the Beetle parked about 100 yards away from the aviary. A small telescope A small telescope is generally considered to be a telescope with an aperture of less than approximately 1.0 to 1.5 meters. Small telescopes dominate astronomical research in the fields of asteroid and comet discovery and observation, variable star photometry, and supernova sat on the car's front seat, he said. Sheriff's deputies were there within minutes, but didn't find any suspects, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. their report. They watched the car for an hour, but nobody returned, the report said. Kennedy said the vehicle was gone by about 9 a.m. He figures the same thieves came back to snatch his male macaw macaw: see parrot. macaw Any of about 18 species of large tropical New World parrots (subfamily Psittacinae) with very long tails and big sickle-shaped beaks. Macaws eat fruits and nuts. , after seeing the female - stolen early last month - lay an egg. The macaws are valued at about $1,800 each, Kennedy said. The stolen scarlet macaw was precious to the aviculturists because she is 70 years old and still capable of producing half a dozen babies annually. Also stolen in the early morning hours March 5 were two blue-front amazons, three Mexican redhead (green cheek) amazons, one moustache grass parakeet parakeet or parrakeet, common name for a widespread group of small parrots, native to the Indo-Malayan region and popular as cage birds. Parakeets have long, pointed tails, unlike the chunky lovebirds with which they are sometimes confused. , and a cockatoo cockatoo: see parrot. cockatoo Any of 21 species of crested parrots (family Cacatuidae), found in Australia and from New Guinea to the Solomon Islands. Most species are white with touches of red or yellow; some are black. . Collectively, the birds are worth an estimated $6,000, the couple said. But because they are breeding birds, the value is much more. The couple is offering an undisclosed amount of money as a reward for the recovery or information leading to the recovery of the parrots. They ask that anyone with information regarding the parrots contact them at (805) 252-0437, with no questions asked. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (color in SAC edition only) A pair of unidentified parrots owned by Bob and Jami Kennedy escaped being stolen in a foiled ``birdnapping'' in Canyon Country. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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