You know, waiting might have been just as effective:
It took a Coast Guard helicopter to rescue a man and his pet cockatoo from the heights of a pine tree after he got stuck trying retrieve the $2,000 bird.
William Hart, 35, had climbed about 60 feet up the tree to get the bird after it escaped from its cage and flew out a bedroom window. Television video showed him standing on a branch Tuesday evening awaiting rescue, the exotic white bird apparently tucked under his shirt.
The bird, Geronimo, got out after Hart's daughter apparently forgot to latch his cage after feeding him, Hart told the Houston Chronicle. He said he spotted Geronimo in flight and chased him, then climbed the tree until the cockatoo flew to his arm.
Maybe it is just me, but a bird is never stuck in a tree. If he was up there, it is because he didn't want to come down -- not because he required the Coast Guard to come get him.
UPDATE: Actually this reminds me of a quote by Mitch Hedberg:
I was in a casino, minding my own business, and this guy came up to me and said, 'You're gonna have to move. You're blocking a fire exit.' As though if there was a fire, I wasn't gonna run. If you're flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit.
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If he was up there, it is because he didn't want to come down
Well, the problem was, his owner did want him to come down. My guess is that after climbing up and restraining the bird in his jacket, the fellow realized that he couldn't climb down without risk of squashing his bird.