A PARROT with a fear of flying caused high drama in Dalgety Bay after getting stuck near his home.

Cody, a green-winged macaw, simply said "hello" to owner Mae Heasman – who had to overcome her own aversion to heights to get him down – when she came to his rescue at the end of his 14-hour ordeal.

The colourful creature had flown upwards after getting a fright when going outside to the garage with Mae's husband Richard and was soon spotted on top of a nearby house in Morlich Road.

After spending a night on the roof, Mae and Richard, of Etive Place, called the SSPCA and then the fire service in their efforts to get their much-loved pet back down to them.

Local youngsters had spotted Cody on their way to school and the bird's favourite tune, Bryan Adam's 'You Belong to Me', was even played as part of efforts to keep him happy and entice him down.

"It was quite comical," said Mae. "There were crowds of school kids loving the spectacle. In the meantime though, he was getting hounded by some crows. He took to the air and he panicked. Instead of coming down to me, he flew for the next highest thing which was a tree behind the houses."

The fire service went up and attempted to get Cody down from the tree, squirting water in an effort to move him – but this just resulted in him moving to a different tree near Moray Way.

After the family had sourced a cherry picker vehicle, it was then decided that Mae would venture up to try to retrieve him.

"I knew if I could get up there, he would come to me," she said. "The second I got in it it, I was looking at him and I could tell he had given up. His head was under his wing, I was talking to him and not getting a sound back and I started going up and was talking to him the whole time.

"When I was about the same height, he turned his head round and said hello. I said thank goodness, he is going to be fine.

"He was so pleased to come on to me. He must have been terrified. We came in and he was a bit shaken. His eyes were very contracted and he was very, very cold so we put him in the warm room and he had a massive bowl of food which is not like him.

"He has been very cuddly since, he doesn't want me to put him down but is back to his usual self."

Mae is now hoping Cody, who she has had for six years, will decide to stay on firm ground.

"He is a constant companion for me – we are best buddies," she added. "We put him in a harness and take him out for a coffee. He is a real softy and is always coming for cuddles. His happiest place is on my shoulder."