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Beware of bird: Parrot busts burglar

3:19 PM Wed, Oct 17, 2007 |
Taylor
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Dennis Baker's home security system includes three cameras that feed video to 42-inch screens in his living room and bedroom. But it was his pet parrot, he says, that alerted him to a burglar he shot and killed early Tuesday.

"Hello, hello," the parrot said, waking Mr. Baker from what he says was a deep sleep.

The 59-year-old locksmith keeps several pet birds in his northwest Dallas home, including a Mexican Red-headed parrot named Salvador. The bird says "hello" whenever he sees someone.

When someone passed by a window about 2 a.m., Salvador squawked the greeting.


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