A pet parrot navigated Saskatchewan's living skies in a daring escape that took it 500 kilometres away from home.

Bleu the Indian Ringneck's adventure took her from her home in the village of Torquay, which is 165 kilometres southeast of Regina, all the way to Prince Albert in north-central Saskatchewan.

Bleu flew the coop — or rather, the cage — from Rhys MacLean's parents' home on May 3, when she raced toward an open door as MacLean's stepfather was walking into the house from the garage. MacLean said his mother, 75, and stepfather had never had an issue with keeping Bleu in the house, so her cage door was often kept open.

"She flew out the open door, did a couple of victory laps in the garage and then flew out the [other] door and we thought she was gone forever," MacLean told Peter

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