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Buttercup the parakeet returns home after a nine-day Beaver Island search

Also Buttercup Lemon Drop parakeet returns after nine-day Beaver Island adventure 2012

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TypeEvent
Date2012-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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2012-10
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Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The October 2012 Beaver Beacon reports that Buttercup, also called Lemon Drop, returned to her home after a nine-day adventure, with island residents helping find and care for her.

Evidence limits

This record preserves a small community notice and does not infer veterinary, ownership, or complete search records.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, October 2012, "Buttercup aka Lemon Drop" and "Home After Town Flight."
    Reports the return of the canary-colored parakeet Buttercup, also called Lemon Drop, after a nine-day adventure and thanks the people who found and cared for her. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held October issue scan confirms the community notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Buttercup the parakeet returns home after a nine-day Beaver Island search”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-buttercup-parakeet-return-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2012, "Buttercup aka Lemon Drop" and "Home After Town Flight." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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