You had great good fortune there, Ebbie. They usually are lost for good in cases like that. There is an escaped budgie in Toronto who's been on the news a few times. He is living in High Park, which is a huge area of parkland and forest and trails in the west central part of the city, and he comes to the municipal bird feeders every day and eats alongside the pigeons and sparrows. He seems to be doing fine hanging out with the sparrows, but people are worried about what will happen when winter comes. No one has persuaded him to enter a cage yet.