Family offers $5,000 reward after pet parrot stolen from Long Beach home

A Long Beach family is offering a $5,000 reward after thieves broke into their home early Friday and made off with Harley, their 30-year-old pet parrot, in the third attempted theft by the same group of men.

Surveillance footage showed the suspects scouting the property on June 2 and making a failed attempt the following day before breaking in successfully Friday morning, according to ABC7 Los Angeles — a brazen, multi-day operation targeting a bird the family described as a cherished, lifelong companion.

Harley, who is 30 years old, had lived in the same cage at the family's property for 16 years and was a well-known presence throughout the neighborhood, owner Randi Winter told ABC7 Los Angeles. The bird spoke two languages and was a favorite of local children who regularly visited.

"Very fun bird, spoke two different languages, loved to sing songs, now knows my daughter's children, so knew the grandchildren," Winter said. "I would just love to get him back, we really would."

The theft was the product of a deliberate, multi-day effort, according to ABC7. Footage captured the same group of men surveying the home on June 2, returning for an unsuccessful attempt June 3, then entering the property before dawn Friday and removing Harley from his cage.

"He was just an awesome bird," Winter told ABC7. "I'm so worried about what might be happening to him. He lived here in this cage for 16 years and he knew the all neighborhood, all the kids loved him. He would just make everybody happy. I can't believe somebody would do this."

The family has posted a $5,000 reward for information leading to Harley's safe return.

The family is asking anyone with information about Harley's whereabouts to come forward. Winter said the parrot had been a neighborhood fixture for years, beloved by children and adults throughout the area.