A teen found the cockatiel he had painted for art class
On his 15th birthday, Evergreen Park sophomore Daniel Kirincic found a lost cockatiel on the track bleachers. It matched a bird he had painted the year before, and the owner let him keep it.
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Daniel Kirincic, a sophomore and cross-country runner at Evergreen Park Community High School, had wanted a cockatiel for years. On his 15th birthday, August 20, he was heading to practice when a bright yellow bird was sitting on the Mustang bleachers by the track, Patch reported. It was calm around people and looked a lot like a bird he had painted as a freshman.
In Libby McArthur's art class he had made the same subject in three styles, including a cockatiel with light gray spots. His mother brought a net, they got the bird home, and she found the owner on Facebook. The owner said he could keep it. The bird's name is Tico.
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