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Parrots Interrupt A North Carolina College’s Softball Game

A group of parrots dropped by for a front-row seat to the action in Friday’s college softball matchup featuring North Carolina’s own Gardner-Webb University. In the bottom of the seventh…

Parrots Interrupt A North Carolina College's Softball Game
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A group of parrots dropped by for a front-row seat to the action in Friday’s college softball matchup featuring North Carolina’s own Gardner-Webb University.

In the bottom of the seventh inning in the Bulldogs’ matchup with the Bradley University Braves, multiple colorful birds swooped down, taking laps around the diamond before some landed on the shoulders and arms of umpires.

Thankfully, the brief aerial intrusion was caught on camera for everyone to see. Not sure where they came from though. With all the tourist attractions in the Orlando area, I thought they were part of a bird show that got off track. But a person on social media is claiming the birds.

Here is what the tweet said "Their names are Tiki and Lelu. Tiki is the one who landed on the umpire. We free-fly them behind the stadium a lot and today they had to see what all the commotion was about!

According to WBTV, ground crew members were called out to help remove the birds before the game resumed. Too funny.

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