It's not every day that somebody calls the Country Fire Service (CFS) to help a bird out of a tree, but that is precisely what happened in the South Australian seaside town of Goolwa.

Key points: Squawkie climbed the pine tree Saturday morning after escaping his aviary

Squawkie climbed the pine tree Saturday morning after escaping his aviary The galah has not had any food or water since he escaped

The galah has not had any food or water since he escaped His chosen tree is too dense to be climbed easily and a cherry picker has been called in

Resident Pat Fuidge has been trying to coax her 35-year-old galah Squawkie down from a pine tree since he walked from his aviary Saturday morning.

"I was cleaning the cage and filling the bird baths up and had the door wedged open with a rake," Ms Fuidge said.

"I must have gotten distracted, answered the phone or whatever, and realised I hadn't closed the door properly."

Squawkie managed to find an incredibly dense and difficult tree to climb. ( ABC Radio Adelaide: Caroline Horn )

By the time she came back, Squawkie and his "wife" Squeakie had gone for walk to "look around to see what's outside".

"I got her back but there was no trace of him," Ms Fuidge said.

"We did a search of the area and all the trees.

"He's not a very good flier but somehow managed to make it to the football oval, three minutes' drive away, and climb a tree.

"Of course, it was the highest tree in the whole world and the hardest to climb."

Squawkie was a rescued bird after his tree was knocked down in the Cooper Basin.

He and three other chicks were taken in by carers after their mother did not return.

Tree too dense

A dense, 20-metre-high pine tree, Ms Fuidge tried climbing the tree with an extended ladder but Squawkie was still about eight metres higher than the ladder could reach.

Ms Fuidge then tried putting water, corn, and seed at the base of the tree, as well as bringing over Squeakie — all in an effort to encourage him back down.

"We take her over every time and they talk to each other, but he gets fed up and doesn't bother," she said.

"I've got friends popping by in the middle of the day, plus myself, to make sure he hasn't moved."

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The local CFS branch came out on Monday to try and help, but Squawkie temporarily flew to another tree.

"The CFS offered to come back with a truck and hose him down. But I think it's 18 kilograms of pressure in the hose so I wasn't so sure about that," Ms Fuidge said.

"It would also be hard to get the pressure through the branches.

"But when we tried to get him down from the smaller tree he flew back up to the big tree."

Squawkie will come down 'eventually'

Ms Fuidge has received advice from Goolwa's Wildlife Welfare Organisation which said Squawkie was probably scared of coming down, but would likely muster the courage by day five.

"He's such a silly bird. I think he's surprised himself that he's flown that distance," Ms Fuidge said.

"He can fly through the air, but not up there [higher] because his wings aren't that strong.

"He's a climber, but we're not."

The local CFS captain is also planning to come back Wednesday evening to see if he can help.

"We've also got our tree man coming, when we get hold of him, to see if he can climb up and do something," Ms Fuidge said.

The galah's plight has grabbed the attention of commercial media too, with a news outlet organising for a cherry picker to try and rescue the bird — more than likely for a live cross during the evening news.

"Fingers crossed," Ms Fuidge said.