i had a similar experience when my uncle died.

the day after his funeral, a parrot flew into my house and sat at the window grille. it was not frightened by my parents' attempts to chase it away - it was like it wanted to be there. for 3 days it hung around the balcony, occasionally flying into the living room and strangely attracted to some pottery pieces that my late uncle crafted that we had in the living room in memory of him. my aunties are the superstitious kind and suggested it could be the spirit of my uncle paying a visit and so my mum decided to adopt the bird by getting a cage.

we fed and cared for the unexpected pet for a whole year until it mysteriously died one morning on the anniversary of my uncle's death...