-get a mini lasso and pull it out
-pretend to be another bird
-open up the cage, open the windows, and voila, freedom!
-oven mitt( this one is real, not stupid like the rest of these suggestions)
-pretend to be a mesmerizing mermaid
-pretend to be zeus and throw a fake thunderbolt at it...
-coax it with chocolate
-pour h2o on it
-squak like a parrot and the parakeet will become hypnotized and slowly fly toward u.then u catch it.
-swat it with a fly swatter and it will squak. then u dance like a tapdancing leprechaun and drink a little acohol and act drunk so ur bird will think ur crazy and zoom out of the cage cuz its so scared.
-do sum funky, hip, nifty, snazzy dance moves next to its cage. the bird will be so humiliated to be ur pet and fly out of its cage.