Really, maybe your wife was talking about bird soup when you weren't around LOL....usually they stick around where there born ...at least to roost ...especially if they've got food and water .....oh well off he or she goes ....or your wife birdnapped it ......I bought a pair of beautiful tumbler pigeons years ago ....Fred and Wilma ....they were awesome to watch fly in the evenings .....fucking hawk came in and killed em ....they had one baby that stuck around ....it disappeared as well and I figured the hawk got him to ......well that winter I opened the fire place to start it for the first time ....and the poor thing fell down my chimney and died ....they use to all three land up on the chimney during the day