I know no one likes the cost and hassle and it's stupid expensive for just one bird, but I used to sell exotic animals for a living and I always used Delta Live Animal Cargo, same day delivery (just a few hours in many cases) from airport to airport... They even keep the animals in climate controlled rooms in the cargo docks and they always were on top of things, calling me within minutes of the package arriving at the docks for me to pickup... I have nothing but good things to say about shipping animals this way but it is costly...