Atticus with Red-Headed Cardinals?

So I was going to check on the mail when I heard a familiar chirp---could it be?  I saw two red-headed cardinals, both males, and--a java sparrow.

When I looked at him, he quickly flew up onto the fence.  When I came out again, he had returned with

his two friends and a larger Mynah.  I contemplated bringing Jack out in his cage, but I did not want to alarm him.  At any rate, I tentatively reached the conclusion that if I had to let Jack loose for some reason (moving away, illness, etc.) he would survive and perhaps even find his friend.  I had wondered if Atticus's wings had been clipped, but he seems to be flying like a champion (if indeed it is him).  I did not make any dramatic gestures to recapture him, just left some food out for him and his friends (something I usually wouldn't do on principle).  A magical day, which began with a lunar eclipse, and ended with a Oiseau de passage.