Baby Starling Rescue
Yesterday, I was out in the garden shed pottering around when I noticed a baby bird that had fallen out of a nest. The nest was up on a shelf with lots of paint tins and other bottles of oil and so on. I've been watching it for a few weeks, partly with interest waiting for the eggs to hatch, and partly wanting to get on and do some painting!
Anyway, this prompted the wife and I to undertake a rescue mission. Knowing that local cats and the rat population would have this baby starling in a second, we thought we would rescue the bird.
As I sit here now, the bird is chirping merrily away in a brooder cage in the living room. He's eating well, demanding earth worms and we hope, that he will start to fly soon so we can release him.
Anyway, this prompted the wife and I to undertake a rescue mission. Knowing that local cats and the rat population would have this baby starling in a second, we thought we would rescue the bird.
As I sit here now, the bird is chirping merrily away in a brooder cage in the living room. He's eating well, demanding earth worms and we hope, that he will start to fly soon so we can release him.
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Baby Bird Update
The baby bird survived for three days but unfortunately didn't make it into fourth. It was well looked after and cared for, but was unable to build up its strength ready for its maiden flight.
We feel happy to have had this experience and, should another baby bird fall out of its nest, we think we might be a little more confident with helping it and hopefully that would lead to better results. We live and learn. . .
We feel happy to have had this experience and, should another baby bird fall out of its nest, we think we might be a little more confident with helping it and hopefully that would lead to better results. We live and learn. . .
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