This beautiful Dove pair visits our outside
Sparrow seed dish frequently!
Sunday, November 8, 2015
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Birdie Birthdays Coming Soon!
Happy May everyone!
Life just "flys" by :)) So much happy flittering and fluttering around our house!
"First Birdie's" birth-day is coming up this month! Wow, she'll be 2 years old. She's doing great and just as happy and beautiful as ever. She loves visiting and hanging out with us when we're at the kitchen table. I just crack up as she loves pecking at my old shinny computer. Such a "vain" girl she is ;) She'll take any opportunity to view her reflection, and peck at the tiny computer lights.
First Birdie gets to free-fly around our family room, but it's so
interesting how she is happy and content to stay by and in her "condo". She shows NO interest in getting too close to the Triplet's "condo". But
I do know she is very happy now to have her own species to chatter and hang out
with... albeit at a distance.
The Triplets are just as sweet and cute as First Birdie of course! Each one has it's own identifying personality traits. So amazing to have been able to participate in nature's most wonderful and fascinating life events, witnessing their growth and development from just days old. They all have foot deformities, but it doesn't inhibit anything they do. I wonder... how would their "disability" have affected their functionality and life span in the wild??
The first one (of the Triplets) to fall from the nest, is most attached to me (Girl). She loves to be hand feed. The other girl and the boy are a bit more skittish, but are very interested in all the different flavors I offer them such as fruits, veggies, grain products. The Girls boss around Boy, and it's funny to watch him react to being bossed by his sisters.
Life just "flys" by :)) So much happy flittering and fluttering around our house!
"First Birdie's" birth-day is coming up this month! Wow, she'll be 2 years old. She's doing great and just as happy and beautiful as ever. She loves visiting and hanging out with us when we're at the kitchen table. I just crack up as she loves pecking at my old shinny computer. Such a "vain" girl she is ;) She'll take any opportunity to view her reflection, and peck at the tiny computer lights.
She's so funny!
It's like she has no "boundaries" and everything is hers!
Especially anything where she can see her reflection!
The Triplets are just as sweet and cute as First Birdie of course! Each one has it's own identifying personality traits. So amazing to have been able to participate in nature's most wonderful and fascinating life events, witnessing their growth and development from just days old. They all have foot deformities, but it doesn't inhibit anything they do. I wonder... how would their "disability" have affected their functionality and life span in the wild??
The first one (of the Triplets) to fall from the nest, is most attached to me (Girl). She loves to be hand feed. The other girl and the boy are a bit more skittish, but are very interested in all the different flavors I offer them such as fruits, veggies, grain products. The Girls boss around Boy, and it's funny to watch him react to being bossed by his sisters.
Top to Bottom:
Boy, Girl, Girl
BOY!!!
His beak is all black now
and he grows more black beard feathers all the time :))
They are very happy in their huge aviary cage. It's right by a large window, so now that the weather is so warm, I open the window and it's beautiful to hear all 4 birdies sing with all the wild birds. I suspect many of the sparrows visiting/living in our yard, are their relatives. Of course we feel bad they are caged, but they know nothing different, and don't exhibit any "frustration behaviors". They are super healthy, preen their feathers, take birdie baths, and poof out their feathers when they are relaxed on their perches, and they eat A Lot of seed! All these behaviors show how happy they are.
I know now why sparrows are in the "song bird" family. Wow do they sing! So cute how First Birdie now has a whole family to chatter with. I don't think she was familiar with her own tunes before the Triplets came along and began chattering and singing so much. Funny too, how they chatter and sing so much when there is a lot of human chatter and the TV is on.
Recently our "rescue zoo" added another family member. Poor Charlene was an owner surrender at the local animal shelter in Nov 2014. I had been watching her status for some time hoping she'd be rescued/adopted. But seeing she was still there this March 2015, I just couldn't let her be PTS. She's 11 or 12 and most adopters (sadly) prefer younger cats, kittens. So Charlene has joined our other 2 kitties in their very own "cattery". Every "species group" at our little rescue has their own "secure" environment", as it would mayhem around here, if everyone was free to roam! Not to mention the safety factor. Of course we would LOVE nothing more then to let everyone run around free... but could you imagine..
Can you believe this darling kitty was surrendered??!!
And continuing our Bird theme, look at this beauty we saw at a winery that also rescues all kinds of creatures. I have always LOVED peacocks, and would love if one flew in to stay at our house!
We are so fortunate to have this stunning pair visit our hummingbird feeder. This picture just doesn't do them justice, with their naturally BRILLIANT colors!! "Mrs" on the left, "Mr" on the right.
We have so many spectacular Hummers this year. I haven't been able to get good pictures of them, so here's a selection from online representing the stunning lovlies that come to visit us, drink the sweet nectar of our flowers and clear sugar water we fill the feeders with.
Happy Spring everyone!
May your skies be blue, your nectar sweet, and the sun shine in your life always.
May your "feathers" provide you the freedom to soar high, and live your life blissfully with your favorite "flock".
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Triplet Aviary Happiness! And we may have some boys!
Hello Triplet Birdie fans-
Sadly I hit the dang delete button on my phone and lost the Triplet's first pictures in their Aviary mansion! Ggrrr!! It's not easy to take good pictures of them anymore, as they are so flitty, flighty and busy and their cage is facing a big window. They appear to love their BIG aviary mansion house and are eating up a storm everyday and taking darling little birdie baths. Wow, do they eat a lot! The floor around them is a "seed carpet"... so we've decided to use the fabric cover we use at night for warmth, also as a lower cage curtain during the day. Who knew 3 little rescued sparrows would eat so much, and their split seed hulls would be sprinkling our floor like a dull glitter carpet. I'll get pictures up soon of The Triplets in their aviary mansion!
Devlopmentally, the Triplets, aka Trippies aka Trips (they chirp back to all my silly little nick-names for them), are doing great! It's so interesting how I think I "taught" First Birdie how to take her first drinks of water and learn to take a bird bath, peck for seeds, etc. But the Triplets seemed to just learn on their own and mimic each other's actions. But of course this makes sense, as First Birdie didn't have any sparrows to observe, learn from, mimic or imprint to, but the 3 Triplets would just do whatever each other did, and just by bird instinct/internal "wiring" figured out what to do by watching/interacting with each other. We of course created the perfect learning environment for them, as when they were weaning from the hand feeding, there was an endless supply of seed, spray millet and a shallow amount of water in the little trough. Ah, nature never ceases to amaze and enthrall me!
The Triplets are molting a bit and loosing their baby feathers. I think I see some black chest feathers coming in on one or two, so I'm thinking (hoping a bit) that at least one will be a boy! They don't stay still long enough for me to really study them, and they do look so much alike, it's not easy to differentiate them. Their innate flee and flight button works too perfectly in this case! They will perch quietly though, and move closer to me when I do repetitive, high pitched familiar words (birdie, birdie, birdie; babies, babies, babies; Triplets, triplets, triplets; Trips, trips, trips). No doubt, I Am The Bird Momma!
Here's some great pictures of the difference between male and female sparrows.
Sadly I hit the dang delete button on my phone and lost the Triplet's first pictures in their Aviary mansion! Ggrrr!! It's not easy to take good pictures of them anymore, as they are so flitty, flighty and busy and their cage is facing a big window. They appear to love their BIG aviary mansion house and are eating up a storm everyday and taking darling little birdie baths. Wow, do they eat a lot! The floor around them is a "seed carpet"... so we've decided to use the fabric cover we use at night for warmth, also as a lower cage curtain during the day. Who knew 3 little rescued sparrows would eat so much, and their split seed hulls would be sprinkling our floor like a dull glitter carpet. I'll get pictures up soon of The Triplets in their aviary mansion!
Devlopmentally, the Triplets, aka Trippies aka Trips (they chirp back to all my silly little nick-names for them), are doing great! It's so interesting how I think I "taught" First Birdie how to take her first drinks of water and learn to take a bird bath, peck for seeds, etc. But the Triplets seemed to just learn on their own and mimic each other's actions. But of course this makes sense, as First Birdie didn't have any sparrows to observe, learn from, mimic or imprint to, but the 3 Triplets would just do whatever each other did, and just by bird instinct/internal "wiring" figured out what to do by watching/interacting with each other. We of course created the perfect learning environment for them, as when they were weaning from the hand feeding, there was an endless supply of seed, spray millet and a shallow amount of water in the little trough. Ah, nature never ceases to amaze and enthrall me!
The Triplets are molting a bit and loosing their baby feathers. I think I see some black chest feathers coming in on one or two, so I'm thinking (hoping a bit) that at least one will be a boy! They don't stay still long enough for me to really study them, and they do look so much alike, it's not easy to differentiate them. Their innate flee and flight button works too perfectly in this case! They will perch quietly though, and move closer to me when I do repetitive, high pitched familiar words (birdie, birdie, birdie; babies, babies, babies; Triplets, triplets, triplets; Trips, trips, trips). No doubt, I Am The Bird Momma!
Here's some great pictures of the difference between male and female sparrows.
These are NOT my Birdies! Found these online:
Female, right. Male, left
Male showing the beautiful black beard feathers
Female with her soft beige tones
Male with his dramatic darks
What an experience this has been! I do feel really bad, and sad, they were abandoned or not initially cared for properly by their sparrow parents, but they are as happy as can be with us.
It's so interesting, as all three of the Triplets have deformed feet! Two with a middle foot turned upward and the claw sticks up too. Cute but sad. All of them have one foot curled inward too. So perhaps "Mother Nature" "knew something"? I can somewhat tell them apart from their little deformities. Otherwise, they are perfect! It will be much easier knowing who's who if they're not all beautiful tawny, fawny, beige girls. But if they are, 4 sparrow girls in our house is just fine with us!
Miss First Birdie is PERFECT! Unbelievable after her fall 7-8' fall and subsequent damaged twisted neck. No permanent injuries, and everything about her perfectly functional and perfectly perfect!!! Since she was raised singularly, she is quite a bit more bonded to us and we let her free fly around still. Can you imagine the AMOUNT OF POOP if we let all 4 fly about the house! First Birdie's condo is not anywhere near the size of the Triplet's aviary mansion, so we feel a bit more guilty for her being caged. But the funny thing is, we open the door to her cage daily, and most days she doesn't even come out, as she's so content in her house. And when she does come out, she flies to us to check in, gets a treat, flits around a bit, and then goes back to her house. It's cute how the Triplets start chirping and chattering when First Birdie flies out, so this sure lets us know that there's definitely a relationship and communication between the 4 of them, but it seems that First Birdie is not at all interested in getting close (in physical proximity) to the Triplets.
Here she is visiting with Jim, and leaving him a "present" on his shoulder!
Have you ever seen such perfectly beautiful, perfect feathers!
We call these "love droppings"
First Birdie loves to come visit and perch on us
but she's not interested in being held
Just look at that perfect Birdie with her perfect feathers and perfect feet!
We just looooooooooooove all 4 of our Birdies! They are so adorable and so happy. They chirp and tweet back and forth to each other, but First Birdie doesn't ever fly close to the Triplet's house.
They also chirp and tweet endlessly, especially when there's lots of human chatter in the house and the TV is on. This must be from when they were babies, and closer to the TV, thus they are bonded to the human voice as part of their "flock".
We still feed them the moistened dog kibble baby food for protein, and they have an endless variety of seeds, millet sprays, fresh water, sandpaper covers to file their beaks on, and various perches to perch on and mirrors to play with.
They enrich our lives so much, and even though we lament what happened to them, and know the outside natural environment would have been most ideal for them, their safe inside aviary mansion is the next best thing!
Pictures of Triplets coming soon!!
Chirp Chirp, Tweet Tweet :)
Monday, September 1, 2014
Triplet Success! Happy One Month Birthday to the Triplet baby Sparrows!
Just to recap: one month ago, July 31, one little tiny newborn baby sparrow fell out of it's nest and luckily fell onto our make-shift "Birdie-Slide-chair". The next day, 2 more babies were rescued from what appeared to be an abandoned nest. In case you missed my previous post, here's the "Triplet's" rescue story.!!
Below is their rapid development (in pictures) over just one month! From featherless, totally dependent babies, to fully feathered, now almost completely independent sparrows! We still hand feed them, but just this week (the last week of August 2014), they have fully discovered how to eat seed, peck millet sprays, drink from the water dish and even take mini bird baths! So adorable!
It has been a miraculous, magical developmental transformation to observe and be a part of! Such an incredible experience for us, which not everyone would be up for, as no doubt, these sweet little sparrows absolutely consumed my life this past month. Raising 3 "Triplets" was quite different that raising singular "First Birdie" last year!
So we now have 4 sparrows that are completely "imprinted" and bonded to us. Everyone asks if, when, we will set them free. But think about it... they don't know "what they're missing" outside!They actually have NO idea what we as humans visually and intellectually know about their "natural environment". These little Triplets (and First Birdie) only know us and our house. We believe it would actually be quite cruel to set them free, as they don't have any fear of humans, dog barks, cat meows, other birds, etc. We've considered eventually moving their big aviary cage outside and acclimating them that way...and who knows... maybe one day opening the cage door and letting them come and go, while always providing them food, water and shelter. But these little sparrows will have a wonderful life with us, and I don't think we will ever risk letting them become hawk or cat appetizers!
And I was SO excited when the Triplets learned
to eat from a mini spoon, and we no longer had to
feed them from the tweezers! Jim called the spoon
"the shovel" as they became ravenous eaters!
They now are gradually lessening their desire for
"baby food" and primarily eating bird seed!
We are Successful sparrow "parents" !
This has been a wonderful experience for all of us, but please be aware it is not easy to successfully raise baby wildlife! Too many well intentioned people "rescue" baby animals when they don't need "rescuing". If so many baby sparrows hadn't fallen out the nest on our porch (to their death) over the past couple of years, we never would have gotten involved. Mother Nature truly is the best Mother of her young... but if necessary- knowledgeable, loving, caring humans can be the next best thing.
http://www.wildlifehotline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/NonNative-Birds-How-To.pdf
Below is their rapid development (in pictures) over just one month! From featherless, totally dependent babies, to fully feathered, now almost completely independent sparrows! We still hand feed them, but just this week (the last week of August 2014), they have fully discovered how to eat seed, peck millet sprays, drink from the water dish and even take mini bird baths! So adorable!
It has been a miraculous, magical developmental transformation to observe and be a part of! Such an incredible experience for us, which not everyone would be up for, as no doubt, these sweet little sparrows absolutely consumed my life this past month. Raising 3 "Triplets" was quite different that raising singular "First Birdie" last year!
So we now have 4 sparrows that are completely "imprinted" and bonded to us. Everyone asks if, when, we will set them free. But think about it... they don't know "what they're missing" outside!They actually have NO idea what we as humans visually and intellectually know about their "natural environment". These little Triplets (and First Birdie) only know us and our house. We believe it would actually be quite cruel to set them free, as they don't have any fear of humans, dog barks, cat meows, other birds, etc. We've considered eventually moving their big aviary cage outside and acclimating them that way...
Here's a pictorial of the Triplet's amazing development
over just One month!
From featherless and totally Dependent
to
a surprise fledgling Flight, at just 2 weeks old!
They will soon be transitioned to a large aviary-type cage
which will be right in our family room!
Did I mention how messy 3 little birdies are... and the poop!
Oh my goodness, the amount of poop
3 sweet sparrows produce!
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Back at the beginning of August, 2014
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| Day 3, L to R- "Little", "Biggie", "Middle" |
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| Hungry babies! You can see the their full craws |
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| Look at the feathers already coming in! "Biggie" is in the center |
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| Wow perfect feathers emerging so fast! |
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| All eyes open! Feather beginning to flutter |
Wow! woke up to 2 babies out side the little nest,
but of course I had the little nest inside a larger pet carrier container nest!
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| More feathers each day! So incredible! |
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| Feeding time! |
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| L to R- Little, Middle, Biggie |
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| Look at all those fuzzy feathers! About 2 weeks old |
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| Biggie learning to stand! |
L to R:
Day 9 and Day 1
Look who's on Jim's shoulder!
First Birdie (as we now call her)
is not quite sure who all these little chirpers are!
But she doesn't seem to mind them
She just watches them, but doesn't really chirp to them.
Look at all those feathers!
L - R: Biggie, Little, Middle
Just before the took flight the next day and shocked us!
First Birdie herself!
She's thinking about pecking my earrings.
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And just like that!
A mere 2 weeks after the Triplets came into our life
They suddenly took flight and quickly graduated
to their mini-transitional cage!
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| 3 sweet little birdies in a row! |
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| The Triplets discussing their new real estate! |
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| Perfect feathers! |
to eat from a mini spoon, and we no longer had to
feed them from the tweezers! Jim called the spoon
"the shovel" as they became ravenous eaters!
They now are gradually lessening their desire for
"baby food" and primarily eating bird seed!
We are Successful sparrow "parents" !
What an amazing adventure this has been! The Triplets are very ready now to be transitioned to the big aviary cage . It's really big, but we wanted them to have the most flight room possible, knowing that they'll most likely be living with us forever in this "5 star birdie condo". I just need to figure out a cover (which will probably be an entire bolt of fabric!) Don't laugh... here it is! That's a lot of flight room for these lucky little Triplets! (and maybe First Birdie one day...)
Just this past week, they began to really eat bird seed, flit and fly around the little mini-cage, discovering the water dish, and now deliberately venturing in and taking little bird baths and then preening their feathers! I didn't want to transition them to the Aviary until I was certain they were eating and drinking on their own.
This has been a wonderful experience for all of us, but please be aware it is not easy to successfully raise baby wildlife! Too many well intentioned people "rescue" baby animals when they don't need "rescuing". If so many baby sparrows hadn't fallen out the nest on our porch (to their death) over the past couple of years, we never would have gotten involved. Mother Nature truly is the best Mother of her young... but if necessary- knowledgeable, loving, caring humans can be the next best thing.
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Unbelievable! More baby Sparrows!!
I kid you not!!
Our little doggie Hanna sniffed out and alerted me to yet ANOTHER BABY SPARROW that had fallen (or been pushed) from the nest!
Same story (see my first blog post), same scenario (same nest on our front porch), same (me) jumping into action to rescue this sweet little baby at 11:30 at night, who's eyes were not even open. But unlike the baby that fell out last month, this one looked pink and healthy, although tiny and a bit skinny. I think it may have hatched that day, not really been fed much and then fell out this past Wednesday night! Thank goodness the "birdie slide" worked!!
The next morning, I strained my ears to see if I could hear any additional plaintive chirps from the disastrous fail of a nest... and yes... to my sadness and frustration, I did...
We had intended to take the nest down months ago, when it was abandoned, but life just got too busy and time passed quickly and here we are now with one tiny newly hatched baby fallen and the potential for another or others too also... ugh, so heartbreaking! My hope always is that nature does what nature is intended to do, and NO human intervention is needed!
Jim and debated and agonized over the decision to just let "nature take it's course" again... or to try to "save" the remaining baby/babies in the nest. But I knew I would be so unsettled knowing there was a possibility of new little lives suffering in an abandoned nest... if that was the case. We watched all day to see if there were any parents coming to the nest to feed. Didn't see any.
I even cleaned the parent poop off the chair (aka "Birdie Slide) to see if parents had come to feed, but we didn't see any recent poop indicating recent visits.
So we made the decision to go up and investigate. The nest was actually quite well constructed, and had probably been there for years and years and it had probably been a super successful nest for years and years, as babies only started falling out last year when "original" Birdie was rescued. So I gloved and masked up, and began taking the nest apart. All was quiet and I was worried the other baby/babies had already died. But to my surprise, 2 little babies slipped out into the box I had under the nest to catch the nest parts and potential babies.
At this point, I realized why all these babies had been able to slip out of the nest. It was well constructed deep into the eve of the house, but over time, one side of it must have developed a hole or weak side, allowing so many babies to fall out. My heart broke when I met these 2 additional siblings to the baby that fell out the night before. I wanted so much for the nest to be empty, and I wouldn't have to intervene with nature. But, this agenda immediately changed, and I rushed them into the house to join the other baby.
And so the round the clock, every 30-40 minute feedings began! I was so happy though to be able to join first fallen baby (the youngest and skinniest one) with it's siblings! It's beyond adorable to see them all snuggle and cuddle together for warmth and companionship. Ah, the family is back together and they have a chance at survival.
Off I went to crush into a mush, the "magic kibble" that saved First Birdie's life. It's the high protein baby sparrows desperately need to survive and thrive and it sure did the trick for First Birde! She's so healthy and happy and we still hand feed her this everyday! Sadly most well intentioned humans try to give baby birds water and human type foods, and they wind up starving or killing them. Not only was I Pre-Vet in my early college years, I read a lot online when I first rescued First Birdie. Here's a great site for anyone who might find a baby bird. Although many humans are well intentioned, they "rescue" Fledgelings" on the ground that are learning to fly, but look lost, yet are being cared for by their parents.
So I better end this post, as my new 3 babies are chirping (again :) and need to be fed! They're doing fine, and I will post another picture of them with their mouths agape successfully eating. It's not an easy task for a human to intercede on nature's perfection. I wish I didn't have to, and the babies were all happily nestled in their nest with their parents, with no chance of falling out... but that wasn't the case, so we will nurture and take care of these sweet little guys forever, if necessary. But my hope, since there are 3 of them, that we can eventually set them free... Already planning an aviary in the barn to protect them as they learn to adapt to the wild world... but don't panic, that won't be for a long time!
Our little doggie Hanna sniffed out and alerted me to yet ANOTHER BABY SPARROW that had fallen (or been pushed) from the nest!
July 30, 2014
Same story (see my first blog post), same scenario (same nest on our front porch), same (me) jumping into action to rescue this sweet little baby at 11:30 at night, who's eyes were not even open. But unlike the baby that fell out last month, this one looked pink and healthy, although tiny and a bit skinny. I think it may have hatched that day, not really been fed much and then fell out this past Wednesday night! Thank goodness the "birdie slide" worked!!
The next morning, I strained my ears to see if I could hear any additional plaintive chirps from the disastrous fail of a nest... and yes... to my sadness and frustration, I did...
We had intended to take the nest down months ago, when it was abandoned, but life just got too busy and time passed quickly and here we are now with one tiny newly hatched baby fallen and the potential for another or others too also... ugh, so heartbreaking! My hope always is that nature does what nature is intended to do, and NO human intervention is needed!
Jim and debated and agonized over the decision to just let "nature take it's course" again... or to try to "save" the remaining baby/babies in the nest. But I knew I would be so unsettled knowing there was a possibility of new little lives suffering in an abandoned nest... if that was the case. We watched all day to see if there were any parents coming to the nest to feed. Didn't see any.
I even cleaned the parent poop off the chair (aka "Birdie Slide) to see if parents had come to feed, but we didn't see any recent poop indicating recent visits.
So we made the decision to go up and investigate. The nest was actually quite well constructed, and had probably been there for years and years and it had probably been a super successful nest for years and years, as babies only started falling out last year when "original" Birdie was rescued. So I gloved and masked up, and began taking the nest apart. All was quiet and I was worried the other baby/babies had already died. But to my surprise, 2 little babies slipped out into the box I had under the nest to catch the nest parts and potential babies.
At this point, I realized why all these babies had been able to slip out of the nest. It was well constructed deep into the eve of the house, but over time, one side of it must have developed a hole or weak side, allowing so many babies to fall out. My heart broke when I met these 2 additional siblings to the baby that fell out the night before. I wanted so much for the nest to be empty, and I wouldn't have to intervene with nature. But, this agenda immediately changed, and I rushed them into the house to join the other baby.
July 31, 2014
And so the round the clock, every 30-40 minute feedings began! I was so happy though to be able to join first fallen baby (the youngest and skinniest one) with it's siblings! It's beyond adorable to see them all snuggle and cuddle together for warmth and companionship. Ah, the family is back together and they have a chance at survival.
Off I went to crush into a mush, the "magic kibble" that saved First Birdie's life. It's the high protein baby sparrows desperately need to survive and thrive and it sure did the trick for First Birde! She's so healthy and happy and we still hand feed her this everyday! Sadly most well intentioned humans try to give baby birds water and human type foods, and they wind up starving or killing them. Not only was I Pre-Vet in my early college years, I read a lot online when I first rescued First Birdie. Here's a great site for anyone who might find a baby bird. Although many humans are well intentioned, they "rescue" Fledgelings" on the ground that are learning to fly, but look lost, yet are being cared for by their parents.
So I better end this post, as my new 3 babies are chirping (again :) and need to be fed! They're doing fine, and I will post another picture of them with their mouths agape successfully eating. It's not an easy task for a human to intercede on nature's perfection. I wish I didn't have to, and the babies were all happily nestled in their nest with their parents, with no chance of falling out... but that wasn't the case, so we will nurture and take care of these sweet little guys forever, if necessary. But my hope, since there are 3 of them, that we can eventually set them free... Already planning an aviary in the barn to protect them as they learn to adapt to the wild world... but don't panic, that won't be for a long time!
Their snuggle positions are so adorable!!!
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