This little baby mocking bird fell out of his nest this morning! He looks like he's not doing too well in this picture but let me tell you - this little man has SPUNK! I think he gets it from his momma. We were trying to scoop him up to save him from becoming Rugby's breakfast when the momma starting dive bombing me! She nicked my back with her wings and scared the poo out of me!!!
Of course this rescue was right up Kaiden's alley and he went to work right away!
We read online that if you can't reach the original nest you should make an alternate nest for the baby if he's not hurt. We used a recycled butter tub nailed to the tree with paper towel and twigs inside to cushion him. Momma bird was so incredibly protective of him and kept yelling at us. I made sure I kept a stick waving over our heads the whole time so we wouldn't get attacked again.
Kaiden just had to ask...
"Can we keep him Mom?"
No Kaiden.
4 comments:
I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to put nails in trees.
geesh karla. you can put nails in trees. especially if you need to save a bird. how do you think boys make tree houses? or nail a ladder to a tree?
You build AROUND the tree, not into it! Poor tree.
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