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OT - birdnapper racked with guilt :-(
Hi,
we have had an injured juvenile Jackdaw in the garden - couldn't fly and was hiding in the shrubbery at the bottom of the garden and coming out to circle our little pond. The parents were keeping an eye on it and shouting at our cats if they ventured out into the garden. We first saw it around 09:00 and it was still there at 14:00 - conclusion was that it wasn't going anywhere soon. Rang the Blue Cross who put us onto a local women who rescues wildlife. She came and checked the bird out, and agreed with us that it wasn't fit enough to survive outside, so she has taken it to her aviary for R&R and some antibiotics. She will bring it back and release it here as soon as it has recovered - she thinks it will recover fairly quickly. Very strange - the bird was bald on the back of its head and also had some damage at the base of the tail on the top. The knees were abraded and bleeding slightly. The bird could flutter but not fly. I have never seen a bald bird before and am puzzled over the reason. The guilt is due to the constant searching by the parents who keep flying round calling, perching in trees and on our roof. No way to tell them that junior is in good hands and should be back in a few days. I just hope that they remember the little tyke when it is recovered. Meanwhile I am haunted by the harsh cries of "Ba**ard - what have you done with my baby!" on a regular basis :-( Ho hum Dave R -- |
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OT - birdnapper racked with guilt :-(
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 16:23:29 +0100, "David W.E. Roberts"
wrote: Hi, we have had an injured juvenile Jackdaw in the garden - couldn't fly and was hiding in the shrubbery at the bottom of the garden and coming out to circle our little pond. The parents were keeping an eye on it and shouting at our cats if they ventured out into the garden. We first saw it around 09:00 and it was still there at 14:00 - conclusion was that it wasn't going anywhere soon. Rang the Blue Cross who put us onto a local women who rescues wildlife. She came and checked the bird out, and agreed with us that it wasn't fit enough to survive outside, so she has taken it to her aviary for R&R and some antibiotics. She will bring it back and release it here as soon as it has recovered - she thinks it will recover fairly quickly. Very strange - the bird was bald on the back of its head and also had some damage at the base of the tail on the top. The knees were abraded and bleeding slightly. The bird could flutter but not fly. I have never seen a bald bird before and am puzzled over the reason. perhaps it was a coot? The guilt is due to the constant searching by the parents who keep flying round calling, perching in trees and on our roof. we have the same problem with the parents of a blackbird we rescued from our cat. -- martin |
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"martin" wrote in message ... snip I have never seen a bald bird before and am puzzled over the reason. perhaps it was a coot? No - it wasn't even particularly cute :-) |
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On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 21:11:52 +0100, "David W.E. Roberts"
wrote: "martin" wrote in message .. . snip I have never seen a bald bird before and am puzzled over the reason. perhaps it was a coot? No - it wasn't even particularly cute :-) a cute angina? -- martin |
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from "David W.E. Roberts" contains these words: (snip) Very strange - the bird was bald on the back of its head and also had some damage at the base of the tail on the top. The knees were abraded and bleeding slightly. The bird could flutter but not fly. I have never seen a bald bird before and am puzzled over the reason. Perhaps it's been attacked by another bird worried about the jackdaw hanging around near its own nest. Even hens, if they are put under stress, will feather-peck other birds to baldness and bleeding...you should see how bald some battery hens are :-( Janet |
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OT - birdnapper racked with guilt :-(
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 18:47:09 +0100, Janet Baraclough
wrote: The message from "David W.E. Roberts" contains these words: (snip) Very strange - the bird was bald on the back of its head and also had some damage at the base of the tail on the top. The knees were abraded and bleeding slightly. The bird could flutter but not fly. I have never seen a bald bird before and am puzzled over the reason. Perhaps it's been attacked by another bird worried about the jackdaw hanging around near its own nest. Even hens, if they are put under stress, will feather-peck other birds to baldness and bleeding...you should see how bald some battery hens are :-( I bet that there's a fair number of hen pecked bald headed old coots posting here. :-( -- martin |
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"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message
... Hi, we have had an injured juvenile Jackdaw in the garden - couldn't fly and was hiding in the shrubbery at the bottom of the garden and coming out to circle our little pond. The parents were keeping an eye on it and shouting at our cats if they ventured out into the garden. We first saw it around 09:00 and it was still there at 14:00 - conclusion was that it wasn't going anywhere soon. Rang the Blue Cross who put us onto a local women who rescues wildlife. She came and checked the bird out, and agreed with us that it wasn't fit enough to survive outside, so she has taken it to her aviary for R&R and some antibiotics. She will bring it back and release it here as soon as it has recovered - she thinks it will recover fairly quickly. Very strange - the bird was bald on the back of its head and also had some damage at the base of the tail on the top. The knees were abraded and bleeding slightly. The bird could flutter but not fly. I have never seen a bald bird before and am puzzled over the reason. The guilt is due to the constant searching by the parents who keep flying round calling, perching in trees and on our roof. No way to tell them that junior is in good hands and should be back in a few days. I just hope that they remember the little tyke when it is recovered. Meanwhile I am haunted by the harsh cries of "Ba**ard - what have you done with my baby!" on a regular basis :-( Ho hum Dave R -- We had a similar situation with a young, unfledged blackbird, it was sitting under the leylandii hedge, with parents crying out nearby, I then noticed one of our cats heading straight for it, managed to intercept the cats and bring them indoors, figured the bird would only need a couple of days to finish learning to fly and to be able to look after itself. Then again nature seems to have had it in for this little tyke, next morning I went out to check on his progress only to find him face down in the pond, sometimes it just doesn't matter how hard you try to save them, they are destined for the great scrapheap of life. Duncan |
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"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message
... Hi, we have had an injured juvenile Jackdaw in the garden - couldn't fly and was hiding in the shrubbery at the bottom of the garden and coming out to circle our little pond. The parents were keeping an eye on it and shouting at our cats if they ventured out into the garden. We first saw it around 09:00 and it was still there at 14:00 - conclusion was that it wasn't going anywhere soon. Rang the Blue Cross who put us onto a local women who rescues wildlife. She came and checked the bird out, and agreed with us that it wasn't fit enough to survive outside, so she has taken it to her aviary for R&R and some antibiotics. She will bring it back and release it here as soon as it has recovered - she thinks it will recover fairly quickly. Very strange - the bird was bald on the back of its head and also had some damage at the base of the tail on the top. The knees were abraded and bleeding slightly. The bird could flutter but not fly. I have never seen a bald bird before and am puzzled over the reason. The guilt is due to the constant searching by the parents who keep flying round calling, perching in trees and on our roof. No way to tell them that junior is in good hands and should be back in a few days. I just hope that they remember the little tyke when it is recovered. Meanwhile I am haunted by the harsh cries of "Ba**ard - what have you done with my baby!" on a regular basis :-( Ho hum Dave R -- We had a similar situation with a young, unfledged blackbird, it was sitting under the leylandii hedge, with parents crying out nearby, I then noticed one of our cats heading straight for it, managed to intercept the cats and bring them indoors, figured the bird would only need a couple of days to finish learning to fly and to be able to look after itself. Then again nature seems to have had it in for this little tyke, next morning I went out to check on his progress only to find him face down in the pond, sometimes it just doesn't matter how hard you try to save them, they are destined for the great scrapheap of life. Duncan |
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