Comments on: Hi Hi Birdie

By: Twwly

Twwly — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:23:31 +0000

Also:

Women’s sized skull rings. YES!

By: Twwly

Twwly — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:22:48 +0000

We rehabbed a baby robin when I was pregnant with Bob. Let it live in our bathroom (terrible idea, bird shit EVERYWHERE). Had to be fed so often I remember going to Toronto with it in a box on my lap, en route to Scott’s kilt fitting for our wedding.

Highly inconvenient and time consuming, but it did learn to fly and hung out for the following year (not sure if it still does, as we moved).

Also rescued birdies that DIDN’T make it – they are prone to trying to strangle themselves on small openings. Make sure there are no head sized holes… done that one.

By: starbadger

starbadger — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:49:40 +0000

J think a bout it – a cat gets smacked – and there are a dozen of these buzzards doing what they do

is this why they dome cities in ScFi Flicks?

By: starbadger

starbadger — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:43:57 +0000

Amazing how with everything going on the buzzards spotted the dead cat – there must have been a dozen of ‘im.

By: Badur

Badur — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:42:23 +0000

I use Canada Posts Electronic Shipping Tools (EST) to process most of my larger packages that dont require a simple stamp.

Easier at the post office because you can just drop them off and they scan them and you’re done.

or just bundle the orders to ship out once a week and get CPs parcel pickup service for an extra $3.50

By: starbadger

starbadger — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:40:11 +0000

Biking back this evening from picking up my mail (thanX SDL) looking ahead on Tarpon Ave about 5:00 AM I noticed what from a distance in the dim light my brain registered as “turkeys” a bit closer it was a buzzard a bit smaller and black – a car had hit and killed a big cat – no way the “turkey buzzards” could pick it up and get it off the road and likewise no one was getting out of their car to move the cat –

I’d wager by done the cat’s gone and so are them buzzards.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:18:36 +0000

Cedar waxwing is so beautiful. Even if he/she doesnt make it, it’s better to go in relative comfort than uncared for.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:26:58 +0000

It’s a cedar waxwing. They are very cool birds. You might want to get in contact with a wildlife rehabilitator. Chances are a broken wing and badly broken leg won’t heal enough on their own for survivability. The local human society should know the local rehabber network.

By: shannon

shannon — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:24:58 +0000

You are doing all the right things for the bird, the odds are it will recover enough to go on it’s own.

Line the box with WHITE paper towels to make it easy to keep a keen eye out for parasites and baby roaches for at least the first few days; use light colored rubber gloves when handling it for the same reason.

Having an older bird like you do that can feed itself eliminates almost all the work and sleep loss that comes with having to feed a little fuzz ball pretty much whenever it’s awake for the first few weeks.

You seem to have a sparrow and sparrows like to wander off and get lost as soon as they are able, and you’ll never see it again which can be heartbreaking. Birds with a more pronounced prefrontal cortex than sparrows are more fun because they go through an adolescence where they come back for about a week for food and to play.