I’m sad to report that the baby crow that landed on my deck and was learning to fly has died. After I took the flying video he spent the night under our bench, huddled quietly out of sight from the cats, and woke the next morning. He pooped a few times and then died.
Hubby double checked by poking him (gently) with a stick. Had we known him longer (or had a dirt yard) we would have given him a pet funeral, like my Mom always did for our rats, cats, guinea pigs, chickens, dogs and hamsters. She would call us out to the yard and we would take turns saying something nice about the pet while crying.
Instead, Hubby called animal control, which sent a policeman with a strong knock. “He didn’t make it, did he?” the man said when I opened the door. “The parents probably kicked him out of the nest because they could tell something was wrong with him.”
I shurgged and showed him onto the deck. The policeman scooped up the baby bird into a black garbage bag. This way the other babies have more to eat. Survival of the fittest.
If you’d like to watch the video of him learning to fly again, click here.
June 3rd, 2009 at 6:56 am
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June 3rd, 2009 at 10:27 am
So sad about birdie. He did seem awfully big to be in a nest. I’m glad he had a peaceful nights sleep at your place.
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:06 pm
AT LEAST YOU TRIED … I AM STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET MY HUSBANDS BABY BIRD FEEDING VIDEO TO YOU. IT WAS TAKEN FROM OUR DIGITAL CAMERA AND WHEN I COPIED IT TO THE COMPUTER – IT DOES NOT PLAY BACK PROPERLY.
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:16 pm
We’ve saved baby birds before, but it’s really messy and time consuming. They have to be fed from an eye dropper and they poop constantly. You have to have them wrapped in a towel and they need to be fed like 6 times a day!
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Oh, no problem. If you figure it out, great. Otherwise no worries.
June 3rd, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Julia:
Sorry about the baby bird. I agree; it’s good the last night was a peaceful one.
Steve
June 16th, 2009 at 11:50 am
I wrote a couple articles about the same subject but you seem to know a bit more about it than I do.