Yes, that's right, we have rescued a baby bird:
While cleaning up the back yard of branches, bringing the lawn furniture back out, and re-filling the pool, I nearly stepped on this poor creature. It appears that our little friend was blown out of his nest, and his family is nowhere to be found. Looks like his former home (the nest!) may be 'gone with the wind'. We scooped up this guy, and are trying to feed it some soaked bread, hoping that we might be able to nurse it back to health. Just another mini-adventure for us.
The roads are still very empty. Nobody wants to go out because all the gas stations are still empty. However, US290 inbound, however, looks like it's gaining traffic by the hour. Looks like almost no one is heeding the governor's plea to ease their way back into the city. They're saying now that the return traffic could be far worse than the outbound (all at once vs staggered, no gas from the outset, roadways partially covered with debris).
All Houston schools have been closed for Mon and Tues. This means we're only on Day 3 of a six day adventure! The girls are beginning to go stir-crazy. Looks like most businesses will be ordered closed on Mon and Tues also. Should be interesting.
Climbed back on the roof for another look around. The wind hasn't really let up at ALL. Sustained winds are 20-25 mph, with gusts to 40 mph. Here is our sky, looking Northeast:
So, anyone have any ideas on how to keep a little bird going? Should we just release him on his way? Any input would be helpful -- you too can be a hero in this saga...
writing from the real Windy City,
greg
8 comments:
I am so glad you and your family are ok The pictures are great God and Laurie must be watching over you.
Greg,
Until the stores open try feeding a mixture of raw and hard-boiled eggs. Moist but not overly wet. Use chop sticks or get creative with a tongue depressor. Try Petco for mealworms and mockingbird food. Again keep it moist but not overly wet. Good luck.
LHC.
Greg,
This summer I stummbled upon a baby bird that fell out of his next when I went to walk my dog. I placed him in a bucket outside to see if the mother would come back for him (Which she eventually did and she got him to fly after spending the day over and over trying to get the little guy up. Before she ever came around the little bird was hungry so we rolled up little balls of wet cat food. They love it. I don't know if you have that avaliable since the stores are all closed, but if you have a cat and own wet cat food it does the trick!
Greg,
Remembering a bit more.
Use grated egg yoke only at first.
Offer a bead water on the end of an eye dropper. Let the bird reach for it.
LHC.
Never know . . . the bird could be God's provision for food if you run out in the aftermath with all the stores closed! (juuust kidding.)
Greg,
I have rescued birds, also. They will eat almost anything soft and moist. I usually just used bread soaked in either water or milk. Your's looks as if it has all of it's feathers and is probably close to taking off on it's own anyway.
The main danger to leaving a small bird on the ground is that of cats. You can teach it to fly once it has recuperated from it's harrowing experience.
Several times a day take it outside and put it on a tree branch, not so high that it is out of your reach with you standing on the ground. When it is securely on the branch, let it sit there a while, and then try to get it to come back to you. (Do it at feeding time and take some bread with you.) It will take a few tries but it will get the idea. When it does come back to you, it is time to take it out and walk away and leave it to fly off on it's own.
Hope this helps.
Sharon (from Amarillo area)
YEAH!!! You're safe! I'm so glad - God is good - HE kept you safe . . . you'll continue in my prayers as always
So glad you're safe! Thanks for the stram of entries. Great way to document what's going on as well.
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