Friday, September 27, 2013

Silly Bird

     I'm over here working when I hear a loud bang on the window. I go outside knowing full well that noise was from a bird that thought my window was a fly through. I found this little guy laying in the flower bed by the window. He knocked himself silly. Poor thing was in a state of shock. I have never seen an animal, or human's, pupil dilate in and out so fast. I let him sit on the ground for a few while I inspected his wings and neck, as to insure nothing was broken before handling him. After I determined that the only damage was probably to his brain I picked him up to comfort him and keep him warm. He must have stayed in my hands a good 20 min while I kept an eye on his pupils and how alert he was acting. He eventually started to come around and when he did he jumped up on my hoodie. He sat on my hoodie for another half hour or so before attempting flight. He flew a little and to my surprise flew back to my hand. I did not understand why he did that because at this point he seemed fully alert and had no issues with flight. My guess is it was because he was just a baby and like all babies he wanted some comfort after obtaining a boo boo. I did coax him to fly away again. This time he did and he flew to a nearby tree. Well, there goes an hour of my day but, I do think I was able to help a poor defenseless bird. If anyone knows what type of bird this is please let me know. He still had a lot of his baby feathers and, really sucks at flying. That is why I assume he is a baby.