Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Location:
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2019 15:04:39 GMT -5
On our way out for the evening last night, my wife spotted something under her car. It looked almost like a stuffed animal. I crawled under the back of the car and found a very wet and scared three toed woodpecker. He was very ruffled and wet. Looked to have some feather loss near the shoulder on one side. I think the hail knocked him down. I carefully picked him up and we made him a nest of towels in a box with a warmed heating pillow. He tucked his head in and slept. Checked in on him several times and this morning he was lively and much more energetic. I took him out to a big cottonwood and put him on the trunk. He zipped right up the tree and out of sight. I think he will make it. What an awesome little bird. We honestly thought he wasn't going to make it and were overjoyed at his recovery.
|
|
|
|
Post by puffy on Jul 5, 2019 15:09:32 GMT -5
Good for you..That's Wonderful
|
|
|
|
Post by Darin on Jul 5, 2019 15:27:43 GMT -5
Awesome, Don ... don't be surprised if he comes around now and then to see you as they don't forget.  |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Location:
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2019 15:32:44 GMT -5
Great job Don, and thanks for sharing the story. Something I remember doing a few times with either a bird or a real small bunny back when I was out and about. These days a critter would have to be under the couch, where I now spend most of my time. Doesn’t make you feel good inside when you know you helped a wild creature back to its natural habitat.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Location:
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2019 15:33:23 GMT -5
|
|
kayro
New Member
Posts: 31
Location:
|
Post by kayro on Jul 5, 2019 16:17:18 GMT -5
Good for you! I live in a rural area and was able to help with a few rescues over the years. Like lonecoyote I am pretty much confined to the couch these days. The most notable to me rescue was a Red Tailed hawk chic brought to me by a neighbor when he had some logging done on his property. His nest had been cut down and his survival chances were pretty slim. I built him a nest box and placed it about 8 or so feet off the ground in the branches of a big pine tree near the house.I fed him chicken pieces and raw beef that I reached to him on the end of a cane pole. He thrived on it and ate enough chicken to make Colonel Sanders proud. When he fledged out I noticed he was starting to stand on the edge of his box and do this funny little hopping dance and flexing his wings. One day he was gone. Hope he made it.
|
|
|
|
Post by Legend Lover on Jul 5, 2019 16:36:01 GMT -5
Good for you, buddy.
Did you take the photo too? If so, I'm impressed. It's a great shot.
|
|
|
|
Post by pepesdad1 on Jul 5, 2019 17:29:00 GMT -5
Good for you, Don'...always warms my heart to hear stories like this...many thanks for your good deed! Wildlife needs our care when nature deals them a tough blow.
|
|
|
|
Post by peteguy on Jul 5, 2019 19:15:12 GMT -5
Must have felt great when she took off up the tree. Nice work to you and the misses.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Location:
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2019 20:00:01 GMT -5
Good for you, buddy. Did you take the photo too? If so, I'm impressed. It's a great shot. I did not. It didn't occur to me. Found that one online. |
|
elric
Full Member
Posts: 619
Location:
|
Post by elric on Jul 5, 2019 20:04:00 GMT -5
Good-on-ya Don. From since I was a kid, I was always bringing injured animals home [My mother is an RN so I figured she could heal anything, lol] Years back I was driving an F-100 with a camper up the NSW north coast just on dusk, when what looked like a sheet of newspaper was thrown before me by a passing truck. Didn't give it another thought until I heard a voice say 'There's a bird in your bed.' What? Ignoring it for a few minutes until I again heard the voice say very clearly 'There is a bird in your bed.' [For those wondering, the voice was my Spiritual Guide] What the ...? Pulling into a petrol station, I opened the camper door to see glass everywhere. My Rotti put his head down as if to say 'Nuh, it wasn't me' Climbing up to my bed, that sat over my F-100s cabin, there was a beautiful Eastern Barn Owl lying there unconscious. It had crashed straight through the camper window. Took it to the local wildlife carer. The next morning the carer saw me camped by the beach & came over for a chat. He knew I was a bit upset so hadn't told me the night before that he didn't like the birds chances. He said that morning the owl was still on his perch When it peeked at the carer from under his wing he knew it would survive.
It was a juvenile who'd just left the nest. He'd been feeding on road kill on the side of the road when the passing truck startled it. |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Location:
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2019 20:07:10 GMT -5
Good for you, Don'...always warms my heart to hear stories like this...many thanks for your good deed! Wildlife needs our care when nature deals them a tough blow. Thanks, Walt. We couldn't have done anything else and felt right. Leaving it was not an option. Putting it down was not necessary. Trying to give her gentle help seemed right. My wife couldn't sleep much last night worrying about the poor thing. I know all you guys and gals have done similar. It did get me thinking of something I might vounteer for in retirement. Or now, for that matter. |
|
