Poor bird
- Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
2 September 2010 22:5068530What is it like having no compassion or tact for that matter about other peoples feelings.
I just love being called an idiot by an idiot like you.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 3 September 2010 07:5568560Thank you for your opinion Jimmy which of course you are entitled to. All I will add is that I often prefer birds and animals to some humans. Just my opinion which of course I am entitled to.
- 3 September 2010 11:3268577Hi Jeane, just logged on to check out your birdie's progress - sorry to read he didn't make it. Am surprised after you mentioned he was eating, usually the shock of the new gets them, perhaps ours lived so long as we rescued her as a chick and she knew no other life.
Must be hard to be free one min and then in a strange environment the next, but am sure you did the best for the poor bird.
We tried several times to release ours, but the other established birds kept mobbing the poor thing as soon as she went out.
Odd comment from Jimmy there, all life is valid in my opinion no matter what form it comes in.
RIPOh Boy!, That'll be the day......... - 3 September 2010 11:5068578Thank you for your kind words Buddy. I've had a great deal of success over the years with injured birds including a blackbird which I found on the way home from Dover. It had been hit by a car and we bought it back to Essex. It survived the journey, recovered and was able to be released into the wild (I live next door to a nature reserve) about a week or so later. Sometimes they get too tame to go back outside, especially if you have them for a while. I try not to make them too dependant on me or too comfortable with humans, but I can't help myself sometimes! I too believe that all life is valid no matter what form it comes in. Even though I couldn't save it, the bird did not die alone.
- 3 September 2010 18:0268628Sid Perkins, Substitute the Bullingdon club and the conservative party and you will be getting close!!
- 3 September 2010 18:1868633Jeane - I am sure that little bird had comfort from you and that is a precious gift.
Jimmy - take your own advice and grow up. - 3 September 2010 18:2368634only just spotted that unpleasant post from jimmy, suffice to say it has now been deleted.
- 3 September 2010 18:3568640Oh I don't know Howie.
It's realy nice to know we have some posters as hard as nails and don't give a stuff about other posters feelings.
Only just logged in after a week and found this one. Way to go Jimmy, I'm sure you will give us all some gip in the furure.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet. - 3 September 2010 18:4068642jimmy has given us anough gip already ian.
96 members and three quarters of deleted posts are from one poster. - 3 September 2010 19:1068647One poster? OH dear dear me. nearly time to say goodbye then.
I don't know or have a clue who it is howie, please tell me.
If I'm busy who ever you are, Bye Bye.grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet. - 3 September 2010 19:3168652Thanks Bern
Thank you Howard
- 3 September 2010 19:5168655Hi Jeane, and just a freindly hello. Won`t comment on the magpie`s as I did it on another thread, but glad you rescued that blackbird, and hopefully it survived.Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
- 3 September 2010 20:0268656Ta Colin. The blackbird did indeed survive and for anyone that missed it, here's the story:
The story of (black) Magic
It all began in October 2008 when we were looking for the church in Whitfield which Arthur Beresford Pite (1861 - 1934, a Victorian architect I have carried out much research on) was married. I've been there once before but couldn't recall the exact place. We were driving round and round as we couldn't find it and passed a blackbird 3 times so I said to my husband, "He's not moving; he'll get run over so I'll put him in a safe place". When I picked him up I saw he was passing blood so I decided to take him with us. I figured he wouldn't last the 80 mile journey to our home in Essex but would at least die in comfort. I wrapped him in a jacket and off we went.
We drove home with the bird sitting on my lap and occasionally climbing on to my finger which was pretty astonishing as wild birds don't do that. When we got home I put him in a spare cage opposite my cockatiel. He appeared to have been hit by a car but had stopped losing blood and seemed more alert. We called him (black) Magic!
Day one, Magic was doing great he greeted me with a whistle in the morning. He made the cutest noise, not like any blackbird I have ever heard, it sounded like a squeaky toy! He had been drinking which was good news and although he hadn't eaten much but had thrown food all over the floor sorting through which bits he wanted.
Day two, Magic developed a taste for.......ham. Wild bird food is obviously boring so he has the nice ham which I cut into strips to resemble worms; meanwhile my husband was taking cheese sandwiches to work!
Day five I was reading and heard birdsong, I thought it was outside as it seemed very low and quiet. I looked up and then realised Magic was having a drink and singing. His little throat was warbling away.
Magic was ready to be released a week later. He could hear other blackbirds outside most mornings and was chirping back at them. Although it was sad to see him go it would have been cruel to keep him any longer than necessary. He was able to fly so I released him early one morning strangely I didn't see him soar into the sky, he just sort of vanished.
I was inspired to write a series of children's book about Magic loosely based on the story.
Magic during the car ride home
- 3 September 2010 20:2768658Interesting story there Jeane. We`ve had numerous freindly blackbird`s over the years, and one of them even tapped on the kitchen window one day as no food was out. We have one at the moment, but alas, he has a damaged foot, and though this picture dates from the 13th August last, he`s still about, though lost his space in our back garden to a younger male.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered. - 3 September 2010 20:3868660Awwww Colin, he's adorable, pity about his foot.
- Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
3 September 2010 20:4568662A few years ago we had a regular visit to the bird table from a blackbird without a foot, I can remember she was around for two Christmas dinner leftovers .-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 3 September 2010 21:1768667It was probably a back-yard squabble, Jeane, and the magpie got the worse!
But watch out for cats, as an injured bird, if left to hop around in the garden, could attract them!Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
Rule Britannia!
Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 3 September 2010 21:3968676Smart bird there Jan!
I believe it involved a larger magpie Alexander. Yes that's why I took it inside so quickly as not only do I keep an eye out for cats we see quite a few foxes here too. I have a 17 year old dog that is trained not to touch birds, not that she would be quick enough to catch one now!
- 3 September 2010 21:4368681Still beware though, as foxes are sly and are renowned for breaking in at night! The magpie would need to be kept in a cage at night.Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
Rule Britannia!
Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 3 September 2010 21:4768685I am, any injured birds or small animals get taken inside and put in any one of several spare cages in the conservatory. I have a large outdoor cage for anything that is being eased back into the outside world which is fox-proof.
I spotted a fox sleeping on the front doorstep last week
