Re: bird rescue - brave or dumb?
Sugar met her match? Yeah, but it took two of them.
Glad you could help the little guy out Pam. I love bluejays, have quite a
few of them. They can be pretty fearless.
Kitty
neIN, Z5
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 6:11 AM
Subject: [CHAT] bird rescue - brave or dumb?
> Well don't know if I'm fearless or just stupid, but a fledgling blue
> jay got caught in my chain link fence yesterday evening. The parents
> ran Sugar off (believe it or not) w/ their screeching and swooping.
> This is that huge pair I have here, the fledgling was nearly the size
> of a robin. But this poor bird was struggling to get free and making
> the most pitiful sound, halfway between a chirp and a bleat. I just
> couldn't stand it. So I put my hose down, got my gloves and went over
> to help it out of the fence. Fortunately all my glasses are safety
> glasses and the bandana protects the top half of my face anyway. So I
> went over and helped him wiggle out. They divebombed but didn't peck
> me to death I'm pleased to say. He's not very old yet because he
> isn't flying real well. So that was reasonably successful. Of course
> I got swatted later trying to get a cocklebur off of Sugar's head, so
> didn't make it through the night totally unscathed. C'est la vie.
>
> --
> Pam Evans
> Kemp TX
> zone 8A
>
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