H.J. Bender ([info]hjbender) wrote,
@ 2009-06-23 22:35:00
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Entry tags:animals

Another road rescue
This time it's a baby bird. I found it lying in the curb (actually, my dog found it). I turned around because I'd walked right past it, and then I nearly ended up dragging Heidi (aforementioned dog) right out of her collar. I didn't know what the hell it was at first (you know how freaky baby birds look) but then I walked closer and leaned down and that thing opened its mouth and stretched its neck up and I was like "AAAAUUGHH!" Then I realized it was a bird and I was good.

I don't know how long it was out there baking in the sun, but I got a small cardboard box and constructed a rudimentary nest. Couldn't find any worms in the ground so I fed it some dogfood. I don't think anything's broken and it seems to be doing fine. Then again, the odds of baby birds surviving without their parents is pretty slim. I'll do my best. I don't know if it's a blue jay or a mockingbird. Maybe neither. It's too early to tell.



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[info]meewunk
2009-06-24 03:43 am UTC (link)
Aw, baby bird. Do you have pictures? :3

I saw a guinea pig running around in front of my apartment complex. I have yet to get him, and I'm worried he has become someone's dinner...

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[info]hjbender
2009-06-24 03:36 pm UTC (link)
No pictures...this thing's not exactly photogenic. You know how baby birds are until they get their feathers. Like weird, ugly aliens with beaks.

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