The Great Sparrow Rescue!

[dixienormous]

XP from WW.

There was a baby sparrow on my patio yesterday evening. I went out to tend my plants and he didn't fly away, which made me think something was up. Somehow during the time I was staking my pea plants he managed to get into my living room. So I had to hunt him down so that the cat wouldn't get him or that in case he was dying, he didn't do so somewhere where I couldn't find him.

I caught him, put him in a shoe box with a crumbled cracker and some water and called animal control. When the officer got to us (5 hours or so later - roads were flooded and he had a hard time getting from one side of the county to the other) he thought that the bird concussed himself as it didn't look like anything was broken. So the officer took him to a shelter for from R&R and he'll be released back into the wild.

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[Muddled]

Good citizen brownie points for you.

[partiallysunny]

He (she?) looks so scared!

[dixienormous]

S/he was. After an hour in the box s/he seemed to calm a little and started chirping. And pooped twice.

[Deleted]

Aww how nice of you to help him/her.

[captainmel]

What a cute, tiny bird! I love that you helped him and I love that he is going to be OK.

We rescued a parakeet once, it was outside and getting played with by my neighbors cat. We set him up in the bathroom and once he calmed down he was the nicest bird ever! Luckily we found his owners and they were super happy. I kind if wanted to keep him. He liked riding on shoulders while we walked around the house doing stuff.

[margarita]

Awwwww.