tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131787274398766585.post3485221420713068244..comments2023-10-15T08:27:27.524-07:00Comments on Garden Goose: Gone to the Birds...Bird Rehabilitating that isTina Leavyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09903745713391219366noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131787274398766585.post-3354060715747188252009-07-20T12:57:28.107-07:002009-07-20T12:57:28.107-07:00There was a lady in town where I grew up , that we...There was a lady in town where I grew up , that we would take injured birds to( usually after a storm etc) ...she did the same, much as you did...this particular robin she helped had a broken wing which she splinted and she fed it all summer until it was able to fly. For a couple years, the robin returned to the same nesting area on her porch she had provided it stay that first year, protected from neighborhood cats and harm...and would usually have its own nest near by. Loved reading about your birding experience!The Gathering Roomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508160866013306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131787274398766585.post-11614011438411118772009-07-20T12:54:47.347-07:002009-07-20T12:54:47.347-07:00Yeah. Unfortunately those fire ants aren't par...Yeah. Unfortunately those fire ants aren't part of our nature, as they are introduced from...South America, is it? Fierce. The other day I was putting my passion vine in the ground. I moved some things, and stirred up a couple of roaches. A few minutes later I went back over to that area and found one of the roaches wriggling on the ground, covered in fire ants. That quickly they had attacked him.<br /><br />My mother and I found a baby bird covered in fire ants when I was a kid. It seemed too far off to save, so all we could do was to try to get the ants off of it, and put it in a sealed jar to starve it of oxygen, hoping it would go to sleep peacefully. <br /><br />Nowadays I have CROW wildlife rehabilitation located within 20 miles of me, and I often take them animals. I took them some baby opossums once that had been attacked by fire ants after their mother was hit by a car. Unfortunately they didn't make it. The fire ant poison got the last of them a couple days later.<br /><br />Good luck with the little guy. I hope it works out okay for him.nfmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03677291537193518055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131787274398766585.post-76464033776578461272009-07-20T07:59:26.740-07:002009-07-20T07:59:26.740-07:00Your post took me back to the day I found a robin....Your post took me back to the day I found a robin.I had been blackberry picking and saw the robin in the grass with its mouth wide open. I thought I should feed it a blackberry, not knowing it couldn't swallow a whole blackberry! (I was about 9 years old). I ran home shrieking for my father and he removed the blackberry. We then raised "my" robin and I taught him to fly (at least I thought so). Robbie returned every year after that (we liked to think). You are wonderful to try to save this little creature.violetladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02029256237420904005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131787274398766585.post-57017219340287458052009-07-20T07:32:51.243-07:002009-07-20T07:32:51.243-07:00This is a wonderful thing that you have done. As ...This is a wonderful thing that you have done. As much for your children as for the bird. You're showing that life matters, no matter how small.<br /><br />I hope all is still well and that the more "sad but true" lesson does not have to be learned just yet.<br /><br />Good luck!Gerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08887400076568822423noreply@blogger.com