[Idyllchat] Baby robin gone

[Samovar9 at aol.com]

Bill,
 
What an extraordinary story even though it ended up badly.  It reminds  me of 
a similar tale with variations.  I have four cats and have taken away  my 
bird feeders for fear they would serve as bait for my cats.  One morning  last 
year, I heard a loud screeching by a number of birds.  My cats  also heard it 
and rushed out of the house.  By the time I got there, they  were gathered 
around a baby swallow that apparently had fallen out of its  nest.  I told the cats 
not to touch the bird and, surprisingly, they  obeyed.  Meanwhile the flock - 
must have been 12 or more - kept circling  around and screeching.  I took the 
cats back into the house and closed  their cat door.  After a while, the 
screeching stopped.  I looked out  and the little bird had disappeared.  I like to 
think it was cajoled back  into safer territory.  I don't think it is 
possible that it could have been  picked up by one of the adult birds. Or could it 
have been?
 
Paul
 
 
In a message dated 6/4/2008 7:27:18 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ShutterbugBill at verizon.net writes:

Well Vance, it looks like you were right.  When I let our dog out last  
night, there was no chirping.  I figured that it settled down to  sleep.  Our 
dog chased something in the dark, maybe a cat.  This  morning there is no 
sign of the bird.  There are numerous bird poops  under the blue spruce bush. 
So he stayed there for a while.  But some  critter or cat must of got him.

Bill

-----  Original Message ----- 
From: "Vance Roy"  <gigli.saw at sunrise.ch>
To: "Bill Kover"  <ShutterbugBill at verizon.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008  1:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Idyllchat] Baby robin


>  Bill,
>
> Until it is airborne, it will be some  thing's lunch, if you don't have
> it protected in some way.  Outside in a birdcage until it starts flying
> attempts? Your  scent is already on it, so other birds may not take it.
> Maybe  ask a vet or the SPCA?
>
>
> On 3. Jun  2008, at 23:29, Bill Kover wrote:
>
>> Today on  the way home from voting, we came across a baby robin that
>>  had fallen out of it's nest.
>>  _______________________________________________
>>
>
> Vance Roy
> gigli.saw at dplanet.ch
> http://homepage.mac.com/fredch
>  http://www.eyefetch.com/fredch/blog.aspx
>
> Thirty  million dollars to shoot down a missile? I know some good ole
>  boys who would have done it for a couple of six packs!
> AJC  Vent
>
>


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