12-06-2015, 07:50 AM | #1 |
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I was looking out of the window last night and saw a young crow fall into our carp pond, hubby raced out to rescue it and brought it into the house, very cold and wet. We dried it with a towel then hairdryer, gave it a drink of honey water and left it in the spare room with a 50/50 chance of living. Anyway this morning it was full of beans so hubby put it back out on the lawn and within minutes from it starting to call both parents came down and started feeding it. It was a lovely sight to see and they seemed so pleased to see each other, they are wandering around the lawn with the baby following begging for food, I can understand how some keep them as pets as it was quite happy to sit on your arm/hand and have a stroke, one very lucky crow.
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Well done Ann and hubby:0)
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we've handreared lots of wild life before but never a crow, we once had a whole nest of pheasants eggs/chicks when one of the stud workers accidently killed the female on the nest with a strimmer. Anyway the eggs were pipping so into a tank with a lamp they went and they all hatched, that was a lovely experience as if you put your hand in there they'd all hide underneath and fall asleep the same as under your chin, I sat there with all these little chicks all fast asleep around your neck. They all lived and moved out into a run when big enough and it was funny to see them chase an ant or bug, they were released onto the stud where we lived when old enough. We used to be on the squirrel rescue list where we used to live and had an average of 6 babies per year I do miss the animals here as although we have them around us don't have the facilties anymore to help much still it does have happy memories.
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Well done that would have been lovely to see. I'm glad there was a happy ending.
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Well done, that's a lovely success story, it must be so nice to see the parent coming back to feed it.
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Such a nice story. Well done Ann and hubby.
My son often brings home injured or neglected wild birds from the vets, when they need 24 hour care, so I've often done my bit by syringing food into their mouths whilst he's at work. We had a baby song thrush last year that had been found and reared for a fortnight by an elderly couple, so he only knew human contact. We were concerned he'd imprint on my son, but he'd take the bird into the garden to teach him to look for bugs and encourage him to fly. He'd walk around the garden with him sat on his shoulder or head but the bird never flew further than onto the log cabin roof. The first time we set him free, he flew happily off into the trees and stayed nearby all day but soon bolted back when it started to rain. I saw it sat on the windowsill looking very sorry for itself and in it came, looking quite smug! In the end because he loved human company so much we took him to the local small zoo, where my son used to volunteer. Most of the wild birds there are pretty tame, and we believe he's still there.
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We have a lot of crows near here, anyone know why they are getting white/grey patches on their wings?
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What a lovely story with a happy ending - well done you !!
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Crows are great...but their beaks look dangerous.... X x x hugs x x
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