Nik
Well-Known Member
Yesterday we had a brief but giant storm and I did not think much of it other than to marvel at how impressive and strange it was (90 degree weather).
But today when I took the dogs out I found a broken egg beneath our robin nest. And my heart hurt. I tossed the egg over the fence after determining the weird goo inside couldnt possibly be alive. (I didnt want the dogs eating or messing with it.
I couldnt stop thinking of that bright blue egg and its contents and wanted to be sure there werent more lying about my yard so I hunted around and the dogs kept sniffing at what i thought was leaked goo from the egg.... only i discovered a baby bird lying on the ground looking beat up bruised and with a little bloody spot. I told the dogs to go upstairs and for once they obeyed instantly. They never touched that little bird which I am so proud of.
And then I saw his little chest moving up and down and him attempting to move. He was very much alive. I panicked not knowing what to do or how to help. I had no ladder and i am way too short with my step stool or a chair.
Then I remembered a neighbor has chickens. I ran down the street to get help from that neighbor. The wife was home with her kids and her sister and the whole lot of them came over. She ran back to the house to get a ladder and using a tissue put the bird back in the nest. There were no other eggs or babies in there.
During all of this I found the remnants of another baby. This one was very broken and dead.
So I have one baby back in its nest. I am praying my robin returns. I am praying the baby makes it.
And I am so so heart broken. I have been watching our robin pair since they started building that nest. They were such good parents guarding that nest faithfully and I was so delighted and happy.
This was a huge tragedy that I am feeling deeply. Husband left for california saturday and if not for our kind neighbors I dont know what I would have done. The robin got used to us over time and stopped being scared and defensive around us. I thought of them as our robins and our babies.
I just want that baby to make it so badly.
But today when I took the dogs out I found a broken egg beneath our robin nest. And my heart hurt. I tossed the egg over the fence after determining the weird goo inside couldnt possibly be alive. (I didnt want the dogs eating or messing with it.
I couldnt stop thinking of that bright blue egg and its contents and wanted to be sure there werent more lying about my yard so I hunted around and the dogs kept sniffing at what i thought was leaked goo from the egg.... only i discovered a baby bird lying on the ground looking beat up bruised and with a little bloody spot. I told the dogs to go upstairs and for once they obeyed instantly. They never touched that little bird which I am so proud of.
And then I saw his little chest moving up and down and him attempting to move. He was very much alive. I panicked not knowing what to do or how to help. I had no ladder and i am way too short with my step stool or a chair.
Then I remembered a neighbor has chickens. I ran down the street to get help from that neighbor. The wife was home with her kids and her sister and the whole lot of them came over. She ran back to the house to get a ladder and using a tissue put the bird back in the nest. There were no other eggs or babies in there.
During all of this I found the remnants of another baby. This one was very broken and dead.
So I have one baby back in its nest. I am praying my robin returns. I am praying the baby makes it.
And I am so so heart broken. I have been watching our robin pair since they started building that nest. They were such good parents guarding that nest faithfully and I was so delighted and happy.
This was a huge tragedy that I am feeling deeply. Husband left for california saturday and if not for our kind neighbors I dont know what I would have done. The robin got used to us over time and stopped being scared and defensive around us. I thought of them as our robins and our babies.
I just want that baby to make it so badly.