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Poor Widdle Blue Jay!

Lady_Shahdie

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Folks I had quite the experience this morning :eek:! It was 6 am or so and I could hear some audible commotion outside in my garden. I wearily looked out the window and see my mom huddled over this little Blue Jay chick. She was hurriedly instructing my dad to grab this or that and I had to ask what in the world was going on :shock:!

 

She pointed to its left wing and indicated how he had hurt it a bit. He was bumping against the side of our wall and the poor thing was starting to get exhausted. I swear I think my mom's a bird whisperer...she told us to grab some hand towels to cover its eyes first and place it somewhere safe. We gave her the towels, she delicately draped it over his eyes and he didn't so much as move.

 

Now to those of you saying you should have staid away, your heart would have broken for this thing. We live in snake country and we have discovered at least 10 snakes every year in our yard. In the current location it was in, it was pretty exposed to all those nasty sort of reptiles. Though we knew it might not reunite with its mother, we felt the least we could do is put it somewhere safer.

 

So my mom grabbed a basket, hung it on one of our trees, lined it with another towel, and set it there. The poor thing was panting and you could see his chest moving up and down quickly. It was obviously thirsty. I remember hearing that those birds particularly enjoy berries for nutrition and hydration. So I mashed up some strawberries and we grabbed a small turkey baster. We carefully motioned the turkey baster to its mouth and wouldn't you know it, it actually opened its mouth and let us feed it <333.

 

Finally, we stepped back inside to give it some space and left the strawberries next to him. We periodically checked the window from time to time...and then...we were shocked by what we saw! We saw a large shadow passing by the little thing several times. At first we thought it was a bird of prey or something...but no...it was its mom <3:. She tore a bit of the strawberry we left and fed him a bit more. It was the most endearing thing I ever saw.

 

So at the end of the day, this story had a happy ending. All I can think of now, is that little guy, my god...it was quite an experience.

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Ambler

Awhh! I had to look after a lil robbin chick a few years back- it made a nest in our garden the next year! Chicks are cute! <3

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Siobhana

Awwww, so glad the mommy found her baby again <3: Always great when these stories have happy endings.

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Dire_Wolf

Enjoyed reading, it's a great story to tell. By the way, where do you live? That made me curious.

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Serpent Eye

We live in snake country --

-- it was pretty exposed to all those nasty sort of reptiles.

 

:unsure:

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Lady_Shahdie

Enjoyed reading, it's a great story to tell. By the way, where do you live? That made me curious.

A desert region of California that has its fair share of snakes :???:.

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Dire_Wolf

Cool. Get your hammer, kill some snakes, and craft their hides. That can be looked at as your new 99 after Smithing.

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Ambler

Cool. Get your hammer, kill some snakes, and craft their hides. That can be looked at as your new 99 after Smithing.

 

Nature killer! :eek:

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Dire_Wolf

Cool. Get your hammer, kill some snakes, and craft their hides. That can be looked at as your new 99 after Smithing.

 

Nature killer! :eek:

Hey! I'm merciful! I kill them fast!

 

By the way Shadie, in our yard, we have alot of mouses. I was merciful one day because my sisters friends was over for a party she was holding for her best friend. They said the mouse that was hiding in some shelter was cute.

 

So i let it be. Oh also!!! a baby Badger!! a baby Badger visited us couple days! My brother also said he saw a wolf, but i did not see it when he pointed.

 

I'm not making this up. The wolf i'm unsure of, because it was not easy to see, but my brother seemed very positive about a dog creature in the woods that we had view to.

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Lady_Shahdie

lame

At least put a little effort into it like you did last time :D!

 

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Jyreeil

lol, one time my dad was cutting down a bush, and a birds nest fell out of it, and there was a baby chick in it. We left it there for quite a while but the parents didn't come back, so i took it and put it in a shoebox and started feeding it worms and water. Sadly though one day i forgot to feed it(i can be kindof forgetfull ya know), and it died. The next time i came back to it it was all sprawled out in the shoe box as if looking for food. I guess i can't keep something alive unless it's like a cat that gets your attention when it's hungry, cause i've let plants die before too. I kind of have a lack of motivation i guess, lol.

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