Bird of the Day, July 7, 2019

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19 thoughts on “Bird of the Day, July 7, 2019”

  4. BLob's avatarLwbut

    Marilyn was close… it’s a Rufous-backed Thrush! A relative of the American Robin found in Mexico/Pacific Coast.. 🙂

    I may have found a new ‘calling’ 😉

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    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      Ha.. an expert in all realms. I tried to raise one of their babies fallen from a nest a few years ago. I have photos of it some years back. Poor little fellow only lasted a week but I got some good photos of the mother and father coming to feed it.

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        1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

          My small dog brought the nestling in in his mouth after a big rain. It had obviously been washed out of a nest somewhere, but the nest was nowhere to be found. I made a nest for it and tried to feed it to no avail. I needed to protect it from cats, so I put it in a cage out on my terrace table, hoping the parent birds would find it. They did, and fed it for several days. Then I put a nest inside the enclosure for my hot tub heater (non-functioning,)that had chicken wire around it that afforded the parent birds entry but not the cats or dogs, but it fell out of the nest and damaged its wing. I put it back in its nest, but it died the next day.

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          1. BLob's avatarLwbut

            How beautiful that your dog found it and brought it to you.

            Such a valiant effort – sad that it was not rewarded with a happily ever after! 😦

            But that’s life, I guess.

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            1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

              He actually brought it to a friend who was staying with me. He came in with his mouth closed and she said, “Morrie, what do you have in your mouth?” She pried his mouth open and the baby bird was inside, undamaged and intact. What his intentions were, I don’t know, but for the time being the bird was safe.

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            2. BLob's avatarLwbut

              Hmmmm… i’m going to go for the good intentioned Morrie…

              … not the “I’ll save this snack for later” Morrie! 😉

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        2. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

          No. They have 5 to 8 and the dads are polygamist so they can have eggs in more than one nest at a time with different mates. But, if this one was washed out of the nest, chances are the others were as well and that the whole nest went. I couldn’t find it, though.

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