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TIFFERS
04-15-2009, 10:19 PM
...is 'drug' the correct form of the word? It doesn't sound right...oh well.

I came home from work, just two days after losing an entire litter of foster kittens to FIV. Charles sat me on the couch and said he had something to show me. He said I couldn't keep it, but that I had to help it. I got excited, and thought he'd found a kitten. He said it wasn't a kitten, or a puppy, but it was a baby...so, I was all confuzzled. What other kinds of babies could he possibly scrounge up?

None other than a little birdie!

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd182/tdyannd/Wildlife%20or%20Random%20Animals/IMG_3151.jpg

Apparently, they had to fight tooth and nail to get the little guy away from Catillac, but they succeeded. At first, he said the bird wasn't moving around...they thought he would die shortly. But, in the condition I saw him in, I say it was just shock.

As I was looking at him, his chirping and tweeting shortly caught the attention of a particular feline...and the always-wanting-to-help-the-babies canine...

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd182/tdyannd/Wildlife%20or%20Random%20Animals/IMG_3154.jpg

I love this picture because you can see Chica's head on the other side of the cage...

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd182/tdyannd/Wildlife%20or%20Random%20Animals/IMG_3155.jpg

I let the birdie go after an evaluation, he seemed fine and flew out of the cage as fast as ever...
special
04-15-2009, 10:38 PM
Hurray for Charles! I love the pics. Chica wants to nurse, Catillac wants to nosh. LOL!
krazy4birds
04-15-2009, 10:42 PM
Oh, I loved this one......thanks Tiff....great story with a happy ending!
special
04-15-2009, 10:44 PM
...is 'drug' the correct form of the word? It doesn't sound right...oh well.

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actually it's "dragged" but we won't call the grammar police on you!:)
BeagleMommy
04-15-2009, 10:44 PM
Yay for a happy ending for the birdie! I love the pics, they are too cute :)
TIFFERS
04-15-2009, 10:49 PM
LoL, I knew it wasn't right, Special! :p I just couldn't figure out what it was supposed to be!

Thanks everyone, birdie flew on to safety!
~corrina~
04-15-2009, 11:18 PM
good thing you were prepard with a cage! im glad it was ok, what kinda bird was it?
mzdolittle
04-15-2009, 11:29 PM
That was a lucky bird. It looks like an adult White Throated Sparrow. Catillac must not have been in the mood to make a kill. Because it only takes one tiny puncture from a cat's tooth or a claw to be fatal to a wild bird.

Alica
Ltlpistol
04-16-2009, 07:51 AM
Yay, happy endings are great!
dlaura
04-16-2009, 08:31 AM
What a nice story and a happy ending too! Glad Charles saved the birdy and you got to check it out and set it free.
katiem
04-16-2009, 12:53 PM
Happy ending for the little Sparrow, how sweet!:)
Irish_Lass
04-16-2009, 05:23 PM
What a sweetie Charles is!!!! Thanks muchly for sharing! :-)
squashynose
04-16-2009, 05:27 PM
I think Catillac's the one who should be praised. If she'd wanted to kill it she would have :) She must have been gentle
TIFFERS
04-16-2009, 05:34 PM
Catillac gentle?! :eek: ...that's an oxymoron!
nanamouse
04-16-2009, 07:02 PM
She looks like the little bird who has built her nest in the light fixture of my carport. She has such a sweet face, but as soon as she realized she is being looked at she flys off.

So now I park with the back of the car hanging out to prevent exhaust fumes from killing her brood, and am unable to use spray to get rid of the red wasps who are taking over in the cieling beams. :eek: I sure hope sparrows eat red wasps, otherwise they are going to be plentiful by the time her babies leave the nest.