I saved a life today......

[MotorSeven]

Up on in the loft on the 'puter, I heard a loud "thump", and saw a bird falling on the other side of our large West facing gable windows. It was 1 degree F outside, so I went down and found the little fella laying face down in the snow, wings spread & knocked completely out. Brought him inside and held him close for about 10 min. He was pretty groggy for some time with a slow heartbeat, then began perking up and looking around just before he decided he wanted to rip my head off and stip some skin off my hand. I took him outside and "released Kato" into the wild & he flew to a tree about 40' away, looked back at me with not one ounce of thankfulness...{sigh}

Anyway the little bugger was a young Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker, so I rekon he lived up to his name:laughing::

So I took off my Red Cape and had a cocktail....all is well on the farm this cold cold evening:thumbsup:

 

[gogojuice]

Nice work

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Atta boy... way to go.

 

[Henri88]

Maybe he was suicidal, and you ruin his plan. :irked:

 

[ovrszd]

We get this a lot with our picture window in the living room. I never bother to perform a rescue. I let God sort it out. Very, very rare for it to result in death of the bird. Usually takes them 10 minutes to get able to fly again.

A hermit guy I once knew refused to wash his windows because he didn't want to harm the birds. He had a small circle of clean glass to look out thru. :confused2:

 

[murphy1244]

Good Job! I finally put a sticker on some windows so I don't have to give CPR to the little guy's.

 

[Mace Canute]

Good for you MotorSeven. A person who shows compassion for lesser animals shows his true character. :thumbsup:

 

[/pine]

Birds are special...and so are the people that care about them...IMO...:thumbsup:

 

[rekees4300]

Up on in the loft on the 'puter, I heard a loud "thump", and saw a bird falling on the other side of our large West facing gable windows.

MotorSeven good job! :thumbsup: Have had many hit our windows, some make it and some don't. Going to be -30F windchill here tonight. Worried that some of my little Yellow Finch birdfeeder buddies might not make it thru the night.

 

[oldballs]

Around here it's derogatory to call someone a "Yellow-Bellied Egg Suckin' Sapsucker"; but your saved one anyway. Nice goin'

 

[Jtschnel]

Good for you MotorSeven. A person who shows compassion for lesser animals shows his true character. :thumbsup:

Well said.

 

[jerrybob]

Good job.....very nice thing to do!:thumbsup:

 

[MotorSeven]

Around here it's derogatory to call someone a "Yellow-Bellied Egg Suckin' Sapsucker"; but your saved one anyway. Nice goin'

Yeah, same here.

Henri, he was rather inconsiderate trying to peck me when he recovered, so you might be right....:laughing:

I scooped him up because it was so cold and our two cats were on the prowl. They get enough healthy critters on their own so I didn't want them to have an unfair advantage....as hard as he hit I was surprised he didn't break his neck.

 

[ovrszd]

....as hard as he hit I was surprised he didn't break his neck.

Yeah, but when you think about it, he bangs his head against things all day long to get something to eat!!! "I couldn't live like that".

 

[MotorSeven]

:laughing:

 

[brin]

I had a Delta Airlines Co Pilot hit my sliding glass door , fall on his butt and I had to rescue him...True story...my neighbor came over...he was the Delta pilot and my Mrs. told him I was out on the Deck ..so he came into the family room and did not see the sliding glass door was closed and he ran right into it at full speed...knocked him on his butt and he was groggy....My Mrs. kept it sparkling clean...We all had a good laugh after his head stopped aching...LOL

 

[rekees4300]

Worried that some of my little Yellow Finch birdfeeder buddies might not make it thru the night.

Well somehow the Yellow Finches made it thru the night (-13F actual, -35F windchill)!

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[Dr_Zinj]

That's one reason why I'm not fanatical about washing the windows on my house. A little dirt cuts down on the bird strikes.

The high school I went to back in the early 70's (1970s that is), had huge plate glass windows and every day you could walk around the building complex and pick up at least 2 or 3 deaders. Always had plenty of samples for Biology class, and even had some nice ones when i was practicing taxidermy.