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Our Bird
Topic Started: Apr 16 2007, 02:24 PM (155 Views)
rc.cope
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Yesterday afternoon I was upstairs watching tv and Mama was in the basement reading. I heard a loud "ka-chunk" and Paula shouted. I asked what that was, and she said a bird hit the window.
Well, we have birds hit the window all the time, but nothing of that proportion. I looked outside, and there was a rather sizable bird laying there. He was knocked out cold, and was barely moving.
I determined him to be an American Kestral...a bird of prey about the size of a small falcon. I let him lie, and went in the house, checkig on him every few minutes. Soon, he was moving his beak, and turning his head a bit. This was when I called my friend Jeff, who knows wildlife like the back of his hand.
Just when Jeff pulled up, the bird rose up and flapped his wings and headed right for a large white pine in our yard. He landed about three quarters the way up, and after talking to Jeff for a few minutes we headed off to find it.
It was up in the tree lying on the crotch of a big limb, when Jeff said he thought the bird was dead. It moved again, and headed for another tree. This time it got into a roosting position and stayed there. This bird was wounded.
Jeff stayed a while, and we checked on the Kestral one more time. I got up this morning, and after a cup of coffee I went out to find him. He was gone. Not a sign of him, and no bird on the ground.
I will go out and check another few times today, but let's hope and pray that "Kelly" makes it. I will keep you all informed.

Rob
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TJ
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If you are short of birds, I have some crows I would like to box up and send to you. Noisy, obnoxious little buggers, and they seem to scare most of the other birds away when they come around.
"Happy Hallucinations, Honeys!"
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:( Sad news, mama just found him dead in the forest. He hit awful hard.
RIP, birdie :(
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ian
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Oh well, at least you tried to save it Rob... :vhappy: :vhappy:
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