Burd
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It seems like if there’s an injured bird, it happens on my place, lol
First was a junco that ended up having his one leg broke in 2. I found him flapping around in the cold water in a low area in my yard. He couldn’t fly so I took him to my vet, they only charged me $25 and made a cast out of a wooden swap stick and some tape. He had to stand on his broken leg and it looked like he was in pain, so I cut a small block of wood, put some wash cloth on it, then I thought, how can I get him to sit on it. I walked away and in 5 min he was on it, on his chest with his leg hanging down. He sat on it for about 4 weeks. He was a successful release, before I released him, I colored 2 of his white tail feathers with a red sharpie, we saw him with reunited with a female Junco before they all left in the late spring, And he hung out by my bird feeder for a few weeks. You could see red feathers when he would fly, we knew it was him, Not many times will they eat and drink being injured. This one had a good ending.
First was a junco that ended up having his one leg broke in 2. I found him flapping around in the cold water in a low area in my yard. He couldn’t fly so I took him to my vet, they only charged me $25 and made a cast out of a wooden swap stick and some tape. He had to stand on his broken leg and it looked like he was in pain, so I cut a small block of wood, put some wash cloth on it, then I thought, how can I get him to sit on it. I walked away and in 5 min he was on it, on his chest with his leg hanging down. He sat on it for about 4 weeks. He was a successful release, before I released him, I colored 2 of his white tail feathers with a red sharpie, we saw him with reunited with a female Junco before they all left in the late spring, And he hung out by my bird feeder for a few weeks. You could see red feathers when he would fly, we knew it was him, Not many times will they eat and drink being injured. This one had a good ending.
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