We took the little bird in and put it in a box, thinking that more restful, for her, than balancing on an angled roof.
She clutched a finger tightly, so we knew she was strong--
and we put her in the backyard maple tree. She sat there all day, and later, flew away, with a squawk at us!
The next day, we saw the rest of her family, on the birdfeeder outside our kitchen window, where a sunflower, sprung from a dropped seed, grew.
Her sleek Mama, and brighter colored Daddy.
There were at least two offspring, learning to eat from the feeder and presumably, to fly a little better!
6 comments:
I always end up with a sunflower growing under my bird feeder as well. Glad your story had a happy ending - neat birds.
I love the picture of your daughter holding the bird. What beautiful girls!
I loved that picture, too. She looks so young here, like, still my baby girl. Most of the time, not so young anymore. ;-)
Good job watching over the little bird until it recovered. I love those Grosbeaks, so pretty.
Such nice photos. What are you feeding them?
Hi Candy,
after years of "planting" mustard, flax, and other undesirables under the feeder, I started buying only black oil sunflower for the general bird feeder-- and I like to have suet out (free from the country butcher), and finch feed when I can.
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