On Sunday I woke up around 9 am and strolled into my living room to get to my kitchen to make coffee. Something caught my eye and i turned to look by the couch, and there lying on its back spread eagle was a bird!!! Yes, a bird, a very “exhausted, desperate taking my last breath” bird! I ran over and realized that it was breathing heavy so i picked it up (come on, you know i love animals and would not have thought about the bugs or germs from the bird) and it opened its little eyes. It was a fledgling cardinal (little crest and all)!!! I took it outside and placed it under a bush in the shade and ran behind my house where i keep the rubbermaid container that holds my cushions for the table. I tilted the thing up because normally there are worms under there. I found a worm, took it inside and preceded to mush it up into what i thought regurgitated worm would look like. I then put the whole thing in a syringe and went outside looking for the little guy. He (i would rather assume it was a male since he was so helpless, ha) was still standing where i put him and he looked stunned. I picked him up and held him in my lap while i literally pryed his mouth open and shot the wonderful mush down his throat. when i did this he swallowed and then let out a huge peep and flew right off my lap into the bush in the woods. I was so happy that he flew and i hope that he is ok today! I looked on the internet and it said that the moms and dads take care of them 6 months after they leave the nest and feed them. I prefer to think that i gave him enough energy to start yelling for his mom. “Hey, i am here and I am ok, i avoided being eaten by these hairy white things (max and toby)”!! Speaking of that, boy are they dumb! He was in the house overnight for sure and i do not know when he found his way in the day before i found him. i think he must have been under the couch!! They did not even smell him!! That is not like toby at all, not much gets by him, but Max, if it does not have a tail and look like a squirrel or chipmunk he does not even bother! ok, beads this week at yelton’s, most likely the end of the week. i will post so do not bother calling them, i will let you all know!!!
I hope this is what it is like when he finds his parents!!! i loved the music!!!