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"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 07/11/2015 at 22:02 • Filed to: None

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Found a baby bird today, parents nowhere to be found and no possibility of returning it to the (suspected) nest location. For now it’s cozy in a box with a macgyvered heat lamp and tomorrow morning I’ll be calling the local Audubon branch to see if they’ll take it.

I believe the nest is located in this vent 25 feet up the side of the house, and I only have an 8ft step ladder. This isn’t the first time I’ve found baby birds on the lawn underneath it, but it is the first time I’ve found one... uh... intact, to put it mildly.

bare light bulb + tinfoil cowl = life support

Birddog > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/11/2015 at 22:07

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Good on you for trying to save that little Robin!

The little ones need a lot of water too.

$kaycog > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/11/2015 at 22:11

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I hope they’ll take it. Poor baby.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Birddog 07/11/2015 at 22:12

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If it were already injured I’d let nature run its course but I could never willingly put a helpless but otherwise healthy creature somewhere knowing that it’ll probably die.

A childhood spent raising chickens has prepared me for this.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > $kaycog 07/11/2015 at 22:16

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They should. They’ve got a pretty extensive rehabilitation program, and a few of the admins are family friends.

$kaycog > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/11/2015 at 22:18

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Good!

Birddog > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/11/2015 at 22:18

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I’ve been in that spot before. I once had to chase a Duck and her chicks with a stray chick in hand. For an hour..

I’d do the same as you did. It’s like a duty.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Birddog 07/11/2015 at 22:25

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I love lobster but if I see it before it goes into the pot I can’t eat it.

Birddog > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/11/2015 at 22:36

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I wouldn’t go that far.

Heck, I used to name the Angus Steers at my ex FIL’s Farm.

There’s Flank Steak, Strip Steak, T-Bone, Big Round, London Broil and many more..

There’s a difference between saving wildlife and good food.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Birddog 07/11/2015 at 22:50

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Unsaved wildlife is somebody else’s good food.

Birddog > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/11/2015 at 22:54

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No joke!

I had a neighbor back in Iowa that used to cruise for roadkill Deer.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Birddog 07/11/2015 at 22:57

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I meant some other animal but ok.

Where else but Iowa?

Birddog > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/11/2015 at 23:03

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Ahh.. That one went over my head.

But, yeah.. Iowa. I kinda miss it.

traitor joe > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/11/2015 at 23:06

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My girlfriend says that is a starling, she has been a wildlife rehabilitator for 10 years. Hopefully audobon can take it in, or at least will know a good rehab center. Make sure you bring it in as soon as possible since baby birds need a lot of food!

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > traitor joe 07/11/2015 at 23:07

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I tried offering it some bugs and it just glowered at me.

traitor joe > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/11/2015 at 23:15

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I was actually a wildlife rehabilitator for two years, most of it was force-feeding baby birds with pureed cat food through a syringe. Fun times.

DoYouEvenShift > traitor joe 07/11/2015 at 23:46

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I did the same thing with a bird I found in my shop a few years back. It actually lived a long time. It liked to hang out where ever we we working and watch/make bird noises. He/she was was a cool bird.

1111111111111111111111 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 07/12/2015 at 00:28

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My wife spent a couple weeks rescuing a sparrow about that age. Once it got on its feet she was mom. That bird got super smart and followed her for years.