tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650247255320056704.post8930640768031379853..comments2023-10-22T03:29:52.892-04:00Comments on There's a Dragon in my Art Room: My hubby's heroic attempt * updated w/new photos!Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00482775924810462890noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650247255320056704.post-88404102694899445892011-07-15T23:16:50.328-04:002011-07-15T23:16:50.328-04:00sorry no apostrophe! Where is grammar check when y...sorry no apostrophe! Where is grammar check when you need it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05782513928143522368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650247255320056704.post-59759254705389348872011-07-15T23:09:43.666-04:002011-07-15T23:09:43.666-04:00That is terrible news. I'm so sad for you and...That is terrible news. I'm so sad for you and the momma. I have been following this story but haven't commented yet. I know about aggressive moms it kind of runs in our family. That's why I get along best with the mom's who are the pain in the butt mom's at school. I totally respect that and will that way and worse with Stella. How does a bird chase a cat and squirrel that is motherly instincts for ya!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05782513928143522368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650247255320056704.post-14654371822521654312011-07-15T10:16:20.406-04:002011-07-15T10:16:20.406-04:00Sad news this morning. One fledgling found dead, ...Sad news this morning. One fledgling found dead, the other is missing. Last night, hubby didn't want to come inside. He stayed outside pretty late, and watched the more active fledgling scamper across the alley to a gravel driveway. Realizing this was not a good place for it, he put on his garden gloves again to move it, but momma and papa got protective and stared to dive-bomb him. So he had to give up. We found it dead on the gravel driveway this morning. :-(<br /><br />Last night he also witnessed the parents chasing a cat and a squirrel away, very aggressively defending their babies. Cool. Meanwhile the other baby had crawled into the day-lilies and disappeared. We don't know if he's alive or dead. Dan buried the dead bird and one of the parents keeps returning to stand in the gravel driveway, I assume looking for the baby. We are both sad today.Phylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00482775924810462890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650247255320056704.post-40890603977070227352011-07-14T17:22:21.909-04:002011-07-14T17:22:21.909-04:00Thanks for all the comments - as you can see, I...Thanks for all the comments - as you can see, I've added more pics, since the birds are letting us get closer. Even the parents seem to recognize we are helping, not hurting.<br /><br />Meanwhile, hubby is considering putting tomato cages around the babies tonight to keep away the critters. Not sure it's a good idea - what if they try to get out and get caught in the wire. Oh dear, I don't think it will be an early night tonight either!Phylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00482775924810462890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650247255320056704.post-68286814880200031432011-07-14T15:35:42.895-04:002011-07-14T15:35:42.895-04:00Oh my goodness, this is quite a melodrama playing ...Oh my goodness, this is quite a melodrama playing out right under your noses. Good luck - hope they "take to wing" quickly!! (Love the image of you roaming around after the cat in the wee hours!)Christie - Fine Lineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10418114130566362780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650247255320056704.post-67561788012585068362011-07-14T14:16:01.034-04:002011-07-14T14:16:01.034-04:00A couple years ago I found a robin's nest that...A couple years ago I found a robin's nest that had fallen in our back yard after a storm. I was so sad that by the time I found them, the babies had basically fried in the heat. I buried them under a tree in the yard. That was nice of you two to rescue them!Katie Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056783451407075827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650247255320056704.post-50373712512213602142011-07-14T13:53:03.917-04:002011-07-14T13:53:03.917-04:00Very heroic! I know how you feel. I had swallows n...Very heroic! I know how you feel. I had swallows nesting at my house last summer that kept me so nervous because of the cats next door. A few of them didn't make it. I decided not to endure the trauma this year and wouldn't let the swallows build nests on my porch. I can't stand to see them get hurt.Janie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04931897043854080377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650247255320056704.post-24486371408367558292011-07-14T13:34:56.069-04:002011-07-14T13:34:56.069-04:00Phyl,
That is so sweet. My husband tried to resc...Phyl,<br /><br />That is so sweet. My husband tried to rescue baby wood ducks once. It didn't end so well. I hope that your birds take flight soon.<br /><br />-Mrs. BerryBerryarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09008865556184524127noreply@blogger.com