Life is never dull on the farm. So, when horses aren’t knocking you down, other things arise, or in this case fall.
Thursday night my son calls me outside to tell me there is an injured bird right in front of our house. There is a palm tree there where there’s always a nest of some kind at the top. So, I get out there and there is what appears to be an injured hawk. It appears bewildered much like myself, and even though hawks are not the friendliest of creatures and this one appeared very tame. As I stared at the poor bird, it looked young. I went inside and when I came back out it was gone, so I felt relieved.
Today me wife tells me the hawk is back. So I go out there and there is the same bird as before. I called a very smart friend of mine who knows everything, and he had me call Wildlife Care Association. I left a message on the hotline and while I waited I called a bird enthusiast I know and sent him photos. He said he it is a fledgling with down feathers and probably fell out of its nest. By then, the rescue place calls back and I tell this woman what is going on and she said if it is still there after 2 days that the parents probably have abandoned it. She would need to come get it, but she lived out by Florin road and couldn’t come that night so she had me put it in a box andI told her I would bring it to Flapjacks in the morning.
Hopefully I will have an end to the story, but until then I have included a photo. I think I will name him or her Flapjack.
