Showing posts with label young birds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label young birds. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Day 3: the sole survivor is thriving


Here he is, the sole survivor. He loves sleeping in my hand, whenever I have to hold him because I am cleaning his makeshift nest. He just suddenly closes his eyes when he realizes he's in my hand.

He has sprouted some small pin feathers on his wings. Interesting milestone. ^_^

Adopting house sparrows

Six days ago, four hatchlings were found on the ground. They might have fallen from their nest, but that would be unlikely because they were newly hatched and could barely move about. Most probably, their parents pushed them out, or perhaps another bird did just to claim the nest as his own.


Knowing that they will die without care, I decided to adopt them - for now, at least, as I want them to be released in the wild later where they will thrive much better.


Here is a picture of the hatchlings on the day they were found: