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I found this little bird on a sidewalk and after a little bit, got the strength to fly.
https://youtu.be/EpsElCsr-wM?si=HptQ3yOPFKSEoymU
Adorable! It must have felt great.
I found a baby robin, Trilby, and raised it in my dining room and released it into the back yard. Put a net around two hula hoops and looped them over the center hanging lamp. Then a plastic hanger for when he was old enough to get to it from the top of the upside down plant pot. Called around and developed my deep hatred of rescue organizations. They told me it was illegal to take in a baby bird and illegal to make any recipes public. We’re talking 30-40 years ago.
So I thought about what mother birds feed babies, and worms were not going to be it. Closest visually was hamburger. And they don’t drink at that age. They take their moisture from the food. So I mixed the hamburger with fresh raspberries and fed him from a toothpick. Worked fine, but had to get up frequently to care for him at night.
Got him flying in the dining room and cleaned up memories of him for years afterwards. Eventually let him out the back and kept calling Trilby and, for the first few days, he’d return for food to the inside back porch. Then he didn’t come back. My neighbor cracked up at hearing repeated calls of Trilby at 6am. She loved dining out on stories about me.
In my state it is against tbe law to nurse a bird to health. Only special trained wildlife rehabilitator people can do it. We discovered this many years ago. Foolish and another terrible law. Like not being able to pick up a blue Jay feather.