A family of swallows made a nest under an overhang at work.
They grow so fast! Last week all four babies took their first flights.
Some were better at landing than others. The flying seemed easy for them – just not the landings.
One crashed into a box inside and knocked itself silly. Little birdie was handed to me, so I could make a rescue attempt. He was scared, but not shivering, so I thought there was a chance still. I took him outside and set him on a quiet curbstone to recover.
After about 10 minutes, I could see he had perked up but was still dangerously close to the ground. I went back out to check on him…
He let me stoke the back of his neck, where birds like being petted best. But he still didn’t fly away, so I took the chance to get pictures with my iPhone.
I got one of the best shots I ever have taken!
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He is so adorable! I love his spiky hair and long mustache! Excellent photo!
Isn’t he though! I’m privileged to have held him in my hand and helped him to recover.
That is a very good pic! Thanks for sharing this story…it’s nice to remember to take the time to help nature out where we can….
Thanks! I’m always ready to help out the assorted insects and whatnot that accidentally arrive indoors. Very happy that my coworkers come to me with any sort of critter in need. I like them all!
Beautiful little fellow, and amazing pictures. 🙂
Thank you! It’s hard to do close-up pics with an iPhone, especially when your subject is alive and scared of you! I was only about a foot away – wee birdie fit easily in the palm of my hand.
Too cute. Pretty good to get a pic up close, and it’s great quality 🙂
It was a rare chance! Doubt it will ever happen again. I love my iPhone camera.
What an awesome pic 🙂 bless him..we have welcome swallows in our carport roof too and they do grow quickly!! hope he recovered 🙂 hugs Fozziemum xx
I don’t actually know! Got him to fly off but he couldn’t figure out how to land under the overhang. Moved him three other times by getting him to fly, but eventually it was time to go home.
What a gorgeous little fella… hope he found his wings…
Me too – will never know for sure.
Good shots! I had a little bird die in my backyard. He fell out of the nest and then couldn’t follow mom and his/her sibling over our back wall. Mom just left him I guess because if he couldn’t keep up, what could she do? Natural selection sucks. Hope your birdy was able to fly.
Aww. Found one dead in my back garden too, but think it was from old age. He could fly, but was rubbish at landings. When he was airborne, mom & dad came swooping around to help guide him but it didn’t work very well!
Isn’t it supposed to be good luck to be chosen for a nest like that? Certainly was lucky for the little one. (Rewarded you by posing for pictures.)
That last shot! BINGO. That one is lovely!
2-3 years ago, a bird entered our store. The cashier was panicked, she feared birds. How could you be afraid of a small bird? I don’t know. Fortunately, I knew exactly what to do. Sometimes, it pays to read and learn useless stuff, sometimes it turns out to be useful after all.
I knew I had to use a blanket, sheet, towel or something similar. So I picked my own coat and followed the bird around the store. You need to understand than the bird wants the same thing as you: to get out. But you can’t force a bird to fly toward the door or one particular spot. I followed it hoping to be able to get it stuck in a corner or a smaller area. Eventually, it tried for an open fridge with the dairy products. That was my chance. I came slowly and thrown my coat over it. It was stuck. So I wrapped the bird in my coat and brought it outside.
It was tempting to try to touch it, but it was scarred and I didn’t want to scare it more. It took it a few seconds to realize it was free, and eventually just flew away.