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15634. Magoseph - 6/25/2005 10:20:03 PM Here, I found the following advice, Arky:
For those of you who come across baby birds that have fallen from their nests and fear for the baby's life, I have an answer. We all know it's best to leave fledglings alone (as their parents will tend to them on the ground, eventually), but if you have cats or other predatory or curious pets around, the baby birds will be in danger. The answer? Save old birds' nests that you've found and place the fledgling in the nest out of harm's way. It's best if you can find the tree you think the baby fell out of. If you don't have an old nest, try a brown paper sack, sandwich-sized, filled with dry material. Then sit back and wait for the parents to return knowing you've done the most you could with the least interference your heart and conscience would allow. 15635. Magoseph - 6/26/2005 12:43:32 PM Hello, wonk--Arky, what's up with the fledgling? 15636. arkymalarky - 6/26/2005 4:09:34 PM Thanks Mags.
I couldn't get in to post yesterday afternoon for some reason, but the bird died not too long after I posted. She had an injury between her chest and wing that I hadn't seen, in addition to having only one feather left in her tail. 15637. arkymalarky - 6/26/2005 4:11:47 PM That's excellent advice for later, since we always have nests around, and I will also follow Bob's advice to get rid of the nest right when we see birds making it if it's where Mojo hangs out. There are plenty of safe places, since we have a big yard, but anywhere close to the house or on or around the porches, is a bad location for a bird nest. 15638. arkymalarky - 6/26/2005 4:13:11 PM Sasha and Diva would eat baby birds if they could get them, but they didn't lie in wait for them like Mojo does, and they weren't as quick as Mojo. 15639. thoughtful - 6/26/2005 6:24:07 PM I'm no expert on birds, but i believe there are birds that will only steal other bird nests, so i can imagine there would be birds that would make use of a vacant nest if it's the right size and shape. Birds tend to be very fussy about such things.
One of the amazing bird nests are those of the baltimore oriole...they weave together a nest so strong that they actually hang, suspended by a branch. Yet they when you touch them, they are quite soft. Very amazing pouches for the nestlings.
 15640. judithathome - 6/26/2005 8:23:29 PM We see out little jay around here every day.
Sorry about your little bird, Arky, but at least you tried. 15641. arkymalarky - 6/26/2005 10:16:52 PM Thanks Judith. I figured that would be the outcome, but was afraid it would be more drawn out and due to my incompetence rather than its injuries. It's surprising the bird lived as long as it did. That's great about the bluejay. 15642. judithathome - 6/26/2005 11:30:47 PM Hey, just dropped a line to Seadate and he may be able to come up there at the end of July! 15643. arkymalarky - 6/27/2005 3:15:54 AM Oh man, that would be so great! 15644. Magoseph - 6/27/2005 9:18:27 AM How was the "fête de la transhumance', Ali? Did you take some pictures? 15645. judithathome - 6/27/2005 10:33:39 PM I had shocking and distressing news today; the man at whose house I broke my leg died yesterday at brunch. He was there with friends and just keeled over...wasn't even 50 years old.
He was such a beautiful and generous soul...it's just not real to me that this happened. 15646. arkymalarky - 6/27/2005 11:56:17 PM Oh my. I'm so sorry, Judith. 15647. Magoseph - 6/28/2005 11:38:31 AM I'm sorry too, Judith. I know how good a friend he was to you and Keoni. This is a man who'll be missed by many. 15648. thoughtful - 6/28/2005 4:08:23 PM Oh dear. What a terrible shock. I'm so sorry to hear this. 15649. judithathome - 6/28/2005 4:29:59 PM Well, hate to play Debbie Downer here but yesterday held another bit of bad news...my son called last night and told me he'd had a mild little stroke Sunday and was at the hospital all day yesterday having tests run. He didn't call anyone because he didn't "want us to worry".
Needless to say, when he hung up the phone last night, he realized he'd better not make that mistake again.
He has a little slur to his speech and said one leg feels weird but other than that, he's okay. Not so sure about his mom. 15650. Ms. No - 6/28/2005 4:52:09 PM What a perfectly horrible Monday, Judith. I'm so sorry to hear about your friend and I'll keep your son in my good wishes. 15651. thoughtful - 6/28/2005 4:53:52 PM Oh man, that's awful. Do they have any idea what caused it? Does he have high bp? Very scary stuff. I'm glad he's basically ok. I trust they're doing something for him like blood thinners or whatever as a preventative... 15652. arkymalarky - 6/28/2005 5:25:58 PM Goodness, Judith. What a week for you--and it's only Tuesday. Bob and I will be thinking of you all and hoping things go well from here with your son. 15653. wonkers2 - 6/28/2005 5:37:31 PM Sorry to hear about your son, Judith. A close friend had a similar experience recently. Now he's own Plavix (blood thinner)Lipotor, blood pressure medication and a low-fat diet. He woke up on a Sunday morning with his left foot not under complete control, spent Sunday night in the hospital and was okay and released on Monday with a diagnosis of a slight stroke. Many tests followed and the recommended treatment program.
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