Early one morning at 2:30 am we had a unusual storm.
Hail, wild winds, thunder crashes and lightning...
We lost several trees in the storm
and two cat birds who left us a tiny little friend....
Maxwell
Photos By Karen Philippi
I scooped him up and nestled him in a box with a soft cotton cloth then
got on line to find out how and what to feed him.
Every 15 minutes for two weeks I nursed and fed him...
We found his fallen nest and made a cozy box for him,
and he grew
and spread his wings
and grew some more
and he went out side to see the world
and we fell in love.
He shimmied around his box to be close to me and jumped onto my fingers.
I had no idea about bonding with birds until I met Maxwell.
Then we had a photo shoot . I had to have those wallet pics
before he went to be reunited with his extended family in the wilds of Rhode Island
(thank you Karen For your beautiful photos!)
(thank you Karen For your beautiful photos!)
So we drove him to south county to a
wild life rescue. You see, I was not confident about the next stage of
mothering and he had come too far to make any mistakes!
I hope he will find us again.....
Photos By Karen Philippi
oh cynthia this post is lovely. it is not an easy task, actually the odds for survival even for day without parents is grim, but you did it, committed to taking care of this little fella and you did it beautifully. i can only imagine the bittersweet moment that came with letting him go.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post...left me with tears :)
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