Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Rescue Mission in the Greenhouse

Yesterday morning, while I was standing at the kitchen window looking at the greenhouse, I noticed some movement inside of it.  I could tell it was a bird flying back and forth ... lost in the window-filled space, unable to figure out that the door was wide open.  I put on my shoes, grabbed my camera, and headed out there to see what I could do.



There were TWO robins in there!  Both of them must have been there for a while and they were SO tired and frightened.  They each sat very still while I took their picture ... then I realized that I could probably just reach out and catch them to put them out the door.



That's exactly what I did.  One at a time, I pinned each robin against the window, got a firm grip on it, and I carried it to the door and let it go.  (Unfortunately, you'll have to imagine what this looked like because I couldn't hold the bird AND get a picture of it.)  I looked all over and didn't find any sign of a nest ... they must have been in there hunting bugs.

Now I know why they call them 'bird brains'

5 comments:

  1. Poor, tired birds! Makes ya' wonder sometimes as to why they can't remember how they got in there in the first place, lol!

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  2. Well, as my husband would say, "they don't have a lot of neurons firing". LOL

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  3. We had them build a nest in our garage when we were finishing this house. They did it while the big back garage door was open. I made the builders wait until Mom's babies were grown and gone. Builder man was NONE TOO HAPPY~

    I am glad your story had a happy ending. xo Diana

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  4. How lovely that they were tired enough to be caught and released without harm. At least one of you had a big brain... and a kind heart.

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  5. I can't believe you were courageous enough to grab them! I probably would have looked for something (like a broom) to guide them out--I'm a big ol'chicken.
    Catherine

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