flicker rescue successful
A female flicker chick got a tough start to life yesterday. In the morning I found it with its wing caught in a wire fence. I managed to free it, it turned and spread its wings and screamed at me then disappeared into the blackberries & bushes. I looked for it all day, but didn't see or hear it anywhere.
Here's the traumatic part... about 4 in the afternoon I hear this loud squawking near the same spot and when i looked over the fence, a rat? or something light brown, small & furry is attacking this flicker chick and is on top of it. Well I scrambled so so fast out the garden gate and over a fence to get there! The chick was lying on the ground motionless & virtually invisible against the dirt with the blackberry canes partially over it. i could see a wound on its chest, so didn't know what to expect when I wrapped my jacket around it to pick it up.
I was so relieved when it squawked and fought back, so I completely covered it, took it inside, got a towel, loosely wrapped it and put it in a shoebox. Thankfully we have the Wildlife Rescue Association (wildliferescue.ca/) who will take good care of her. When I got there, they whisked her away and I could hear her squawking at them, so I'm sure she'll pull through.
flicker rescue successful
A female flicker chick got a tough start to life yesterday. In the morning I found it with its wing caught in a wire fence. I managed to free it, it turned and spread its wings and screamed at me then disappeared into the blackberries & bushes. I looked for it all day, but didn't see or hear it anywhere.
Here's the traumatic part... about 4 in the afternoon I hear this loud squawking near the same spot and when i looked over the fence, a rat? or something light brown, small & furry is attacking this flicker chick and is on top of it. Well I scrambled so so fast out the garden gate and over a fence to get there! The chick was lying on the ground motionless & virtually invisible against the dirt with the blackberry canes partially over it. i could see a wound on its chest, so didn't know what to expect when I wrapped my jacket around it to pick it up.
I was so relieved when it squawked and fought back, so I completely covered it, took it inside, got a towel, loosely wrapped it and put it in a shoebox. Thankfully we have the Wildlife Rescue Association (wildliferescue.ca/) who will take good care of her. When I got there, they whisked her away and I could hear her squawking at them, so I'm sure she'll pull through.