Bud1880
Dec-07-2007, 10:28 AM
Just couple hours ago I walked out into the kitchen and looking out the window I noticed immediately some feathers stuck to it. Not a good sign usually. That window is only about 15 feet or so from a tree where we feed the small birds. We have one crash the window about every couple weeks or so. I looked out on the deck to see if I could see a bird laying there and sure enough I could see tail feathers sticking up out of the 3 or 4 inches of snow we've had the last couple of days. The feathers were moving so I thought the bird was still alive. I generally leave nature to it's course but my wife insisted that I go out and dig the poor thing out so it could breathe. He was really buried. About an inch of tail feathers and just a sliver of the trailing edge of a wing were visible. He was head first into that wet snow.
Well, I dug him out, this tiniest of goldfinches. His eyes were open and once I freed him of his snowy burden he fluttered and hopped onto the back of my gloved hand. Kinda startled me for a second but he never made any other attempt to move. I guess he was still shaking off that window hit . :D
My wife grabbed the camera off the kitchen table and, even with her very 'limited' knowledge of my camera, managed to get a few shots of this episode.
It was pretty cool. I held that bird for about 10 minutes then walked him over to the finch feeder and got him to sit on a perch. I went back inside and watched for a few minutes. He just sat there quietly. Later I went back to the window and he was gone. Just to make sure that he just didn't fall off or was pushed off by other birds I went back out to look for him. No sign of him on the ground so I can only assume that he was fine and flew off to get some needed rest.
If I ever find him again I'll most assuredly present him with a bill. Bud's Search and Rescue doesn't come cheap. :D
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http://dabudman.smugmug.com/photos/229678058-L.jpg
Well, I dug him out, this tiniest of goldfinches. His eyes were open and once I freed him of his snowy burden he fluttered and hopped onto the back of my gloved hand. Kinda startled me for a second but he never made any other attempt to move. I guess he was still shaking off that window hit . :D
My wife grabbed the camera off the kitchen table and, even with her very 'limited' knowledge of my camera, managed to get a few shots of this episode.
It was pretty cool. I held that bird for about 10 minutes then walked him over to the finch feeder and got him to sit on a perch. I went back inside and watched for a few minutes. He just sat there quietly. Later I went back to the window and he was gone. Just to make sure that he just didn't fall off or was pushed off by other birds I went back out to look for him. No sign of him on the ground so I can only assume that he was fine and flew off to get some needed rest.
If I ever find him again I'll most assuredly present him with a bill. Bud's Search and Rescue doesn't come cheap. :D
http://dabudman.smugmug.com/photos/229678051-L.jpg
http://dabudman.smugmug.com/photos/229678058-L.jpg