Today, after switching off the sprinklers I noticed some movement amongst the plants. This poor little fella was drenched and moving around. Richard came outside and helped me to catch him. He is a baby Red Faced Mousebird, he doesn’t even have a tail yet! I do know that he’s a fruit eater and tomorrow morning I’ll take him down to the SPCA and drop him off. They will contact the bird lady from ‘Free Me’, a rehabilitation centre and she will collect him and give him the care he needs.
Wishing you all a wonderful week ahead.
PS I have a test knit coming up soon for a large, plump kitty called Pickles:)
Awesome that you saved him! We have a few wildlife rescue/rehab people around here, and have often taken animals to them. (We’ve also had a few we saved, only to have them not make it by the time we got to the wildlife rehab…so sad)
Hi Sara,
He is still well and strong today, I gave him half an apple and he’s eating it like there’s no tomorrow, yay:)
Thank you for taking care of an innocent creature!
I’m so glad that you rescued him! He deserves a chance to live. I just love people who care about animals!
🙂 He’s so sweet:)
What a lovely little bird and how fortunate that you found it. Hope it survives.
How large and how complicated is Pickles? And how fast does a test knitter have to be? I love cats but am allergic to the real thing so Pickles sounds like she might be a good alternative.
Hi Barbara,
So far he is looking strong.
Pickles is knitted in the round with the magic loop technique. It isn’t a difficult pattern. I usually give quite a lot of time for a test knit to be completed because I know people can get busy:)
What a beautiful little bird. I had not heard of those before, so I learned something new. 🙂
My daughter is allergic to cats, but loves them, so count me in for the test knit :-). I would love to do it, so she can have a cat anyway 🙂
Thank you Diana:)
so glad to hear you rescued the little fella, and so nice to hear about your local bird lady too!
Hi Linda,
Glad you were able to catch him so he will be okay. Give me a shout when you start your test knit.
Sherry
Thanks Sherry, I will 🙂
Sweet little creature sure knew where to spin out to get help!
I’d love to be in on the test knit, too – L-O-V-E the name!
Thanks very much for offering to test knit:)
So great that you were able to see the bird and rescue it. Just gorgeous baby. You guys are great! Nice that there are rescue people available to help in these important situations.
I’d love to be in the test knit too. Sounds like fun.
Talk to you soon. The very best to you,
Joanne
Hi Joanne,
Thanks for offering to test knit for me:)
Awe, great story. Lucky birdy to have you find him. And I would love to be in the test knit if you need more!
Thank you Kathleen:)
oh dear, i wonder where the mumma was?!
No mumma in sight sadly:( He is looking good today though:)
Did you see my Little Brown Bird post a few weeks ago? Clearly a towel is the thing to grab when rescuing little birds. You are lucky to have a wildlife rescue organisation close to hand.
I did, what a sweet little fellow! Towels do work the best:)
He’s lovely. And once again, I have fallen terribly behind. My daughter is coming and I’m trying to make the house look like someone responsible lives here. There is, I am finding, a reality to the concept of having bitten off a little too much in life to get things properly chewed.