jasone
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11:47:32 am on May 15, 2008 | # |
Mother Nature has apparently determined that my wife and I should have a new avocation. We’ve had several thunderstorms here during the past few weeks, which I think has unfortunately contributed to the ejection (and sometimes injury) of several young birds from their nests. We have found two such birds in our backyard during the past week. Thankfully, we learned that East Lake Veterinary Hospital is one place (in Dallas, Texas) that will take in all of the rescued birds and bunnies that folks like my wife (who I’ve always thought bears an uncanny resemblance to Snow White) and me (who becomes increasingly more of a Grumpy dwarf than a Prince Charming as I get older) suddenly find looking helpless in our yards.
While consulting the collective consciousness (a.ka. “Googling it”) for tips about what the heck we should do in this situation, I found on the second page of results for the search terms “wild bird rescue” the following great Squidoo lens, Bird Rescue, from my fellow lensmaster, Karendelac, who I recognized from her prior comment on one of my own lenses. (Her lens, by the way, is currently ranked #1 on Squidoo in the “Animals and Nature” category and–get this: #4 out of all of the half-million pages on Squidoo. Way to go, Karen!) Karen–it turns out– is a very dedicated and experienced bird rescuer and an avian afficionado of the best kind–and if you have an interest in this particular subject–I urge you to check out her great lens. Thank you Karen, for the informational resource that you have provided and the care that you have given over the years to so many of our feathered friends.
Incidentally, within her lens, Karen mentions the psychological benefit to the helper of rescuing and of providing aid to other living things–in this case, birds. I agree with her that overall, the experience of rescuing a couple of birds this past week myself has made me feel more like Happy than his fellow dwarf, Grumpy. (Hopefully my Snow White has noticed too.)
“If [only] I could . . . talk to the animals . . . and they could squeak and squawk and speak and speak and talk with me.” (Leslie Bricusse, 5-time Tony-nominated songwriter; “Dr. Dolittle”, 1967.)
Get well little birds,
-JasonE