| Rubber Suit Theatre | 05 Aug 2015 9:35 a.m. PST |
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| Silent Pool | 05 Aug 2015 1:16 p.m. PST |
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 06 Aug 2015 4:55 p.m. PST |
Fatten him up!  |
| Henry Martini | 06 Aug 2015 7:00 p.m. PST |
Is he injured? Have you taken him to a wildlife carer? Injured wild birds should be placed in a box with a lid with airholes cut into it, and left alone in a warm, quiet area until they can be transferred to an experienced carer. Because they can't maintain their body temperature you should place a safe heat source in the box, such as a small, securely sealed bottle of hot water wrapped in a cloth to prevent burns. |
| Mako11 | 06 Aug 2015 9:11 p.m. PST |
It looks like a very nice bird. |
| snurl1 | 06 Aug 2015 9:54 p.m. PST |
Is he pining for the fjords? |
| tkdguy | 06 Aug 2015 11:27 p.m. PST |
What kind of bird is it? Not familiar with that one. |
| Larry R | 07 Aug 2015 4:46 a.m. PST |
I form of Piper I would think? A shore bird for sure. |
| Old Wolfman | 07 Aug 2015 7:26 a.m. PST |
Gave some water to an exhausted sparrow or a finch one day during a severe heat wave years ago as it lay on the curbside. |
| DalyDR | 07 Aug 2015 3:13 p.m. PST |
Looks like a Clapper Rail. If you're on the west coast, CA, SF Bay Area, it could be the endangered California Clapper Rail.
Dave
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| tkdguy | 07 Aug 2015 11:24 p.m. PST |
Could be, although I've never seen that bird, and I'm in the SF Bay Area. |
| Supercilius Maximus | 08 Aug 2015 8:14 a.m. PST |
I saw the headline and thought: "Wow – wargamer gets girlfriend!" |
| Grelber | 08 Aug 2015 10:42 a.m. PST |
Our cat took up catching birds and bringing them in the house, then letting them go when he got tired of them. We'd have to open the doors and try to shoo them out. This wasn't very pleasant in January here in Colorado. Good luck with your bird--hope it works out well for him. Grelber |
| Stepman3 | 08 Aug 2015 4:11 p.m. PST |
there was a yellow bird, with a yellow bill, he landed on my window sill, I drew him in with bits of bread…then I smashed his….oh hey, look at that. I got some more figures to paint… |
| Rubber Suit Theatre | 11 Aug 2015 9:50 p.m. PST |
So one of the reasons that I don't pay Bill any more is that TMP has this ugly habit of eating the text from my posts. Our feathered friend is a Virginia Rail according to the nice young lady at the wildlife center. Should make a full recovery since the cat only took off some flight feathers. |
