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Theres an injured bird in the garden....

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trish123
Lancashire, Lancashire, England UK
Posted: Jul 2, 2008, 6:10 AM CST
Its a crow and it looks as if its tail feathers are all gone - its doing a sort of semi flight and a lot of hopping but cant get very high.

I figure its a youngster from one of the many nests in the big tree thats there and am wondering if its parents will still be feeding it and will its tail feathers grow back - what the heck do crows eat? I have a bag of wild bird seeds, should I put some out for it?

any advice please?

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Claayer
Wild Wild South West, Cornwall, England UK
Posted: Jul 2, 2008, 6:12 AM CST
Aawww.. eeek i'm not sure..

I live near a bird sanctuary.. I take things like that there.

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trish123
Lancashire, Lancashire, England UK
Posted: Jul 2, 2008, 6:16 AM CST
Claayer wrote:
Aawww.. eeek i'm not sure..

I live near a bird sanctuary.. I take things like that there.


Its really skittish Claire, and catching it without a big long net or something wouldnt be possible or I would do that. A neighbour spoke to the RSPCA who said they would come and collect it if we could catch it......... dunno
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Claayer
Wild Wild South West, Cornwall, England UK
Posted: Jul 2, 2008, 6:17 AM CST
trish123 wrote:
Its really skittish Claire, and catching it without a big long net or something wouldnt be possible or I would do that. A neighbour spoke to the RSPCA who said they would come and collect it if we could catch it.........


can you chuck a towel/sheet over it? ... thats what I do when they are abit flightly.
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trish123
Lancashire, Lancashire, England UK
Posted: Jul 2, 2008, 6:17 AM CST
sorry, this should have had the extra bits haha


Its really skittish Claire, and catching it without a big long net or something wouldnt be possible or I would do that. A neighbour spoke to the RSPCA who said they would come and collect it if we could catch it......... dunno


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crotalus_p
Rush , Dublin Ireland
Posted: Jul 2, 2008, 6:18 AM CST
Claayer wrote:
can you chuck a towel/sheet over it? ... thats what I do when they are abit flightly.


Id say 2 people and a bed sheed would do the job dunno
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Claayer
Wild Wild South West, Cornwall, England UK
Posted: Jul 2, 2008, 6:20 AM CST
crotalus_p wrote:
Id say 2 people and a bed sheed would do the job


yeah.. good idea.. that or a sheet.


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trish123
Lancashire, Lancashire, England UK
Posted: Jul 2, 2008, 6:21 AM CST
Claayer wrote:
can you chuck a towel/sheet over it? ... thats what I do when they are abit flightly.


There are 7 gardens which have a big fence running along the bottom and its going back and to along this - it may be possible to do the towel thing if there was somebody in all the gardens armed with towels but this may just frighten it into falling in the river which is at the other side of the fence...........

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trish123
Lancashire, Lancashire, England UK
Posted: Jul 2, 2008, 6:22 AM CST
crotalus_p wrote:
Id say 2 people and a bed sheed would do the job


good thinking thumbs up that could work yes, thanks wave
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crotalus_p
Rush , Dublin Ireland
Posted: Jul 2, 2008, 6:22 AM CST
Claayer wrote:
yeah.. good idea.. that or a sheet.
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Claayer
Wild Wild South West, Cornwall, England UK
Posted: Jul 2, 2008, 6:22 AM CST
trish123 wrote:
There are 7 gardens which have a big fence running along the bottom and its going back and to along this - it may be possible to do the towel thing if there was somebody in all the gardens armed with towels but this may just frighten it into falling in the river which is at the other side of the fence...........


Can you get around to the other side of the fence.. and make it drop down into a garden?
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trish123
Lancashire, Lancashire, England UK
Posted: Jul 2, 2008, 6:27 AM CST
Claayer wrote:
Can you get around to the other side of the fence.. and make it drop down into a garden?


oh great Claire, more good thinking thumbs up will possibly try that later.

The poor thing has been out there for a few days now and if its parents arent feeding it, it must be really hungry - even if its tailfeathers do grow back it will take ages..........
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Claayer
Wild Wild South West, Cornwall, England UK
Posted: Jul 2, 2008, 6:41 AM CST
Crows will eat just about anything. You are bound to find them feasting at fast food restaurant parking lots. They will eat bugs, worms, roadkill, mice, berries, corn, and a variety of other tasty treats. An adult crow needs 11 ounces of food each day.
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trish123
Lancashire, Lancashire, England UK
Posted: Jul 2, 2008, 6:50 AM CST
Claayer wrote:
Crows will eat just about anything. You are bound to find them feasting at fast food restaurant parking lots. They will eat bugs, worms, roadkill, mice, berries, corn, and a variety of other tasty treats. An adult crow needs 11 ounces of food each day.


Great - Ill buy it some mince or something and mix it up with some of the seeds and bits of apple cheering wine
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crotalus_p
Rush , Dublin Ireland
Posted: Jul 2, 2008, 6:53 AM CST
get some nut's the bird will need the fats , they will munch threw dog/cat food aswellthumbs up
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Claayer
Wild Wild South West, Cornwall, England UK
Posted: Jul 2, 2008, 6:55 AM CST
trish123 wrote:
Great - Ill buy it some mince or something and mix it up with some of the seeds and bits of apple


haha yeah shape it too look like road kill.. that'll defo work.. laugh
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martyg
Dublin/Kildare, Dublin Ireland
Posted: Jul 2, 2008, 6:55 AM CST
trish123 wrote:
Its a crow and it looks as if its tail feathers are all gone - its doing a sort of semi flight and a lot of hopping but cant get very high.

I figure its a youngster from one of the many nests in the big tree thats there and am wondering if its parents will still be feeding it and will its tail feathers grow back - what the heck do crows eat? I have a bag of wild bird seeds, should I put some out for it?

any advice please?



Here kitty kitty kitty....grin
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Claayer
Wild Wild South West, Cornwall, England UK
Posted: Jul 2, 2008, 6:55 AM CST
martyg wrote:
Here kitty kitty kitty....



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Lagoona22
Bugibba, Majjistral Malta
Posted: Jul 2, 2008, 7:01 AM CST
The problem is not feeding it, it's catching it....!

But once you have it, anything will do....make it a peanut butter sandwich.....crows are Ueber-scavengers...they'll eat anything.....I've seen a pair of crows following an old lady and her dog around on a walk.....they were waiting for the doggy-doo....and fighting over the juicy bits when it arrived....eeeeeuuwwwww!!....


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trish123
Lancashire, Lancashire, England UK
Posted: Jul 2, 2008, 7:25 AM CST
Lagoona22 wrote:
The problem is not feeding it, it's catching it....!

But once you have it, anything will do....make it a peanut butter sandwich.....crows are Ueber-scavengers...they'll eat anything.....I've seen a pair of crows following an old lady and her dog around on a walk.....they were waiting for the doggy-doo....and fighting over the juicy bits when it arrived....eeeeeuuwwwww!!....



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