Wednesday, May 20, 2009

To Save a Mockingbird

About two months ago one of the neighborhood cats got a hold of a Mockingbird. Luckily Jim happened to see it and was able to scary the cat away before it killed the bird. He found a little box and put the bird in it. It looked like he had a broken wing and there was some blood on his chest. Jim called around trying to find a place to take it, but it was Sunday and no one was open. Luckily my parents were down visiting and they were able to take the bird home to a lady who could fix him.



The official diagnosis was a broken wing and a large puncture wound to his chest. The bird doctor set the wing and pumped the bird full of antibiotics. She really didn't think he was going to make it. Well my dad called me yesterday with great news. The bird survived! He is able to fly and everything. Over the past few months the doctor had gotten other young mockingbirds and put them all together so they could be a family. So all of them were being released in Folsom today. I'm so happy!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Aww! That's SOO cool! Go Jim for saving him and go you guys for finding it a good home to get all fixed. Yay for happy endings!