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| Three of the four babies. Notice one not look like others? It's a
goldeneye and the rest are hooded mergansers. Goldeneyes
apparently do that a lot; lay eggs in other birds' nests
so someone else can have the fun of raising them. |
We put them in bird holding, a whole other story for another day, but
they were so small they kept escaping through the mesh, until some plastic
was put up. Here I am with one we 'rescued', a merganser. |
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| Then this little dove was found in the pond, barely able to lift its
head, starving to death. So it was brought inside, handfed for a bit,
and is now rather imprinted on humans. We've named it Ruby. |
Those first four ducklings sadly did not make it. However, we now
have a second clutch of six, actually raised by mama goldeneye herself.
They only hatched last Saturday, again discovered by me, so cross
your fingers for them. |
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| Not discovered by me, but darn cute anyway, sparrow babies! This is
with mama watching protectively over them. |
She's not quite sure what I'm doing, but hey, I fed her worms. Lots
and lots and lots of them. |
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| I guess that eventually decides in my favor and she trusts me enough
to fly away. Leaving the babies to close their beaks and settle in. |
And, they're not baby birds, but equally cute, sleeping hedgehogs! I
believe that's Edina's adorable little face and Patsy's back. |