Hi!
The Beatles
'Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.'
I have had this song swirling around my head for days now, and it got me thinking that I would introduce to you someone...
Meet Hermes!
During my half term I rescued a baby sparrow. It had fallen from the roof of my house (from its nest) and into my garden. This sparrow was trying to hide in my wall before I found it. I crossed over to the centre of the garden where I tried to get its parents attention so they could have their baby back- alas, they did not come. I took him inside where he lived in a dog cage for one day before I purchased an actual bird cage.
In the bird cage, he seemed to thrive in his own little space. To make it feel more like home, I added in tree branches, worms and fat balls as well as a bowl of water. It took quite a while for Hermes to learn to drink out of it- so for the meantime I fed him through a small pipette. I also learned that fledgling sparrows are very keen to eat scarmbled eggs, which I mixed with chicken feed and water. I kept Hermes for a week before he learned to fly and I set him free.
This is Hermes eating scrambled eggs.
This one is a little blurry!! Oh well, it is Hermes after a bath
More feeding
I distinctly remember the high pitched chirps that met my ears in the morning, these were differernt from the usual ones I hear- I also noticed that Hermes was looking out at my window at all the other birds flittering past- looking stricking against the blue sky. I walked downstairs with the sparrow in my hands, slowly I uncurled my fingers and exposed the bird to the outside world. He instantly burst into song before talking off into the world ahead!
Thank you for reading! As always, have a wonderful day
XoXo E