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Topic: R.I.P. lil birdies
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Cynnared Knowflake Posts: 494 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 09, 2010 06:55 PM
Last month, I found 2 pigeon eggs on my balcony and I didn't have the heart to destroy the nest or the eggs. The landlord said to let the eggs hatch and the babies get old enough to fly away. I did that.The eggs hatched on the May 28th weekend and we came back from our trip to 2 little yellow fuzzy babies. A week went by and last weekend I noticed the parent bird was not around and was worries that the babies were abandoned. I called the wildlife rescue and they said to leave a little bit of bird seed out for the baby pigeons. After I got off the phone, The parent bird was back. I thought everything was fine but I saw less and less of the parent bird. I checked them this morning and they were fine but when I looked out on my balcony this afternoon - they were dead. Some other bird came in for the kill - I saw lifeless little birdies lying on the ground. I have cried now for 90 minutes cause this is heart breaking for me to see. It is ironic how I wished the eggs life and the babies are now dead......emotionally i find it is a senseless baby bird killing by other birds....but my Spock mind tells me that this is how life goes at times.,...nature taking it's course.....it's ugly. Cynn IP: Logged |
charmainec Moderator Posts: 403 From: on the other side of the rainbow Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 10, 2010 05:37 AM
------------------ quote: "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies with in us." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Cynnared Knowflake Posts: 494 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 16, 2010 01:59 AM
Thank you.They came and cleaned the balcony the next day and then the day after that I bought some planter soil and a whole bunch of planets and now I have my balcony back..... I planted 4 different kinds of tomatos, 2 types of lettuce, eggplant, broccoli, celery, sweet basil and rosemary.....Now I am waiting to get flowers like sweet peas to put on my balcony.... My boyfriend wanted plants that he could enjoy the fruits of in the fall........ Cynn
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MyVirgoMask Knowflake Posts: 2755 From: Bay Area, CA Registered: May 2009
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posted June 16, 2010 03:17 AM
Awww, poor birdies!!! Sounds like some territorial war was going on IP: Logged |