csnake91
Strolling the yard
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- Chris
Yesterday, at around noon, I found a fledgling crow in the shade behind our house. He seemed healthy, and alert, but he was sitting just outside the fence. There are plenty of coyotes in our area, so I thought I would do the little guy a favor and move him into the fenced area so he could learn to fly in a safe area. He flapped and tried to get away when i picked him up, just as I thought a healthy young crow should, but he felt a little skinny. After that, I left him alone to soon go on his merry way. At around 6 PM, it suddenly started raining. I went outside to see if he was still there, and I found him soaked in my garden a few feet away from where I had placed him that afternoon. The crow parents had already gone away for the evening, so I let my parental instinct take over and I brought him inside for the night. He rested in a cardboard box until this morning, and I took him back outside to send him on his way. When I set him down, I realized how prominent his keelbone felt. I put him back in the garden, and the parent crows were yelling at me so I left. I came back in the afternoon to see his progress and I found him in the exact same spot that I left him in. I left some soaked cat food on a dish in hopes that he might eat it. I came back at six to see how he was doing, and he was laying on the ground. I picked him up and he was still alive, but at that point I knew he was not going to make it. I sat him on a cushion in the garden, and we listened to the evening birds sing and the crickets chirp as I watched the most beautiful sunset I have ever gotten to see. He was gone before the sun disappeared, and it was very peaceful. I wish I was able to do more, but sometimes nature has to run it's course. I feel that he needs a name, even if he was going to be a wild bird, so I call him Norr. That was going to be the name I gave the next bird i brought into my flock, but it suits him. Rest in peace Norr, you now fly in our hearts.
Best of luck to Norr's parents. I am sure they are also very heartbroken. Did you allow them to say goodbye to their chick?
