A rescue

The weather has been wild.  A cyclone up north has sent it into a spin.  We have had the strongest winds and wild rain.  Luckily we missed the hail but baby animals just aren't used to this kind of weather.

We have a nesting pair of kookaburras in our trees and junior got blown out of the nest.  He isn't quiet ready for flight yet so ended up in the bush.  It is really a task picking up a bird like this. Being on the ground makes him prey for cats, dogs, lizards and snakes.  What to do?  Ring the wildlife rescue.

They said to get a bucket, fill it with leaf litter and put him in there.  I did that but he was still vulnerable, so I hoisted the bucket up into the tree so his parents could get to him.  I worried about him all night. 

Next morning he had got out of the bucket and flown onto the front deck, where his parents were feeding him.

By lunch time he was gone.  His tail feathers aren't long enough for flying just yet.  But what a lovely little fellow to come visiting at Xmas?

Comments

[Carolyn Foley]

He was so cute.