Wednesday, 24 July 2013

Out of the blue ..

I'm sorry to report that the two little swallows died.  I don't know why.  Maybe they just took fright at being handled.  However as Vito pointed out, that was the reason so many are born in the first place, because the chances of their survival are against the odds from the outset.  I suppose that's true, but it's still sad. However on the plus side at least the cats never got them.   For a few days after I rarely saw any of them on the telephone lines, and then suddenly out of the blue, they they were.
Not just these few either but loads of them.    Vito laughed when we saw them and said they looked like musical notes.

Had to agree with him, I do wonder what it would sound like  if they were set to music.  It might be music to somebody's ears :)


But at least we can honestly say plenty of those little birds did survive their precarious start in life, and are now busy eating us out of house and home.
No more mosquitoes!!!!   Bless them (the swallows, the swallows ....   :)
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  1. MsMoggy25 July 2013 at 02:38

    Sadly, most baby birds die of shock. June, the lovely lady who runs the cattery Dennis has used in the past rescues wildlife, and she says its rare for birds to survive. I would take baby blackbirds to the vet and June would get them from there (I had a special basket for transporting them). I felt so helpless.....

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  2. Unknown25 July 2013 at 09:13

    I know how you felt. It's so sad, but as you say so rare for them to survive. I suppose I was hoping this time as the adults did feed them for a while they might be ok .... Anyway as you can tell from the photos, plenty of them did fly the nest. There are about 12 nests in total in the garage!

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