Baby Raccoon Rescue ~ 1 of 4 photos
Image by Urban Woodswalker
I belong to an urban wildlife organization dedicated to co existing with wildlife in the suburbs of Chicago, IL. We got a call from a person finding these 2 babies after an irresponsible pest control company took away the mother and their siblings but did not make sure that no babies were not left behind to die. This is a scenerio that frequently happens, unfortunately.
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These were very weak and had gone w/o food or water for 2-3 days. See how dull the nose and eyes are? This was the stronger of the two!!!! When we arrived and overturned the box, this one was full of aggression and growling and the other was extremely listless and shaking. I thought it was not going to make it.
We gave them wet canned dog food, and they gobbled up the nuggets. That is what all the smeary brown spots are....wet dog food.
Baby booties for a trade
Image by ingermaaike2
She makes me a kinetic ring I make her baby booties. What a great world we live in!
Digital Baby
Image by Mot
That's Keith and Sam's new little baby (as yet untitled). He's real, but I rigged up this virtual version in his pram, as he couldn't make a dinner party in his honour on Friday night. It made sense at the time, honest!
Many, many more photos of the little fellow in the flesh to follow.
Morgan's Baby Shower
Image by ...love Maegan
me and mom -although she's kinda making a crazy face here. lol.
Baby European Starling
Image by paix120
I don't know what kind of baby this is, but here is the story -
I looked out my porch door and saw a bird flapping and falling out of a tree. I thought it was injured. I went outside to check on it and take photos, and it was hopping around pecking the ground and didn't seem hurt.
I started taking pictures and moving closer and it wasn't scared at all, and I knew it was a baby. I sat down in the grass a little ways away, hoping to protect it from any stray cats and also to encourage it to move back toward the trees because it was getting dark.
After about 2 minutes of exploring the ground, it started looking up at the trees anxiously and making flapping motions trying to fly up. It was so sad! I moved further away in case the mama bird was nearby and could feed or encourage it, but he hopped right toward me! I tried to get it to go the other way without touching it.
After a few minutes, it finally hopped to the trees and got up to a low branch, but kept hopping between branches and trying to hold on toward the end where it wasn't stable and would bend. It hopped up and fell down several branches a few times, and eventually got about 10 ft up in the tree and I took some more pictures. Then, it put its head under its wing and took a little nap - it was hard work climbing bendy branches!
So I watched from a distance for a long time so I could shoo away anything that came close looking predatory. Eventually a few adult birds came nearby, but they were fighting with each other and I don't think they even knew the baby was there. He started hopping up a little more, and I lost sight of him, so I hope he got to a nest, but I have a feeling he was just hiding behind the leaves since he couldn't have gotten far.
If he can stay up in the trees for the night, I think he'll be OK. He couldn't fly at all though and I think he fell or jumped out of his nest too early!
I have videos and will put them up when I get a chance!
What kind of bird do you think it is? I'm thinking Mockingbird but really don't know.
