We are still in Winter’s icy grip, but rehab season has begun. Someone was driving along in that cold rain snow mix yesterday when she suddenly spotted a bird in the road. As she drew closer, the bird didn’t move. When she got out to see if it was ok, she found that it was bleeding from injuries around it’s neck. It appeared to have been attacked by an animal. She couldn’t leave the poor bird there to die, so she grabbed a shirt from the car and wrapped the bird in it and took it to the car. After several calls, she called the Safe Haven hotline. Sundays are notorious for not having rehabbers answer the phones. We made arrangements to pick up the bird from her. An hour later, Mr. Pidge , a male pigeon, was in the nursery. He was cold and wet, bleeding and in shock. After stopping the bleeding and giving him something for the shock and pain, I settled him into a comfy carrier with some warm fleece and a heating pad to stabilize. It was up to him now. He greeted me every hour by peaking out from under the fleece. This morning he was not only alive, but alert and walking around. This is one sturdy guy! Keep your fingers crossed.
