More Babies?

It is that time on the farm when baby birds are learning how to fly. Yesterday, Victoria spotted a small bird on the ground and proceeded to get close to see if it was hurt. It didn’t appear hurt, so she carefully picked it up and moved it to a safe place with tall grass to hide. The next minute we see Spike, Ellie’s cat, stalking something. It was the bird Victoria just moved. I moved in, jumped a fence and caught Spike before he attacked the bird. Inside he went (so much for “Meow outside naughty”). Then 10ish minutes later Spike reappears and was trying to find the bird again. He must have figured out that he could go through the doggie door. This time he finds another little bird. The mum and dad bird are making tons of noise to scare the cat away. It wasn’t working, so we moved in again and caught Spike. This must have been funny to anyone watching as there was the two of us chasing the cat while trying to keep him away from the area with the birds.

Today we found two more little birds, one Victoria moved after another close call with Spike. He is now stuck in the house during the day, with two rocks securing the doggie door. Victoria felt sorry for the bird so she fed it a worm. I tried to get close for a picture and the bird hopped away. Then Victoria goes towards it and the bird stopped and turned to Victoria looking for another worm. Good thing she had another one.