We had something similar happen at our house yesterday, when my wife & a
friend noticed a seemingly dead house finch hanging down from a metal
trellis bar on which it had perched. They "enveloped" the bird in a
fleece scarf and held it in place for a few minutes to warm it up. The
bird became detached from the bar, and after a few more minutes of
warming (in/on the scarf, held by our friend in his cupped hands), it
revived and flew away.
Dave Steingraeber
Fort Collins
On 12/8/2016 8:41 AM, Ira Sanders wrote:
This morning when I went to put out the feeders, there was a goldfinch
hanging from the metal arm of the hooks we use to hang the feeders.
At first it wasn't moving and I was wondering how a bird could somehow
die in that position. I have no idea how long it was there, but I'm
sure it was long enough to weaken it. As I got closer, I saw it's eyes
were open and then it started to flutter a little. It's foot had
frozen to the iron arm and it was hanging by 1 foot. I ran in to get
some water to get it loose, but our efforts, which were incompetent
and inadequate, didn't save all of it's foot.
My first efforts only caused ice to form and made it worse.
The bird did fly from Tammy's hand but part of it's foot was still on
the metal. Obviously we did it wrong. In retrospect, I don't think
warm water was a good idea at all.
In case someone else has this same miserable experience, maybe some
forethought could result in a successful outcome and not our utter
failure.
--
Ira Sanders
Golden, CO
"My mind is a raging torrent flooded with rivulets of thought
cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives."
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