On Monday there was a pigeon in DS2's garden. Cooper 'pointed' and as he stalked it it tried to fly away but couldn't.
I called Cooper off (he responded to a very firm 'leave' command) and went to have a look. It seemed very perky and in good condition - plump, good feathers, bright eyes - but clearly something wrong with its right wing.
I took Coops over to our house as planned, but when we got back in the evening the bird was still in the garden, still looking cheeky and perky. Coops was kept under house arrest and only let out on his lead. DS and DIL didn't know what to do, so they put a box under some bushes where it was nice and dry and put some seed in and hoped for the best. Later in the evening, still worried, they rang the RSPCA. To their surprise they said they'd come and collect it the next day.
Sure enough, when I got back after picking the girls up on Tuesday evening there was a note saying that they'd rescued the pigeon - it had lost flight feathers, so they would keep it until they regrew then it would be released back into the wild, I presume. The pigeon had obviously put up a good fight - there were tiny feathers scattered around the lawn.
I called Cooper off (he responded to a very firm 'leave' command) and went to have a look. It seemed very perky and in good condition - plump, good feathers, bright eyes - but clearly something wrong with its right wing.
I took Coops over to our house as planned, but when we got back in the evening the bird was still in the garden, still looking cheeky and perky. Coops was kept under house arrest and only let out on his lead. DS and DIL didn't know what to do, so they put a box under some bushes where it was nice and dry and put some seed in and hoped for the best. Later in the evening, still worried, they rang the RSPCA. To their surprise they said they'd come and collect it the next day.
Sure enough, when I got back after picking the girls up on Tuesday evening there was a note saying that they'd rescued the pigeon - it had lost flight feathers, so they would keep it until they regrew then it would be released back into the wild, I presume. The pigeon had obviously put up a good fight - there were tiny feathers scattered around the lawn.
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