Bird Rescue
There was a bit of excitement in the house. Even though the weather was currently "very cool" according to the weather guy on TV, I had all of the doors and windows open. With the temperature down in the low 70's, I just bundled up against the chill.
Later, I heard Tommy throwing himself at the wall. Looking to see what was going on, I found this poor little creature in the house. I screamed and Tommy stopped the hot pursuit. I grabbed a light-weight throw and carefully wrapped it around the bird and took him outside.
I tossed the blanket open, expecting the bird to fly off, but instead he landed on the stucco wall and just held on. Since he was just standing there, I took some pictures. The camera was only a few inches away from him and he didn't flinch. He must have been paralyzed with fear. A few minutes later he took off. I always like a happy ending, don't you?
By the way, does anyone know what kind of bird this is?
Written by Melissa on 6:16 PM
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I think it's a Brown Creeper, which likes to go up the sides of trees looking for bugs to eat. Curved bill, white stripe through eye, matches the picture in my bird book, except the markings on yours aren't quite as pronounced.
"With the temperature down in the low 70's, I just bundled up against the chill."
Low 70's? That's speedo time. I've been chipping ice off the windshield for the past three days.
Dave, I've never heard of brown creepers. I would have just called it what I call all birds that I can't identify, a sparrow.
Alan, cool Fall weather in the 70's is one of the perks of living in LA. It helps make up for the 117 degree temperatures earlier this summer.
Nope, it is a Carolina Warbler, (their call is "tea kettle, tea kettle)and would you belive I had one in my house two week ago? You can catch how it went in my house, with THREE cats involved in the rescue at
http://jillthinksdifferent.blogspot.com/2006/10/yesterdays-it-started-to-rain-actually.html
My daughter is an onc nurse, so I read nursing blog....
Ooops, I mean Carolina WREN, not warbler.
There is also a Carolina Chickadee.
Check out your Carolina WREN at:
http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/677/_/target.aspx
I'm from San Diego, where mockingbirds are SO loud and obnoxious. Now in Texas, the mockingbirds are sweet semi quiet birds. Same bird, just different cultures. You know, the Texas girls vs California girl thing.
One more try...Marsh wren, since it was in California.
Jill, thank you for visiting and I appreciate your taking the time to identify the bird.
Nice hat in your photo.
It's a Bewicks Wren. Very common in California.
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