Post by rowanberry on Jul 11, 2016 9:39:30 GMT
Our poor male blackbird is still coping, despite his injured leg.
He comes to the dish throughout the day, gathering beakfulls of mealworms for their chicks, (he drops half of them, and then picks them all up again.
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He is eating well, and seems bright-eyed and healthy, other than for that terribly dislocated leg. The foot appears to be shrivelling...he was able to use it a little at first, but now it seems to be completely lifeless. When he perches on a branch it hangs down, and the best he can do with it is use it as a kind of crutch. For the time being he's doing ok, (and he's been like this for two weeks now) and I am so impressed with how plucky he is. He is working so hard to keep those chicks fed!
Busy Blackbird by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr
He comes to the dish throughout the day, gathering beakfulls of mealworms for their chicks, (he drops half of them, and then picks them all up again.
)He is eating well, and seems bright-eyed and healthy, other than for that terribly dislocated leg. The foot appears to be shrivelling...he was able to use it a little at first, but now it seems to be completely lifeless. When he perches on a branch it hangs down, and the best he can do with it is use it as a kind of crutch. For the time being he's doing ok, (and he's been like this for two weeks now) and I am so impressed with how plucky he is. He is working so hard to keep those chicks fed!
Busy Blackbird by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr
