Baby Dunnock, Window Strike?
I was watching a couple of Woodpigeons 'sunbathing' on the lawn this morning when I noticed something flapping in one of the borders. I didn't take much notice at first thinking it was probably a Sparrow having a dust bath in the soil. When I saw the flapping for a second time I went to see what it was.
It turned out to be a young Dunnock (possibly the one I've been watching exploring the garden for the past few days). He was totally paralysed down one side and had a couple of dislodged/missing feathers. Maybe he'd flown into a window?
He was in a very bad way and I couldn't leave him like that - he clearly wasn't just 'stunned'. I passed the job on to Birdman and then I dug a little hole in the garden.
It turned out to be a young Dunnock (possibly the one I've been watching exploring the garden for the past few days). He was totally paralysed down one side and had a couple of dislodged/missing feathers. Maybe he'd flown into a window?
He was in a very bad way and I couldn't leave him like that - he clearly wasn't just 'stunned'. I passed the job on to Birdman and then I dug a little hole in the garden.
(These photos were taken while the bird was alive)
posted by The Bird Woman at 11:44 AM
2 Comments:
So Sad, Such a beautifully formed baby dunnock, I love the the colours of their feathers - all the different shades of brown. A very underated bird.
As I have been sitting in our back room over the past couple of days we've had two very loud bird strikes. Both birds, a female black bird and some other small brown job were stunned but eventually flew away. We had a wood pidgeon birdstrike on the front room window that didn't end so happily plus we all jumped out of our skins when it happened and it left a big wood pidgeon-y print on the window.
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