birds

We had some visitors in our backyard today. A family of crows. Turned out to be a mom, dad and baby crow, but earlier in the day we didn't know that.

When I let the dog out this morning to go potty, there was this one crow on the ground, just hopping around. It would try to fly, but couldn't seem to get off the ground. I assumed it was hurt. The other 2 crows would be on the fence near it, or swooping by as if trying to protect it from us. I was concerned that we would have a dead bird on our hands soon, or that the other crows would attack us. So, I called animal control. And was given the number to dispatch. I called dispatch. And was given the number to a bird rehabilitation center or something like that. I called them, and explained what I saw. She explained that it was a baby (apparently they hit the size of an adult after just a few weeks) and that it was learning to fly. The parents are very protective, and will stay by it and protect their baby until it can fly, which she said would take about 3-4 days. Apparently you can tell it's a baby by the color of its eyes, blue. They turn dark brown or black when they are adults. Interesting huh?!

All we heard all day long was these birds. And they are loud birds. Hopefully this baby will be able to fly out of our backyard in the near future. I felt bad for it as it hopped around the yard in the rain this afternoon. It didn't seem to be too bothered by it though.

The baby bird (that doesn't really look like a baby)


The watchful parents