Mr. Compassionate....

A cedar waxwing had run into our window.. They are flying through this time of the year and every year we lose a lot of them to window incidents.. Well Nick picked this little guy up, put him in a box, put a warming pad which is under that tinfoil you see, fed him dried cranberries, banana and applesauce as these birds live off of fruit mostly. We syringe fed him water every hour.. He made it through the first night in the box. It was apparent his wing was hurt badly, but it was the weekend and no DNR, veterinary or anyone else was open..So, we tried to release him the next day. It didn't work, he couldn't fly.. At this point, mommy is getting concerned and really working on getting water in him.. We even downloaded chirping sounds on the computer for him to listen to and he perked up and whistled back to the chirpings. SO PRICELSS. Day two and we are still feeding him, but it is Sunday. No one is open. We try to let him go, but to no avail, he can't fly. Take him back in on the warmer and continue nursing him..Monday morning, calling the vet (almost) and Nick lets the bird out again and he flew..It was such a fun two days nursing that adorable cute little cedar waxwing and even more heartwarming to hear him respond to the sounds on the computer...