Animal Rescue

As we exited the house this morning to take Pippa for her walk, I noticed a black bird in the backyard who didn't fly away as Pippa charged out. On closer inspection the bird appeared to be injured.  We were in a rush (as Ella had a sleep in world record - until 8.45am!!!) so made a mental note to check on bird later in the day.

Returning home at lunchtime after our morning at the YMCA's free program called Rhyming Connections - yes singing and learning nursery rhymes and songs - we discovered the bird was still in the backyard hopping around the garden. He looked happy but still wasn't flying. Perhaps I'll leave him a little longer so off for a haircut and to the markets for some food shopping.

It was now 5pm when we returned home to discover the bird, a Currawong, was still in the garden not wanting to fly.  

Time to call RSPCA Wildlife who told me to bring the bird in. Hmmm..... Turned out that catching the bird was very easy - I just drapped a towel over it and lifted into a box.  The only hard aspect was getting Ella out of the box the bird was supposed to go in!

The lady at the Wildlife Centre wasn't able to establish whether the bird's wing was injured as it became a little distressed while being examined. So the bird was placed into a cage in a room with lots and lots of baby currawongs to be looked at later.  No doubt she said it would be returned to our neighbourhood  once it was rehabilitated.