Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Wild Bird Wednesday

A success story this week.  A couple of years ago I rescued a rainbow lorikeet from the edge of the road where it had been injured.  I am a sucker for this and just have to stop and pick up injured wildlife. Most often they do not survive, though we have had successes, especially with magpies. A couple of times when I rescued a lorikeet, I took them to the local 'bird' vet and was told that they would have to be put down as they had broken wings and could not be fixed.

This time however I decided to keep the bird myself, even though the wing was broken. We put it in a large cage where, after a time, it thrived altthough it could not fly. It seemed happy enough.



 We decided to find it a companion and were able to purchase a hand reared lorikeet from a pet shop. Well, for the first few weeks they fought!!!!  They hated each other!!  They screeched  at each other!!

Then, they gradually became friendly, then bosom mates. And now,  I actually believe they are happy!!!



Then, this year one of them laid a couple of eggs in a hollow log that Don had put in the cage. Totally unexpected!!!  Very exciting!!  Unfortunately the eggs finished up on the floor of the cage, but that was probably our fault as there was nothing in front of the hollow log to stop the eggs falling out.  Now we know that one of them is a 'lady' - albeit a very noisy one - we can re-organise the nesting arrangements.



But the pleasure for us is knowing that we have managed to give another life ( albeit a captive one) to a lorikeet that would have otherwise perished on the side of the road.

Liz Needle  -  linking with Wild Bird Wednesday


7 comments:

  1. Good for you! I'm a sucker for raising orphans, birds, kangaroos, anything at all. We can always find a place for one more.
    Just you wait till you have 20 noisy lorikeets in that cage :)!

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  2. Great photos and a beaut story! btw I like Arija's suggestion of a whole lot more lorikeets in the cage!!

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  3. Awwwwwhat a great Christmas story,...:)JP

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  4. Oh my gosh Liz, I've just been back and had a look at all your bird images... I don't know about you needing another lens you use the one you have beautifully! Your birdbath is a magnet for the sweetest little feathered creatures. Well done with the lorikeets, I might have to start feeding my willd birds again, I miss those noisy colourful little beauties :)

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  5. I normally advert my eyes at pet stores, not wanted to see caged birds. But this is a happy ending. Birds do need companions. And the bird at the pet store was already caged, so no hope for a wild life anyway. I truly hope they will bring each other joy.

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