One Thursday morning on our way to school Max and I found a
Band-tailed Pigeon. A
Sharp-shinned Hawk (we think) was on top of it as we drove down the road. The hawk flew away as we drove near and the pigeon walked under our stopped car. What to do? I was driving away, thinking nature would take its course...but Max had other ideas. Specifically
a Rescue -
we just couldn't leave it there, he said. We parked the car, took our shoes off, rolled our pants up - because it had walked through a deep puddle and crawled under some thorn branches trying to find protection, or a place to heal or die - who knows?
When I got home I put the pigeon in a box to heal up to be released at some point. Chris kept an eye on her for a while in his office. After a rest, some chicken scratch and minimal fuss she just flew away. Back in the direction of the Forest of Nisene Marks, near Medicine Buddha she went.
Bird things in our area:
Santa Cruz Bird Club
Birding Adventures in Santa Cruz
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