By Teresa (Terry) Whatley | Project Leader, Founder and Director
We are nearing the end of 2017 with our intake of needy birds for 2017 sitting at 595 as of November 30, 2017. We will definitely surpass 600 intakes for this year by December 31, 2017.
In this report, we would like to share with you some very special birds and some very special humans who helped them.
Let's start with Cameer, a domestic goose who was placed (dumped) at an HOA lake 28 years ago. Cameer was named by his rescuer because she always called him with "Come here". That became Cameer. After 28 years on this private lake, Cameer had become mostly blind and was being bullied by the younger and healthier waterfowl. The rescuer realized that Cameer needed to find a private and forever home where he would be taken care of properly and where he would not be bullied. The rescuer pulled Cameer off the lake and was keeping him in her backyard so she could care for him. Naturally, a neighbor took issue with Cameer being a close neighbor, and he had to find his own safe haven. The rescuer called us, we found Cameer the perfect forever home, and he has been happily living there since early October.
Then there are the four Zebra Finches who were no longer wanted by the people that had them. They were given to a total stranger who also didn't really want them and who decided to just set them free (a death sentence for the little birds). A kindly gentleman named Howard happened to see what was going to happen and intervened and got the four little birds to us. Sadly, two of them, Little Train Wreck and Little Scissor Beack, had been so poorly cared for that they only lived for about six weeks before passing over the Rainbow Bridge. Train Wreck had been scalped presumably by other birds and Scissor Beak was unable to eat due to the extreme scissoring of his beak. Train Wreck was treated for his scalping and Scissor Beak got a beak trim. They both did well for a short while, but finally succumbed to what had to have been a lenghty time of poor care, if not outright negligence.
Mozart, a cockatiel, was found in a shopping center parking lot and rescued by a kindly young lady. We posted on-line, put flyers up, but never located Mozart's owner. Mozart is an extremely smart and talented cockatiel that had to have been well loved by his human. We are very sorry that we were unable to locate that person and very sorry that Mozart's owner never really went looking for him.
Next up is a racing pigeon that originated at some point in the Bakersfield CA area and ended up in El Centro CA .. thats's hundreds of miles. Said pigeon was rescued by a kindley teenager and her Mom. The pigeon was driven from El Centro to Corona to get it to us .. about a 400 mile round trip. That's pretty awesome!
Lastly, for this report, is Coco .. a feral pigeon with an injured wing. Coco was spotted by a school girl on her way to school. She was very phone/internet savvy and found help right away for Coco but stayed right by his side until a rescuer could get there.
What's the moral of all these stories .. if you see a bird or animal in need of help .. please don't look away .. please don't just leave it .. find help. You CAN do it!
By Teresa (Terry) Whatley | Project Leader, Founder and Director
By Teresa (Terry) Whatley | Project Leader, Founder and Director
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