Only one new intake last week—a late nestling/early brancher red shoulder from Pulaski County. The couple who brought him had watched the nest in their yard from the very beginning and had been enjoying seeing the babies grow. Sadly, they came in from work one evening last week to find the nest destroyed and were able to locate only the one surviving baby in the brush nearby.
He was understandably traumatized and still hunkers down in fear when I put his food in his box, but he is at least self-feeding, so that’s one less source of stress for the poor fellow—no handling for hand-feeding.