This is my sister

[Tess]

I took this yesterday of my sister and the family Robin. She took her in and cared for her when she feel out of a nest. She looked for the nest but could not find it. She has raised it ever sense

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Na0s7A1rM&feature=youtube_gdata[/ame]

 

[ibglowin]

Very cool!

 

[Pumpkinman]

WOW! What a kind soul your sister is, simply amazing.

 

[Rocky]

Tess, that was really neat. Thanks for sharing.

 

[olusteebus]

That is amazing and wonderful. Love between a wild animal and a human.

 

[Runningwolf]

Thanks for sharing, that made my day!

 

[bkisel]

Very nice.

Does your sister intend to release the bird? Has she started to teach the bird how to feed on its own?

 

[Tess]

It is very cool. The bird whisperer lol

 

[Tess]

Very nice.

Does your sister intend to release the bird? Has she started to teach the bird how to feed on its own?

She has released it. It wont leave her yard. I seen it eating flying insects while it was setting on the roof. Not sure she would even know how to teach it to hunt for food. It might already we don't know.
It sure is fat enough and they're are plenty of other bird in her yard for it to learn from. I think she has done a amazing job with her and she will simply always be part of the family.
When you think about it. Every variety of caged pet bird started out in the wild, They still exist in the wild.

 

[bkisel]

She has released it. It wont leave her yard. I seen it eating flying insects while it was setting on the roof. Not sure she would even know how to teach it to hunt for food. It might already we don't know.
It sure is fat enough and they're are plenty of other bird in her yard for it to learn from. I think she has done a amazing job with her and she will simply always be part of the family.
When you think about it. Every variety of caged pet bird started out in the wild, They still exist in the wild.

That's great!

I've seen it done a couple of times... Basically first drop the food right in front of the bird and over time keep moving the food further and further from the bird. It might be that there is enough instinct for the bird to learn on its own and the "training" just speeds the process.

 

[TomK-B]

Wow! Very cool!

 

[Sammyk]

Hopefully the mother bird will find it. We have a huge bird feeder outside the kitchen window with black oiler sunflower seeds. This time of the year we see both the mama and papa crack open the seed and put it in the babies mouth.

And then just yesterday we saw a mama cardinal crack a seed open and put it in a goldfinch baby's mouth. The baby goldfinch was s crying its heart out and that is what drew our attention to the feeder; hearing the baby bird crying. So maybe the mama cardinal felt sorry. So cool.
Some animals will take care of those other than their own!

I ran to get my flip video but the batteries were dead.... sigh..........!

 

[Tess]

Sammy its grown now. She found it this spring.