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Saving a starling fledgling

February 21, 2017 Posted by Kiwi Conservation Club

Olive (aged 8) sent in this great story about saving, caring for, and releasing a young starling during the summer holidays…

In the holidays I heard my cat Daisy catch a starling fledgling. It was half dead. I locked Daisy in the bathroom while me, Heath, and Ramona surrounded the starling. After half
an hour Mum said that we could put it in a cage with a basket, a blanket, and newspaper.

Starling fledgling cared for by Olive and her family.

Starling fledgling cared for by Olive and her family.

When the fledgling was in the cage it went to sleep so I put a blanket over the cage. I checked it over and over again until finally it was awake. It had its energy back and it
chirped loudly.

I looked up ‘how to look after a starling fledgeling’ on the computer, and it said that you could feed it scrambled eggs and dry cat biscuits soaked in cold water. So, I made the cat
biscuits soaked in cold water. When they were done I fed the starling, it would not eat anything so I called Dad to force-feed it. Force feed means you hold the starling gently and it opens its beak.  The fledgling was warm and soft it felt like a woolly coat.

After dinner I made a decision. Dad would put the baby starling back in its nest in the roof.

I was heartbroken that I had to let it go, but, it was the right thing to do, and the starling is now just in a hole in the roof.

 

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