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friendly "bonding" thanks for the "breakfast", Mom!

before there was a Weather Channel....

Heads Up! "...my Mom had been taking care of this starling since it was just a couple days old...it fell out of the nest...and was too young to survive on its own. It was bald with only a little fuzz on it, and it's eyes weren't even open yet. She dropper fed it some milk/sugar/cream of wheat mixture until it started eating worms and seed on it's own. When we tried to release it...it wasn't ready to be on it's own yet...it would stay out in the trees in my yard all day...then fly down to us in the evening, get back in the cage and go home with my Mom for the night...it did this for about 2 weeks...until one day it didn't come back.   Susan"
Pictured above left is Susan's niece, Lisa, and above right, her Mom, Donna.  [Aug. 2006]
While bobbing for meal worms, Bluebird mutters: "Love this new fly-thru service!" yum! got 2-to-go...
A well-fed adult male Eastern Bluebird zips thru Philip & Evelyn's "meal-worm diner" and picks up a quick "take-out" order!
[April 23, '06]

Robyn D.T. used a bit of creativity to preserve a family keepsake & adds a weather vane to her new bird house [June '06]

J.J. Cardinal's Wild Bird & Nature Store   ~   Grand Blanc, MI   ~   810-695-8733