My Baby European Goldfinch

by Lisa
(England)

(miracle to have survived)

About 4 months ago my husband who is a gardener came home with a tiny baby bird. He had cut down a tree that had a nest with 4 baby birds in it but did not see them until it was to late.

Three were dead but the smallest one was still alive.

I did not know any thing about birds at all. The baby bird had no feathers and its eyes had barely opened. I had no idea how to take care of it.

I went to the internet and read about hand feeding birds. I got some dry dog food and watered it down, put 2 drops of bird vitamins in it and fed it to him with a syringe, he loved it.

I made a nest out of tissue and put a hot water bottle under it. I thought that he would die, but every morning I got up he was still alive so for the next 2 months I fed(baby bird)as I named him every half an hour.

He grew to a fledgling and started eating by his self and I found out by looking at photos of baby birds that he is a European Goldfinch.

He is changing every day as he`s not yet an adult. He love's to sing, he copies my whistle in the morning for me to let him out.

I have a big bird cage with every thing that a bird would want. I let him out every day to fly around and have a bath.

I think he is a very happy little bird. I know that I can never let him go in the wild he just would not survive and I love him to much.