Baby Bird

This morning, I woke up and my mom told me to come outside.  There was a baby bird clinging to her windshield wiper!  We couldn't get it to let go, so we got toothpicks and got it to hang on to them instead.  Then we moved it to the porch.


We didn't want to leave it there, because the neighbor's cat might get it.  So, I brought it inside and put it on a towel.  My mom called my aunt Lisette, because she has experience with animals and we were hoping for some advice.  She said that the bird's mother was probably trying to teach it to fly, and the mother was most likely nearby.  My mom had left for work, so I brought the bird outside on my finger.


My mom suggested putting it onto a branch, that way it's mother could find it and the cat wouldn't get to it.  So, I headed toward the nearest tree.  I tried to coax it into hopping onto a small branch, but instead it flew away!  We thought it couldn't fly, but maybe it just needed a push.  It stayed on a higher branch for awhile, then I checked later and it was gone.  We hope it made it safely to its mother!