Pip and Squeak….Day 25

Pip seen here with the ever moving Squeak. They are thriving!!

 

Squeak finally posing for the camera.

Pip and Squeak Day 17

Can no longer tell them apart.

They are eating me out of house and home.

Pip and Sqeak Day 13

Pip day 13

Sqeak day 13

Pip and Sqeak Day 13

 

Pip and Sqeak are doing great and growing inches every day.  Sorry about the delayed posting but the WBF has been busy with babies and such.

These two are thriving.

Smudge finds a friend

Smudge, the pigeon on the right, was found as a fledgling and brought to the Wild Bird Fund a couple of months back.  The woman who found him offered to raise him for us and did a fantastic job.  He was, however, slightly fond of the human touch.  Because of this, he was taken to our release site for an extremely soft release (and I mean extremely).  It took three weeks but he has finally realized that life outside in the big world is not that scary after all.  Here he is with another young bird released in my yard.  Good work!!

Pip and Squeak Day 9

Covered in baby bird formula....But happy!!

Pip and Sqeak Day 7

They are getting huge!!  Both are thriving now and we are cautiously optimistic that they will survive.  Eyes are open so the peeping is now loud and demanding.

Quackers gives a lost duckling a ride

Quacker’s is a domestic duck that lives in Central Park.  She was recently bitten by a dog and has a very bad infection.  She is recuperating with us and we expect her to go back to the park soon.  As for the duckling, she went off to join a group her own age.

Pip and Squeak Day 5

Getting too big for one hand

Eyes starting to open

Pip and Squeak Day 4

Pip and Squeak Day 4

Pip and Squeak continue to do well and were joined today by a fledgling starling and a wayward duckling.  The duckling was found on Madison avenue.  Ducks frequently have nests on the median of Park avenue and are notorious for loosing their babies on the way to Central Park after hatching.

This duckling will join a dozen others that were found today along the same route.

Fresh out of the shell

Just Hatched

Good Samaritan brought this baby in with the egg still attached.

Trying to give the hatchling his first meal.

Success!!