Christmas Notebook

While walking the yard this afternoon to take pictures of the newly opened irises, I found this poor robin hanging from a string wrapped around his foot. I snapped this picture while DD ran inside to get some scissors so we could rescue him.

Thankfully, he was low enough in the tree that I was able to grab the end of the branch and pull him down where I could get my hand around him. I cut the nylon string, then had to do a little detail work to get it off his foot. It was wrapped around the foot several times.

The string was not so embedded that I couldn’t snip it off with the tiny scissors. I thought DD (ten yrs old) did a great job with these pictures of the "surgery." That’s what I get for letting her play with the camera. 🙂

The robin looked very healthy overall. His eyes were bright and he didn’t look thin or dehydrated. He flew off to another tree as soon as I loosened my grip. DD was disappointed with that because she had found a nice fat worm to feed to him. His leg was hanging down as he flew, but DD saw him sitting in another tree. We are praying he’ll be fine in a day or two. DD was upset about the whole thing, but glad to see the bird was able to fly.

Last year DD20 found a robin in the wading pool. Chilled to the bone. We warmed a towel and got his body temperature back up. He seemed fine after that. DD10 is sure this is the same bird. 😉

“Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.” Matthew 10:29-31

Not only does God care for us, He cares for the sparrows. And the robins. 🙂

~~Rhonda