Bird in a Fish trap...
2005-Jul-25, Monday 04:10 pmAfter surveying the ‘cage’ for a few minutes, I realized that the wire frame was rapped in netting. One end was tied together tightly, while the other end had a long bottle-neck like entry way. I asked her what type of trap it was and she said it was used to catch fish. Fishermen would throw the thing in the water, fish swim in one side bute cant figure out how to get back out. The same applied with this little bird.
This little grey brid (must’ve been a Mocking bird) was anything but listless. She had her beak wide open in case we came too close, and she’d fly to the other end of the cage if we came to where she was. So we got her to the ‘bottle neck’ end and untied the rope holding the netting together at the other side. I helped Mom drag the cage off the cauport and then began to open the netting. That bird didn’t wait for me to get it all the way off; she flew out and into the next tree right away!
I mentioned that she was a spry little thing, to which Mom repled,
“You should’ve seen her mate dive-bombing me when I came upon her.”
For some reason, helping the little brid back to her mate made my day. Let’s hope it stays that way.