Linda S
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Hey everyone.
Do coal tits imprint on humans?
I live in an area with lots of cats so when I found a very small bird on the ground in my garden I put it up high under some honey suckle where I had a small wall pot (random). No parents visible. It was chirping all day long. Kept an eye on it but he decided to jump from the pot. When I went outside he quickly waddle towards me with its beak open wide (omg it was just the sweetest thing! My heart melted) anyway cats heard him and were laying in wait. Brought him in and fed crushed mealworm moistened with mineral water which he chomped down. He had no fear of me and fed from an artist paint brush. I've had him a few days now and in that time his yellow baby beak seems to have changed. His poop is regular formed and silky moist. He is preening now and today he slept on a perch. The thing is he only seems to come alive when I'm near. I put him in a cardboard box but he wouldn't move. But when he sees me he chirps away. Like to perch on my fingers and nestles and sleeps in my sweatshirt tied around my shoulders. He's come on loads. I give him hourly flying lessons in the garden. He can't fly far at all yet. I'm hoping he will gain strength in his wings daily but he seems to like to be near me. I spend most of the day outside so he can other birds coming and going and today he started to chirp outside flying to and from me. I hope I haven't made things difficult for him but his chance of survival was better with me than without.
Do coal tits imprint on humans?
I live in an area with lots of cats so when I found a very small bird on the ground in my garden I put it up high under some honey suckle where I had a small wall pot (random). No parents visible. It was chirping all day long. Kept an eye on it but he decided to jump from the pot. When I went outside he quickly waddle towards me with its beak open wide (omg it was just the sweetest thing! My heart melted) anyway cats heard him and were laying in wait. Brought him in and fed crushed mealworm moistened with mineral water which he chomped down. He had no fear of me and fed from an artist paint brush. I've had him a few days now and in that time his yellow baby beak seems to have changed. His poop is regular formed and silky moist. He is preening now and today he slept on a perch. The thing is he only seems to come alive when I'm near. I put him in a cardboard box but he wouldn't move. But when he sees me he chirps away. Like to perch on my fingers and nestles and sleeps in my sweatshirt tied around my shoulders. He's come on loads. I give him hourly flying lessons in the garden. He can't fly far at all yet. I'm hoping he will gain strength in his wings daily but he seems to like to be near me. I spend most of the day outside so he can other birds coming and going and today he started to chirp outside flying to and from me. I hope I haven't made things difficult for him but his chance of survival was better with me than without.
