fieldguideHouse FinchesSeptember 17, 2008
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Photo taken near North Edmonton (Edmonton, Alberta)

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user kittyhawk, Sep 17 2008
Poor little one! We'll keeping hoping it continues to improve at the "MacGregor Clinic".
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user Rangifer, Sep 19 2008
How is the patient doing?
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user jim macgregor, Sep 19 2008
update#1 -this little freeloader is classified as "Messy", in fact I've just decided to call him or her- "M"! Every night, I have to clean the cage! "M" picked up my little sleeping nest and spread it all over the cage! HA! Also spreads 4 seed choices on top of everything else and finishes off pooping everywhere! -general health seems fine, although I'm a little concerned about the left wing; it's being held a shade off center but flaps about the same as the other; "M" is able to jump/ flap from perch to perch; plan to flight test tomorrow and if that doesn't work, will probably have to take into the Rehabilitation Center. :o))
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user jim macgregor, Sep 20 2008
update #2 - "M" failed the in- house flight test, although was able to get around well on foot with some flapping; took to Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in South Edmonton and apparently, window whackers quite often will break a clavicle; sometimes with rest it will heal and the bird is able to fly again; they give the patient a case # so that you can check on the progress; after full recovery, if you wish,they will also allow you to release the bird where it was found.
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user TawnyOwl15, Sep 20 2008
Well congratulations Jim! It sounds like you did a great job with the finch! I had a Swamp Sparrow that got a neurological disease, and I put him through a variety of tests, which he failed. I finally had to take him into a rehab center, where they put him down. Since sparrows are seed eaters, and there are lots of "lawn care freaks" where I live, I think that the seeds he ate from the lawns were sprayed with chemicals. It's unfortunate, but it happens.
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user jim macgregor, Sep 23 2008
final update #3- my wife checked on "M" this morning at the Rehab Center and the little one didn't make it through Sunday night. :o((
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user TawnyOwl15, Sep 23 2008
Well I'm sorry to hear that! It certainly does happen in nature. The ones that I've brought in haven't made it. I had a Mourning Dove that broke it's leg, and then on the way in to the rehab center it broke it's neck. Very sad, but again, it happens.
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