tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977898960230051213.post7570844683067004081..comments2024-03-29T06:49:38.029-04:00Comments on Cleveland Magazine: Back away from the baby animalKelly Petryszynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00042695970544860968noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977898960230051213.post-74187718809677045452010-05-15T22:55:58.906-04:002010-05-15T22:55:58.906-04:00Great advice! A baby bird hit my bathroom window;...Great advice! A baby bird hit my bathroom window; and I thought it died. The bird laid upside down for awhile, flipped over and sat on the sidewalk fluffed up and breathing very hard for about one hour. Though I was very hysterical and wanted to help it, I remembered about "leaving the bird alone". I might have stressed the bird more by trying to "help it". The bird flew away; and I was very relieved. If the bird stayed another hour, I probably would have tried to take it to LENSC (Lake Erie Nature and Science Center). I'm glad a stray cat did not see it!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02472621478594315060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1977898960230051213.post-19705948496757165212010-05-15T00:29:37.145-04:002010-05-15T00:29:37.145-04:00Good story. I heard the same thing about baby bird...Good story. I heard the same thing about baby birds when I was a kid. (Contaminate it with the human touch and its life is over.) I can't remember if it was my school teacher or my mother that told me such a myth, but this invites the question of how such a myth ever got started in the first place. And now I wonder about baby rabbits, moles, and snakes, which I also recall finding in the yard quite often. Are they also not susceptible to the human "contagion" but feeble is raised by human? Moles and snakes of course have their own built-in "back away" mechanism of being ugly and smelly. But the Easter bunny?Paulbylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17873369140648738933noreply@blogger.com