Pet For A Day

Lindsay found a baby bird on the lawn yesterday morning. Our best guess is that it fell out of it's nest in the Chimney where there has been bird nest found in the past.The bird still had a lot of it's fuzz and just a couple of real feathers. Since, I know that your not suppose to touch baby animals, in case the mom comes back for them, I had her just look at him. But later in the day, I went back outside and she was petting it and carrying it around. She decided it really needed a worm to eat, so she dug it a worm and fed it to the bird. Then she gave it some water and made it a little bath. A little while later she was really worried the baby bird might be cold, so she asked for a blanket for it. She made it's nest in an ice cream bucket. The baby bird stayed nice and warm the rest of the day and I would like to think happily fed as well, since Lindsay alternated him with worms and left over scrambled eggs all day. She was very good at taking care of her pet for a day. He went to bed in his bucket and when we woke up he was gone. We don't really know what happened to him, we have several possibilities, many of which I don't care to think about. But, Lindsay is convinced that he chirped all night until his Mommy and Daddy bird came to take him home to his nest. So, we left it at that. Until she is a little older. Why not let her have happy thoughts, right?