Finally, some good news about one of the young birds.
705 Birmingham a/k/a Bink, was a bird I removed from the nest when the hen abandoned the baby in favor of another clutch of eggs. I finished off the handfeeding and weaning. While he wasn't exactly handtame, he was much more human friendly than any of my other young birds.
After missing for a week and a half, I received a call this morning from a man in the Antelope Valley. The man raises Tumblers. Apparently, after flying 55 miles north, Bink saw a pigeon loft and landed. The man said Bink was very friendly, landed on his shoulder, was very thirsty and hungry and ate out of his hand. He called in the band number and called me.
Dana drove to pick him up this afternoon (thank god for Dana!) and Bink is on his way back to the loft. After I observe him for a few days and give him extra vitamins and probiotics, he'll go back in the loft. Also, when the birds fly, I'll keep him confined in the breeding aviary for a week or longer until I can be sure he has the trapping down.
This might be the only good news remaining from the lost babies (the other semi-tame baby was Cairo)
