Baby Birdie Incident (Never a dull moment in TN)

A boy and his dog. (Callie & Andy)

From Lisa in a recent email:
Hi -- I wanted to explain what happened with the baby bird I sent you a picture of. I was on the phone with my mother and our dog, Callie, dropped a baby bird at my feet (unharmed). It was a baby robin - with hardly any feathers and her eyes still unopened. Andy and I took her to a wild animal rescue about 45 minutes away. The robin was chirping the whole way there and Andy was very concerned that she was hungry. He wanted me to stop and get some worms.

He loved the rescue facility - they had squirrels, turtles, possums, and all kinds of birds. The most beautiful one was a giant horned owl. He got to meet the vet in charge and she told him all about how they take care of the rescued animals and that she had a group of baby robins in an incubator that our robin could join. We got there at feeding time so he got to watch two squirrels eat their food.

Now he is playing with a stuffed cardinal toy and pretending he is an animal rescue vet. He is trying to convince Larry (who is trying to take a nap on the couch) to go outside and help him get worms.

The next day I received an update from Lisa: Callie brought us another baby bird last night. The animal rescue was closed, so first we tried putting it in a basket and tying the basket in a tree. At 10:00 last night, Larry heard it peeping like crazy and the parents had not come, so he brought it inside. He named it "Sir Peeps a Lot" and has been feeding it with a dropper all night. Hopefully we can get it to the rescue asap this morning.