Cookie rescue!!

When I came home today I got a surprise...we have a new family member!

This little bird must have fallen out of a nest, and the girls stumbled upon him in the backyard. Gregg searched high and low, but could not find a nest anywhere. So now we have little rescue chick called Cookie, and we hope we can help him survive, although he is a tiny little thing.

The girls have made him a little warm nesting box and have enlisted everyone to make a nutritious food mix:

- mamma was sent outside to collect ants

- they asked our neighbour Jess to provide worms from her compost

- and they have enlisted pappa to grind seeds into a paste and smash the ants and worms into the paste for extra nutrition! We Googled what baby birds eat, but because we don't know what type of bird it is, we are not quite sure, however all bird types eat insects, hence we added them to mix.

Gregg is feeding him with a dropper, and he is one hungry little fella', so we will see how he goes. Fingers crossed!

Elliot has listed today events in her diary:

Pets by Elliot

Pets are animals that are cute and cuddly. We have 7 pets. They are called cookie, which is new to the family. We have Budgie, and Samba, and Rascal, and Fritz and Olive. And Douglas. We love them all. They are all so cute. And when we were out in the garden and we found a bird, I took him inside and kept him warm. And when we got Budgie we were at Kindy. And a bird landed on my head. I freaked out. When we got Olive he was smaller than he is now. 

And that's the end of the story so far.