Spotted a crow, this morning, that had got itself trapped by the wing between the guttering and a pipe on the roof of the local chippy. What was amazing was that other crows were flocking and calling and some of them appeared to be trying to pull it free.
They gave up after a while and left the poor thing to its fate. The chippy owner arrived soon after so I lent them my ladders and they managed to get it free and it fluttered to the ground but obviously could not fly. Quite a crowd had gathered but none of them wanted to try to capture the poor bird. Spoke to the chippy owner who gave me a sturdy cotton apron and I followed after the crow and eventually managed to pick it up. My granddaughter fetched our old cat carrier (last used to house an injured racing pigeon which we managed to reunite with its owner) so I popped it inside and the chippy owner took the bird to the local vet.
All very exciting, just annoyed at myself that I didn't think to get any pictures! :-)
p.s. how does one get local help for these sorts of incidents? The RSPCA weren't interested as they said they were just a shelter. Surely they have numbers to call for assistance.
Very intelligent birds Carrion Crows. I remember seeing one on stage over 60 years ago doing many things in the correct sequence to get a treat to come down a chute. Fortunately such things are no longer appreciated. Was your crow humanely destroyed Jackie?
Just rang the vet and unfortunately the crow had other injuries so was humanely put to sleep. Poor thing. At least it didn't have a long slow death trapped where it was.
Thank you Alan, I am googling now to find other sources of help should something like this happen again.
So sad for the crow and for you, and so glad you tried.
So sorry to hear the Crow didn't survive Jackie but it was very good of you to make the efforts to get it professional help and be so very caring, as you say, the bird did not have an agonising death so you did a great job despite the sad outcome.
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Regards, Hazel