Weekend Of and For The Birds- Part 5- The End

Hi everyone! This is Part 5 and the end of my story, "Weekend Of and For The Birds." Sorry it took me so long.

This is the update on the robin fledgling who was named Hercules by my next door neighbor Sal, who took him in on the evening of July 11th. Sal had been feeding Hercules worms and berries and by day 4, he was also being fed baby crickets and grasshoppers. Day 5 Hercules knew how to fly and in the early morning of Day 6, Hercules was released. Sal put him in a pine tree next to my driveway because we had seen adult robins and cardinals there. Hercules was having fun flying back and forth, from tree to the roof of the house and the adult robins and cardinals were flying with him too. Yay!

That evening on July 17th, I was on my back porch and you can just imagine how surprised I was to have a bird land on my shoulder. It was Hercules! He was chirping so loud I thought I would go deaf in that ear. He acted like he was starving. I thought that maybe he didn't know how to forage for food. Not good. I got Sal who then took Hercules to the grass and once again, as he had done many times before, showed Hercules how to find worms. Success! After Hercules found 2 worms on his own, he flew away.

The following morning I was on my back porch and Hercules landed on the porch next to me. I was happy to see him but worried that he was too tame and would not survive in the wild. He kept chirping like he was hungry again and I thought it was best for me to go inside so that Hercules would know that he needed to find food on his own. Look at how cute he is. It is amazing to see how much he has grown from July 11th to July 18th.

These photos were taken from inside my house. Hercules wants me to let him.

Look at that cute face!

"Please, let me come in!"

Thankfully, Hercules never did that again to me or Sal. He is a happy adult robin now and he visits me every single night between 8:00-9:00 PM. He doesn't try to sit on my shoulder or next to me on my porch. He just sits in the grass close to my porch and we exchange a few pleasantries, and then he flies away to be with his own kind.

My weekend with my 2 grandsons was filled with up-close and personal experiences with birds of many species, and all ages. It truly was the "Weekend Of and For The Birds."

Thanks for stopping by!

#featheredfriday by @melinda010100

#dailypetphotography by @dpet and @kona

All photos are my own.

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