An Uninvited guest in office! - A wounded Pigeon
By Sreekala
@Sreekala (34312)
India
August 11, 2017 3:22am CST
Dear friends,
We had a guest in office before sometime and she came without any invitation. I really don’t know how the guest entered inside the office as grilled doors were closed. It first spotted by our sweeper lady in kitchen, she thought that it was a cat ( as it hidden behind the gas cylinder) and she tried to shoo off. On getting closer she said it is not a cat but a pigeon. She succeeded shoo off and it gone out. The sweeper lady expressed concern; a Cat may eat the pigeon. I said as she gone out it can manage some how. After some time I went to backyard to check my mobile and I seen the bird has hidden near a hole. I inspected her closely to know what is wrong with her and why she can’t fly. But on getting near, it runs here and there suddenly I noticed a thread is hanging and attached to one of her wings. I managed to catch that thread then she sat there with fear as she can’t move further. The thread furled in her one wing and I also noticed there is a small wound in her one wing. I unfurled the whole thread with the help of a scissor. I could not do anything to the wound as medicines are not available in handy.
I realized she caught with kite’s thread.
Now children are engaged in kite flying, which is very popular here in this place at the time of Independence celebration. Most of the children are seen on the roof the building for flying kites in the afternoon. They will do this till August 15, the Independence Day.
So the poor pigeon trapped this way and may be on trying to releasing the thread along with kite she got wound on her wings. The threat is made on plastic and cutting the same is not easy.
I felt so bad, children are really enjoying with kites but it becomes a threat to birds.
Is Kite flying is popular in your place along with any celebration? Is it make any threat to the environment in any way?
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12 responses
@Nawsheen (28644)
• Mauritius
13 Aug 17
I feel sorry for this bird. I hope that she is much better now. Very often animals suffer because of the actions of humans. We are continuously polluting the air and destroying the natural habitat of certain animals and some of them are on the verge of extinction. Poor animals.
Anyway have fun for the independence day.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
11 Aug 17
How's the bird now, is it flying again.
Its not yet the season of kite flying in my country. Usually this happen in the month of October and November when its harvesting time to rice plants.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
12 Aug 17
@ilocosboy I am glad that she is safe and regained her flying capacity.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
17 Aug 17
Good to know the bird was able to fly away.Here more than August 15 kite flying takes place during Onam.
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
17 Aug 17
Thankfully Independence celebrations are over dear. I am tired up with my children who were mad on kite flying in the evening. They promised me they will end up on 15. Actually children are still flying kites. I am relieved as they kept their promise.
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@else34 (13517)
• New Delhi, India
11 Aug 17
@Sreekala Obviously the injury was not fatal or serious.A few months back we had the opportunity to treat a similar guest- a kite that had suddenly fallen in front of us in our backyard where I and my friends were gossiping.It had a wound on its leg.My and blood was oozing.My sister applied a paste of "haldi" on its wound.That night it spent in my room.The next morning we set it free and it flew away.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
14 Aug 17
Poor little thing did you manage to get her to someone who can cure her?
Kites here are made with harmful stuff sometimes too.
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@Letranknight2015 (51490)
• Philippines
11 Aug 17
I hope the bird is okay, that was just horrible for the birds experience.
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@peachpurple (13880)
• Malaysia
30 Aug 17
flying kites in the open field, not on the roof top. Pigeons are usually hurt when cats target on them
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