Bird Watching: Daily bird pix # 393., 1 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:

Laughing Turtledove. I've got one of these inside at the moment. I saw it yesterday walking with great difficulty and really struggling to fly. I think it had escaped from a hawk that's been hanging around. DH managed to get it today and we've got it in a cage overnight and will review it in the morning. Hopefully its leg isn't broken and just very sore. It briefly got up onto a perch early this evening, which is a good sign, although it didn't remain there very long. It's eating and drinking and there are no other obvious injuries. If it is unable to weight bear tomorrow, I'll take it to the local vets. Fingers crossed, folks.