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Saffron Finch Baby

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Aloha Baby Bird

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Introducing the newest member of our family 💫🏡

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✨“mele mele” ✨

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means “yellow” in Hawaiian💛😍💛

She is a beautiful Saffron Finch Baby.

Most likely, they are mele male’s parents..

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We really tried to give her back to the parents, but couldn’t succeed.

Look how high they make their nest !!! They are very cautious birds comparing those doves, mynas….

(If you have no idea what is the “cappuccino” meaning on the above photo, check this page.)

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Day 0: Rescued + Put her in the box, waiting for her parents to find her….

One sunny day around noon, I found this super fragile newborn baby bird on our driveway.

It was obviously fallen from the nest.

She has barely moved, attacked by many ants. She looked at my eyes, opened her tiny beak as big as possible, and cried as much as possible to me.

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It’s said that “Do not touch wild-birds” kind of things commonly…

I thought about it for a few sec, but what kind of people like me in the world could ignore this???

So I just listened to my instinct,

“Save this weakest creature’s life immediately “

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Actually, a couple of days before this happened,

I and my husband found a dead newborn bird at the same place. It looked like it just hatched or was only one day old… absolutely no feature yet…. So we had a broken heart.

When we found her, we thought this must be the other one from the same nest. Maybe their parents made their nest too small.

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I made a little nest for her, put some leaves and my fluffy sock (if it will help to keep her warm,,,) and put the box as high as possible.

https://videopress.com/v/otiDhNjM?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true
Mum bird checked out once but didn’t come back again.

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I checked the box around sunset time… the baby bird was alone.

I know that I will find her “cold-body” tomorrow morning if I left her there tonight.

I brought her back to my office, put her in a small plastic container, put Kleenex soft tissues as a liner… put a warm-heated pad under the plastic box, and cover it with thin cotton gauze to make sure it will keep warm air for her.

But we still thought,,, probably she can’t survive tonight….🐦

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Day 1: She made it the first night and 24 hours

I wasn’t really sure if she is hurting or suffering….

I was very struggling if I did the right thing…. thought maybe I was just extending her suffering times…

But I found this video from Ms.Lisa Stewart, it really really helped me out.

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I run to the pet food store near me, unfortunately, they didn’t have the baby-bird food that Lisa was feeding her bird but the store lady told me that “Fruits, like papaya..” is the good one.

So I googled it and found out the Banana is good for baby birds for temporary and yes, we have fresh local apple-banana right there in our kitchen!!!

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😍 She wants to live!!!😭😭

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Current family members 😂
New member 😍

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🐦→💫→ 🐤

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Where is she???

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Timeline video of Mele Mele baby bird.

https://videopress.com/v/QzndCduu?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true

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Happy weekend to you,

Aloha 🌈

111 comments

  5. 「メレメレ」ちゃん　心優しいビーチハウスさんの必死の介護で元気になって良かったです。
    私も素晴らしい週末を送れそう。有難う☺

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    1. ありがとうございます🌸
      メレメレちゃんどんどん元気&可愛くなってます🐦
      今朝は頭上に着地され、髪の毛引っ張られました〜😂😱😭

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      1. Beach House🐋さんの献身的な介護に対して、嬉しさの余りでしょうか・・・髪の毛を引っ張るとは(*^_^*)

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    1. Thank you so much for watching the timeline video too 😊🙏🏾🌛💕
      🐦is getting cuter and cuter every day, isn’t she?
      Have a wonderful evening 🌛and happy weekend.
      Aloha 🌟💤🌟

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  10. こんにちは(^^)
    鳥はお世話してくれた人を親だと思うそうですから、メレメレちゃんはこれからもビーチハウスさんにピッタリ寄り添うと思いますよ。これからもさらに元気で大きく育つことを願ってます。

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    1. こんにちは。ありがとうございます🤗
      メレメレちゃん、今朝はわたしの頭上に着地🐦して、
      髪の毛をつまんで、巣でも作る様子の動きをしておりました。。。
      今のところ一応少しは懐かれている様子です。。。😆

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  12. My Gosh i Am Astounded Dear Hawaii FRiEnD

    How Lovely An Example of Humanity You And
    Your Husband Are Taking Care of This Little

    Finch Bird Not Wanted By Its Parents

    12 Days And Counting in your

    Paradise Home With

    Aloha to Every Creature

    From Small Finch to Huge Whales
    Swimming Off Your Heaven Shores

    And It’s True A Little Bird Found Refuge

    in Between Shells on Our Porch my Wife’s

    Fear came True As the Little Bird Did Not Move

    However So Beautiful i Still Took A Picture in His

    Last Resting Place on Our Front Porch in Honor of Him

    Memorializing Him on my Blog Forevernow SMiLes Sadly

    A Human Being Was Still And Comforted in His Last Resting Place
    Today my Wife’s

    Nephew So Young
    Only 31 Years of Age

    It’s True Life Will Be Even Harder
    For A Young Man Here Who Battles Inner
    Demons That No One Can Hear And See Yet Him

    Indeed Life is A Tragic-Comedy In So Many Ways And
    Then There Are Folks Like You All That Bring Hope For

    Humanity’s

    Soul of Giving,
    Sharing, Caring, And
    Yes Healing With Your
    Love of All Nature Real

    First Step Caring For Each
    Other is Healing All of Nature Now With Love..:)

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  14. Wow! What a story! I don’t usually approve interfering with wild life, but this bird got in your way for a reason. ❤️ Nobody else would have taken such good care of her. Say, is Cappuccino thinking: Look, mommy is taking care of my dinner? 🙂

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    1. Thank you 🐦 The time, the place she fell… was right… otherwise… if Peppy or Cappuccino found her while I am home or somewhere else…. or those ants took her..

      haha,,, Cappuccino is so wondering what’s in that room!? But she hasn’t have a chance to look at.🐈

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  15. 可愛いメレメレちゃん😍元気に育って楽しみですねー、成長がとても早くてビックリ😳素敵なお家の様子も見られて、happyです。😆

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    1. おっしゃる通り、急成長しています。
      この鳥種の教授曰く、生まれてから最初の１ヶ月は、人間で言うと１２歳程までの過程出そうで、一日一日、すごいスピードで環境から学んでいくそうです。。。
      そうおっしゃっていただけて、とても嬉しいです。ありがとうございます🙏🤗

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  17. 野鳥は人間の匂いのついた子は見捨てるんだそうです😰
    だから触っちゃいけないと言うのですが😑beach houseさんが助けなければ生きられなかったでしょう🐥
    メレメレちゃんもbeach houseさんも本当によく頑張ったのですね🐥ステキです〜🥰💞

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    1. こんにちは🤗
      私も、全く同じことを聞いていたのですが、今回色々野生の鳥について色々調べると、複数の信頼できる（私の中で）サイト上で、
      “It’s a myth that parent birds will abandon young that have been touched by humans—most birds have a poor sense of smell,…”
      とのことでした。私も初めて知りました！
      参考までに。。。↓

      https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/if-i-handle-a-baby-bird-will-the-parents-abandon-it/

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  19. If your finches are anything like the finches here in SoCal, they can lay up to 5 eggs in the nest. I’m currently watching 5 eggs in a nest a finch made under a plastic feeding pan at my house. I posted a pic awhile back. With 5 in a nest, it can get really crowded as the birds grow. Birds build nests in some not so secure places. Including hummingbirds as I find broken eggs on the ground in some strange places. Good luck with your bird. Btw… finches tend to nest in the same place, year after year.

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    1. Thanks so much for stopping by.
      I will definitely check out your post later🐦

      Hopefully it was an accident but she might not wanted by her parents….
      I studied a little bit about their life and found out their newborn life is very very tough and sad…..

      I will update about my mele mele saffron finch in the future.
      Aloha

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  21. 小さなメレメレちゃんの羽ばたく姿、愛くるしいですね！
    救われた小さな命が、青い空を駆ける姿を楽しみにしています！

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  23. 巣から落ちたヒナを親鳥が面倒をみるのはなかなか難しいものですよね。ひどく警戒します。

    写真だとかなり弱っているのがよくわかります。にしても、アリ、強し。

    ヒナに与えられるバナナがキッチンにあって良かったですね。(*^^*)

    生まれて間もない赤ちゃんは何でもそうですが、保温、給餌、哺育ですよね。
    栄養価の高いサナギの粉(釣りの餌として販売されてます)でも一時的には良かったかもしれません。ただし鳥さんの食性によってはサナギ粉は消化できないかもしれませんけれど。

    日本でも野鳥を勝手に保護してはいけないことになってますが、放っておいたら亡くなってしまうとわかりながら放置なんてできませんよね。これまでに何種類かの、何羽かの鳥を外に返した経験があります。

    大変な数日間を過ごされてお疲れ様でした。
    ミルミルちゃん？黄色い鮮やかな成鳥になるのが楽しみですし、お家にとどまってくれたら嬉しいですね。きっと快適だから自然に戻らずお家で暮らしていくように思います(⑉︎•ᴗ•⑉︎)

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    1. おはようございます。
      ありがとございます。
      最初の数日は、毎朝
      オフィスに様子を見にいくのが怖かったです。
      たまたま、我が家に寝るときにお布団に入れる
      足を温める（用？）温暖パットがあって助かりました🤗😍🙏

      大きくなって、美しい黄色になるのも楽しみですが、
      その時が来たら、きっと、今の赤ちゃんの🤎茶色が懐かしくなるんだろうな〜〜〜〜。。。
      ないものねだり。。。ですね。
      この調子で元気で育ってほしいです🐦

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    1. Yes,I just found out that is just a myth in this time!!! Hopefully many people will know that.
      But she might not wanted by her parents….Baby birds have very severe life, aren’t they?

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  28. Grazie per quello che fate in favore degli animali.
    Noi abbiamo curato l’ala di una pica…e poi ha preso il volo e se ne è andata.
    Ma siamo stati contenti per questo.
    La sua libertà è stata la gioia per noi.

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      3. Si, io le adoro.
        Ma il nostro giardino ospita diversi volatili, da quelli piccoli della zona alle upupe, alle ballerine, la gazza ladra, il picchio….in inverno il pettirosso e spesso abbiamo i pipistrelli.

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      4. I bet your garden is pretty popular for all local birds 😆💕
        I am trying to make a little sanctuary for her in my office. I am looking for nice looking tree for her now, it’s about 150cm tall… not too tall, not too small…

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  29. Gorgeous images and the videos were wonderful to watch. Feeding the baby dove video was so enlightening! I loved the bird on her shoulder at the end.
    Your little bird looked stronger day by day. Here’s hoping it continues to get even stronger – so cute!

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    1. Yes me too. Her video comforts me so much!
      I love her soft spoken way and voice and yes,
      funny parrot 🦜 too 😂
      When I found the bird, I really thought that was a baby dove since there was a dove nest right above… but I watched her video over and over,,, then started to realized that my bird looks something different especially my one opens her peak 🤣😅
      I was like who knows the difference between newborn bird and other newborn bird🤣

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      2. Right??? they looked so similar for me as I don’t get used to see those little creatures…😆😍
        I was like “??? Hey, you are not supposed to open your beak !!!”😂
        I don’t know why, but she started to play with my hair on my head…. so today, I am wearing a bandana just like a classic cleaning lady in my office 😂😆

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  32. So cute 😍💖 I love your videos and pics! I understand your mixed feelings when you rescued the little baby bird, but you did the right thing and happily it got stronger every day 💕 It wants to live, yeah 😃 I am curious how it will learn to fly. The yellow parents look amazing. What a nice color they have. I wish you a lot more happy moments with this tiny baby bird and I wish it may thrive. Mahalo for this beautiful post!

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    1. Aloha, thank you for watching videos and pics 😍💓💓
      Your positive words cheer me up ✨💛🐦
      Actually, she is just learning how to fly. It’s totally out of control yet, so she often fell straight down after hitting the wall or wherever… But getting better and better.
      And funny thing is: she start to land on my head often recently 😂😆 and she started to pick my hair!!!
      I really don’t like it because she often poo 💩anywhere… (so far she hasn’t done it on my head….) So today, I was wearing a bandana just like a classic cleaning lady during my desk work…😂💛🐦
      mahalo for stopping by my page, aloha
      Kawela

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      1. This is so sweet to see 💓 Cute little thing. I love it! Oh dear, I hope she respects your head 😂 and I hope she soon learns to fly. No more hitting the ground etc.😆 Have a good week with your bird and other family 😄 Aloha 🐦🌈🐼🌊

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  34. What a wonderful gift! You are such a kind person to take care of that adorable baby bird! I hope it continues to grow strong and healthy. Thank you for sharing your journey with us. All the best!

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    1. Aloha🦚🌈
      Thank you for your positive and kind message😍
      I really hope so too🐦
      She is so tiny yet but is getting to have personality already 😆
      I will post about her again💕
      Have a great week, aloha
      Kawela👩🏾‍🌾🌈

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  36. ガプチーノちゃん心配ですね🥺
    私は以前腎臓病の猫に自分で2年間皮下点滴して看病した経験があり💉今も病気の猫がいます😿
    結論から言うと療養食やサプリメントは色々試してもどれも食べてくれません😑
    食の細い子に嫌がるものを食べさせるよりは🥣喜んでくれるものをあげた方が良いです😸
    私は以前の猫につらい闘病生活を長引かせたのではないかと後悔していて😓今は少しでも長生きさせようとするよりも😐猫にとって楽しいこと・嬉しいことを増やしてあげられるよう頑張るだけです🙂
    これはそれぞれのご家族の価値観によるので💟何が正解かという問題ではありません💞
    beach houseさんのカプチーノちゃんへの愛情はしっかり伝わっているし😺彼女は幸せだと思いますよ〜😃

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    1. 以前お辛い経験を２年以上されていたのですね。。。今も病気の子が？
      写真からだとわからないけど、さぞご心配でしょう。。
      ご意見が驚くほど、私が今回決心したことと重なって、すごく助かりました！
      診断された夜に決心したことは、
      これから、いかに彼女がストレスフリーで、心地よく過ごせるかってことだけを考えようと思いました。
      だから、通院、クリニック先で点滴、まずいご飯、薬を無理矢理飲まされる。。
      全て彼女にとっては、想像を絶するストレスですものね。。。
      ただでさえ辛いのに。。
      それより、大好物なものを食べさせる。。。
      お水は、いつでも飲めるようにいろんな容器で、いろんな場所に置いておく。。。

      もしその時が来たら、
      すぐ自宅に来て眠らせてくれるドクターのカードも悲しいけど、しっかり持っています。。。
      本当におっしゃる通り、正解はないですよね。
      カプちゃん、チュールは食べなくなっちゃったけど、
      いなばの、マグロの切れ端がそのまま入っているトッピング（？）を美味しそうに食べていたので、すごく救われました😍
      よくおしゃべりするし、ジャンプして膝の上に乗ってこれるし、夜のお散歩にもまだ一緒に来てくれるし、呼ぶと走って来てくれるし。。。。
      BUN 数値的には110 もあるし、ステージ４で最悪で体重も減ってしまったけれど、
      何も知らない人が見るぎりは、きっと病気とは思わない様子ではあります。。。

      zombiekong さんの猫ちゃん、どうぞお大事に。。。

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      1. ありがとうございます😀
        私もbeach houseさんのお考えに全面的に賛成ですよ😊
        通院や治療は猫にとって本当にストレス以外の何物でもありませんでした🙀
        美味しいもの食べて楽しく過ごすのが何より良いことです〜😻
        人間が悲しんだり思いつめるのも猫に伝わりますので😿お互いいつもの生活を続けましょうね😄

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  37. Sweet, feathered angel baby. I hope the will to live is strong, and the darling survives. I appreciate your deep compassion. How can there not be more love for lives of the beautiful and innocent?

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    1. So true 🌸😍🌸🐦
      She is growing, started to have vivid yellow lines the both side of the feathers and around front neck.
      So amazing to see her every day✨ 🤩🙏🏾✨

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  40. A delightful post! A heartwarming story with lovely photos and video. Love your pets. They remind me of the painting “Peacable Kingdom,” in which the lamb lies down by the lamb. Good luck to your baby bird! ❤

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