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pigeon saving!

By Alice on Sunday 13th May 2012

i spent a few hours on friday rescuing a pigeon who’d dropped down inside our chimney, and was just above the fireplace in our dining room (jemima’s bedroom) !

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[here he/she is with his/her eyes shut, moments after the great escape]

...it was a rather terrifying experience of flapping and soot and one that required a call to my mum for help!! we armed ourselves with gloves and towels and pulled the fireplace apart and finally got him/her out.

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[beautiful coloured feathers]

After several days in darkness (we think he/she was in there for at least 2 nights) he/she couldn’t quite open his/her eyes in the brightness of the afternoon sun on our lawn. I took him/her a drink of water from a jam jar lid and after a gush of black soot escaped from his/her beak and a nice long drink, his/her eyes opened and off he/she flew! phew!

and here’s today’s project love 365 image…(pigeon inspired)...

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