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Woman rescued this abandoned hatchling and one year on its transformation is astonishing
The day was pretty uneventful until the object on the ground caught her eye
Wondering what the strange item was. She moved closer for a better
Look, it turned out to be a bird's egg, but surprisingly as the woman held it in her hand. It was moving in
June of 2015 Susan Hickman uploaded a video to YouTube
Detailing how a new chapter in her life had started in the captions accompanying the footage
She recounted how a year earlier she'd found something. Very precious on the floor. That object was an egg
The little AG had been isolated from its nest and the mother was nowhere to be seen and not only was there
No way Hickman could know where the egg came from but it also looked damaged indeed
The shell was cracked which suggested that the egg had struck the ground with quite an impact
Naturally curious about the egg Hickman picked it up to examine it closer and then she received quite a surprise
Wherever the egg had come from the chick inside had remarkably survived the journey
Yes inside the shell there was still some movement and then something amazing happened
Suddenly before Hickman's eyes a baby bird began to hatch from the little cracked egg
She subsequently found herself holding a tiny newborn that would be expecting his mother's attention. The hatchling was a long way from home
however, and all alone in the world
alone that is except for the humans staring down at him with a mixture of surprise and wonder
Hickman's first instinct was to return the baby to his nest but she didn't know where he'd come from
So under the circumstances she decided that there was only one option
Hickman's text commentary on the rescue video described her thought process I could not would not just leave him there to die
She explained so she decided that the best way to give the chick of fighting chance was to take him home with her
Hickman doesn't mention any past experience raising baby birds, but nonetheless her actions probably saved the hatchling indeed
She knew that it was essential to keep the baby warm
Just minutes after he emerged I had him nice and cozy in a makeshift incubator. She wrote
Yet despite her limited experience Hickman did know people who were well practiced at rehabilitating wild birds
The news that they delivered wasn't good
However, the chicks chances of survival away from the nest were apparently low and so they told Hickman not to get her hopes up
Despite the odds though. Hickman couldn't be dissuaded and was determined to try her best for the Ashleigh
What's more when she woke up the following morning? The baby bird was still alive?
So she decided to give him a name from that moment on the chick was called Claire
Hickman quickly found out that raising a newborn baby bird was not easy in the video
She explained how feeding was very frequent indeed
For the first two weeks of his life clinger had to be fed every 30 minutes from sunup to sundown she wrote
Indeed. He had quite an appetite for a little hatchling and Hickman said that he never missed a meal
Moreover in time under his foster. Mommy's care and attention
Klinger became bigger and fluffier, so it wasn't long before he started looking more bird-like
In fact a Hickman's joy. He soon started to grow his feathers in at that age though
It would still have been almost impossible to know what species of bird clinger is at a glance
It's likely then that his foster mom was looking forward to finding out this important information
Raising the bird must have been an amazing experience for hikmah and a half the more clinger eight the more he grew
Then one day Klinger opened his eyes for the first time and looked at the woman. He saw as his mommy
Hickman had looked after him well, but he would soon become self-dependent the more feathers
he grew the more he looked like a full-grown bird and
In due course, he was eating on his own and even learning how to fly
His species became more obvious Klinger was a Starling
When he was old enough to look after himself
Hickman was going to release clinger into the wild. However, something that she wasn't initially aware of changed her plans
Klinger had already imprinted on Hickman and he consequently thought of her as his mommy as a result
He identified with humans more than he did with other birds
That meant he was unable to learn the survival skills that he needed to live in the wild
Consequently clinger would most likely die if he was released
Klinger now spends his days being showered with love and attention by his foster body
Indeed. He's discovered a love of bathing in a little dish that Hickman places over the sink strain
He has bands throughout the day and also loves to play with toys
Amazingly clinger has also even learned how to talk. Well, he can manage a few garbled words at English at least
Clear would not be able to return to the wild but if Hickman hadn't rescued him the Starling would almost certainly have died
Now Oliver he has a great life and a loving home with his adopted mommy. And what's more in Hickman's words?
His story is just beginning