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Family cares for wild bird, nursing it back to health

Family cares for wild bird, nursing it back to health
PRIORITY IN SEPTEMBER. YOU KNOW, THERE’S AN OLD PROVERB. MAYBE YOU’VE HEARD OF IT. IF YOU LOVE SOMETHING, LET IT GO. AND IF IT COMES BACK, IT’S YOURS. IF IT DOESN’T, IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE. WELL, THAT’S THE STORY OF A GREENWOOD FAMILY YOU’RE ABOUT TO MEET. AND A BIRD THEY NAMED BLUEY. MEET BLUEY. THE BIRD. THE NAME CAME FROM HIS FEATHERS. BLUEY WAS ONCE AN ABANDONED LITTLE BIRD THAT’S BECOME THE GREENWOOD FAMILY’S NEW FRIEND. MY BOYS WERE OUTSIDE PLAYING BASEBALL, AND THEY FOUND THIS LITTLE BIRD ON THE GROUND. WE JUST LEFT IT ALONE FOR A COUPLE HOURS, HOPING THE MOM WOULD COME AND FIND IT. BUT TATUM SAYS MOM NEVER CAME. SO THE WILLIAMS FAMILY DECIDED TO TAKE IT IN, FEED IT, AND NURSE IT BACK TO HEALTH BY SHOWING IT SOME TENDER, LOVING CARE. WE GOOGLED AND WE FOUND THAT THEY LIKE SOGGY DOG FOOD AS BABIES. AND SO HE’S ON SOGGY DOG FOODS AND HE’S BEEN INTRODUCED TO BIRD. WE KEPT IT IN THE HOUSE FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND THEN IT STARTED FLYING. SO WE DECIDED WE NEEDED TO PUT IT OUTSIDE, BUT NOT BEFORE THEY GAVE IT A NAME. SINCE HE’S A BLUE JAY, HE NEEDED A NAME THAT START WITH LIKE BLUE. SO THAT’S WHY WE CAME UP WITH THE NAME BLUEY. THEY LOVE BLUEY, BUT THEY KNEW THEY HAD TO LET HIM GO BACK TO HIS NATURAL HOME IN THE TREES AND SKIES ABOVE, EXPECTING TO NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN. BUT BLUEY HAD OTHER PLANS. HE IS PRIMARILY OUTSIDE, BUT HE COMES DOWN 4 OR 5 TIMES A DAY TO GET A SNACK. IT’S BEEN A MONTH SINCE THE WILLIAMS FAMILY FOUND BLUEY AND HE’S NEVER SKIPPED A VISIT. MAYBE IT’S FOR THE FOOD, BUT AFTER THE TLC, THIS FAMILY SHOWED LITTLE BLUEY. IT COULD BE SOMETHING JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. HE’S GENTLE, SO YOU HAVE TO BE GENTLE WHEN YOU PET HIM. AND ALSO Y
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Family cares for wild bird, nursing it back to health
Meet “Bluey” the bird, whose name came from his feathers. Bluey was once an abandoned little bird that’s become a family’s new friend."My boys were outside playing baseball, and they found this little bird on the ground. And we just left it alone for a couple of hours hoping the mom would come and find it," said Tatum Williams.But Tatum said the bird's mother never came. So, the Williams family decided to take it in, feed it and nurse it back to health by showing it some tender, loving care."We googled, and we found that they like soggy dog food as babies, and he’s been introduced to bird seed," said Tatum. "We kept it in the house for a little while, and then it started flying so we decided to put it outside."But not before they gave it a name."Since he’s a blue jay, he needed a name that started with, like, blue — so that’s why we came up with the name Bluey," said Jakobien, who found the bird.The Williams' loved Bluey, but they knew they had to let him go back to his natural home in the trees and skies above. Bluey, however, had other plans."He is primarily outside, but he comes home four or five times a day to get a snack," said Tatum.Maybe it’s for the food. But after the love this family showed little Bluey, it could be something just a little bit more."He’s gentle, so you have to be gentle when you pet him, and also, you can hold him, but he’ll fly off out of your hand," said Jakobien.

Meet “Bluey” the bird, whose name came from his feathers. Bluey was once an abandoned little bird that’s become a family’s new friend.

"My boys were outside playing baseball, and they found this little bird on the ground. And we just left it alone for a couple of hours hoping the mom would come and find it," said Tatum Williams.

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But Tatum said the bird's mother never came. So, the Williams family decided to take it in, feed it and nurse it back to health by showing it some tender, loving care.

"We googled, and we found that they like soggy dog food as babies, and he’s been introduced to bird seed," said Tatum. "We kept it in the house for a little while, and then it started flying so we decided to put it outside."

But not before they gave it a name.

"Since he’s a blue jay, he needed a name that started with, like, blue — so that’s why we came up with the name Bluey," said Jakobien, who found the bird.

The Williams' loved Bluey, but they knew they had to let him go back to his natural home in the trees and skies above. Bluey, however, had other plans.

"He is primarily outside, but he comes home four or five times a day to get a snack," said Tatum.

Maybe it’s for the food. But after the love this family showed little Bluey, it could be something just a little bit more.

"He’s gentle, so you have to be gentle when you pet him, and also, you can hold him, but he’ll fly off out of your hand," said Jakobien.