Who would ever guess a little bird could be such a spiritual experience. I found this bird covered in mites and close to death. I began to feed this little fellow meal worms and used an eye dropper to give him water. I bought mite shampoo and rid him of the bugs. Slowly after a few days the little guy started coming around. I put him in a cat carrier and brought him with me where ever (he even attended a funeral) I brought him so he could be fed every couple of hours. After two weeks he became strong. I let him out of his cage so he could leave as soon as he had strength because I knew the martins were leaving Florida soon on migration. Eventually he started hopping on my shoulder and flying to the ground. All of a sudden up he went flying in the sky. He circled the house and my heart dropped....I didn't say good-bye. He flew around the house and flew right back to my shoulder. What a relief. I thought well maybe he is not ready. The next morning he hopped on my shoulder....looked me right in the eyes as if to say Thank you and off he flew.

Who would ever guess a little bird could be such a spiritual experience. I found this bird covered in mites and close to death. I began to feed this little fellow meal worms and used an eye dropper to give him water. I bought mite shampoo and rid him of the bugs. Slowly after a few days the little guy started coming around. I put him in a cat carrier and brought him with me where ever (he even attended a funeral) I brought him so he could be fed every couple of hours. After two weeks he became strong. I let him out of his cage so he could leave as soon as he had strength because I knew the martins were leaving Florida soon on migration. Eventually he started hopping on my shoulder and flying to the ground. All of a sudden up he went flying in the sky. He circled the house and my heart dropped....I didn't say good-bye. He flew around the house and flew right back to my shoulder. What a relief. I thought well maybe he is not ready. The next morning he hopped on my shoulder....looked me right in the eyes as if to say Thank you and off he flew.