Startling

Picked up a young Starling near to the allotments  that was wondering around the foot-path (pointless leaving it as it would soon be taken by one of the many cats.) It’s responded to it’s parents – and no other Starlings – on a couple of occasions when they flew over with food but despite extensive searching I could not find the nest (I lost the adult birds as they flew into the estate.) Fearing it would soon perish I took it home and put it in a cage where it fed and drunk water. Then remarkably, Tom noticed the parents going trying to get to it. We moved away and they began feeding it through the cage. All looked very promising but then after about an hour they stopped coming and the bird refused to feed itself or be given food. I brought it in early evening to keep it warm but it unfortunately died overnight.