DAISY: RESCUED IN BAY RIDGE BROOKLYN

DEAR JUDE: My husband Hektor I took our pooch, Scooby, for a walk. It was steaming hot outside. Hektor noticed a small little nestling bird trying to go under a garbage can on the corner of 94^th street and Third Avenue. She was crawling under the garbage, trying to shield herself from the blazing sun; she was too small to survive on her own. There was no nest around that area. We were not going to leave her on the street to die from the sun, cats or a careless human stepping on her. We picked her up, taking her to our apartment. Hektor made a little home for her from a shoebox filling it with soft paper towels, cotton balls. I found Rainbow Wildlife on the Internet, received excellent step by step instructions on how to care for orphaned bird. She needs a lot of protein, which is found in a raw meat, boiled eggs, soft cooked chicken, dog or cat food. She ate Scooby’s canned dog food. Little birds are fed by their mother who puts her bleak down on their throat. We fed her with my tweezers; it is like a bird’s beak. Feeding our little Daisy, she has a fighting chance to survive. We are planning to raise her without taming her. Once she can feed herself and fly with confidence we are taking her down to the park where we will let her free. Alexandra Halidisz