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Accipiter badius
This juvenile Shikra had injured a wing and a leg when it was rescued. I had to feed it with my own hands for a few days till it recovered fully and flew away by itself.
Scrub forests in the Himalayan foothills.
Spotted on Jul 11, 2015
Submitted on Jun 20, 2022
2 Comments
Sorry for the delayed response.
Yes the egg was intended as food but the shikra was not interested in it at all. I finally fed it raw meat stripped from bones.
The main trouble I faced was that the baby was not eating by itself when given the food. Then someone advised me to try and feed it by hand which was an extremely difficult task. The trick was to cover the eyes with a towel, which immediately calmed it down and it started eating out of my hands 🙂
That is such a feel good story. Can you tell us about the egg...is it food for the shikra???