Baby Starling Gets Rescued!

Posted on Jul 2, 2011 in News & Events | 4 comments

On May 20th the owners of Houston Piano Company, Sue and Steve Merrill, brought in a baby bird that appeared to have fallen out of his nest onto the store parking lot; his eyes were still unopened and he did not have much hair/feathers on his body. The Merrills placed the bird into a paper bowl lined with paper towels. Being the extreme animal lovers that we are, we decided to rush the bird to the Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center on 7007 Katy Rd. (Houston TX, 77024), courtesy of Dave Smith who is one of our sales representatives. The Wildlife Rehabilitation Center gladly took the bird in and informed us that they would give us periodic updates on the bird’s condition.

After the bird was dropped off, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center determined that the bird is a baby starling. They were able to fully rehabilitate the young starling, which is now in a pre-release cage and almost ready to fly on his own!

Here at Houston Piano Company, we are devoted to our community and support any and all efforts to encourage organizations such as the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. We were tremendously impressed about how the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center took the time and the dedication to care for the displaced baby starling as well as to contact us for updates.

The Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is in partnership with the Houston SPCA. Please visit their website at http://wrande.org/ to make a donation and/or to learn more about this organization.