Today, I found a bird that had fallen from its nest, so I made a new nest for it in a shoebox and put it as close to the old one as possible. When I checked back on it later, all I found was a chewed-up corpse. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today I bought a new cage, along with some toys, for my bird. I came home to find my bird had escaped its old cage. FML
Today, I saved a baby bird from the site I work on. It was the runt and did not have any feathers and was neglected by the mother. I took care of it all day at work and planned on taking it to a wildlife reserve after work. Two minutes away from the reserve, we hit a pothole and I dropped it. It died. FML
Today, I discovered the source of the vile stench in my room. My daughter had "saved" a bird from our cat and put it in a box under my bed, hoping to nurse it back to health. She forgot about it, leaving the corpse rotting in there for who knows how long. FML
Today, I found the eggshells from the nest belonging to the little bird that lives outside my house. They were covered in blood and it was quite obvious that they had been eaten. While I was looking at them, the mother bird came over and attacked me. FML
Today, I was caring for a bird that had flown into my window. I thought the poor thing wouldn't make it, when it shit in my hand, flew into my neck, then around my living room for ages before I could manage to get it out of the window. FML
Today, I found a tiny, featherless baby bird. I knew it was impossible, but I tried to keep it alive through the day. Before I could get it to the wildlife center, it died, and when I got all choked up over it, my mom started laughing at me and saying how "weak" I was. FML
Today, I found my missing shoe. It hit me as it fell out the tree in our front yard. FML
Today, I saved a bird from being run over as it lay in the middle of the road. Thinking it had a broken wing or something, I started carrying it home, intending to take it to the vet later. It crapped in my hand and flew away. FML
Today, I put my good shoes out the window and on the roof to dry out because they were sopping wet. When I went to check them later on, they were still wet. And soaked in bird poop. FML
Today, I came home to find that my sweet kitten had gotten out and dragged a bird inside, where he ripped it to shreds. I found the bird's head in my underwear drawer. FML
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thanks, your FML was submitted, and will appear in the moderation queue soon!
Top comments
Pleonasm 36
You basically served it up on a platter.
JasonUMN 15
Nature has a weird way of governing the world.
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (41)
ztress 10
Did u not put a lid on it???? Idiot
itsjusttofunny 8
well, I guess you just got a baby bird killed with your inability to mind your own business. I'm guessing you didn't know that the mother would devour the baby if it had your scent on it?
rocker_chick23 27
I guess you're too stupid to read the other comments. You would have learned that the mother won't reject the baby if a human touches it. That is an old wives tale that was made up to keep children from touching baby animals that might carry germs and diseases.
itsjusttofunny 8
I guess your too stupid to realize that just because someone said it's true, doesn't make it true. lighten up and quit being a member of the herd.
itsjusttofunny 8
and btw, it's true. I've witnessed it with my own eyes. they WILL kill their own offspring if humans touch it.
rocker_chick23 27
http://m.livescience.com/33620-baby-bird-touch-mother-abandon.html Read it, dumbass. I also dare you to research it yourself. I have rescued house wrens and put them back, parents never killed them.
itsanillusi0n 3
Why is it that something morbid is always happening to birds?
katylove420 2
When a mama bird smells people on its baby it kills it you killed the bird by touching it
iluvpeanutbutter 22
Geez, read the other comments before spouting something that is completely untrue!
rocker_chick23 27
Here you go, dumbass. Learn something. http://m.livescience.com/33620-baby-bird-touch-mother-abandon.html
rocker_chick23 27
This is for all the idiots who still believe a mother bird will kill or abandon a chick if a human touches it. http://m.livescience.com/33620-baby-bird-touch-mother-abandon.html
blackonblight 33
Chances are it hadn't fallen but got pushed out by its siblings, as the weakest in the nest, and wasn't likely to live anyway.
amisenho 11
Something similar happened to me last week. I noticed some house finches that decided to make a nest in the wreath on my front door. They built the nest on an awkward bouquet of plastic flowers (instead of within the hole of the wreath, where birds in the past have usually nested), and I was worried the nest was going to fall at some point. Sure enough, the nest eventually collapsed into a pile of pine needles on the porch, and the three babies fell out. Had the nest been intact, I would've replaced them, but I did some research on how to replace a fallen nest and ended up making a nest out of an old purse and a feather boa. They were fine when I checked on them the next morning, but, once I returned from work, I found the nest empty, along with a pile of feathers and a few splotches of blood on the porch. Based on the evidence, at least one of them died, but I have yet to see the other two anywhere in the front yard or chirping from the nearby trees. Luckily, the same couple has decided to build another nest in the hanging ferns I put up just two days ago. Even if this particular clutch failed, don't weep for the parents; chances are, they're going to be nesting a few more times, anyway. Many bird species nest more than once in a given season, so they'll be fine.
PuppiesKisses 19
When a baby bird has the smell of humans on it the parents will reject it. Should have take it to the animal shelter; they have experts and volunteers who will nurse the baby. My aunt is one of those people. Unfortunately my uncle contracted an extremely rare lung disease from her birds and will be dead soon. Just don't **** with wild animals.
kenyrabit 25
IT'S THE CIRCLE.. THE CIRCLE OF LIFE
coryhtodd 5
After touching the bird you leave your sent on it so the mother will no longer care for it, you meant to do a good thing but you basically killed the bird op...it was sweet you tried to help though, the circle of life can be brutal.