On two seperate occasions wild birds have voluntarily perched on my finger
One was a blue tit who was probably just interested in the crunchy nut cornflakes in my hand.

The other, however, was a sparrow who was flapping about in the bookshop I worked. I tried to get her to fly towards the doors, it worked for a while but then she landed on a bookshelf. I put my hand beside her to get her to fly, but she just got on my finger and let my carry her outside like that.

Annoyingly, noone saw this but me, but it was so very magical to have a creature like that trust me :D
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 9 Aug 2010, 19:29, 14 replies)

POIDH??

( Sallyrsm, Mon 9 Aug 2010, 19:34, closed)

it's true
but I didn't have the time, camera or wits to get a photo, I was too busy being charmed
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 9 Aug 2010, 19:40, closed)

never try to grab their feet
they'll peck the fuck out of your hand
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 9 Aug 2010, 19:42, closed)

I'd do the same to you
if you grabbed at my feet!
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 9 Aug 2010, 19:46, closed)

i learned the hard way
aged 7, with trafalgar square pigeons :(
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 9 Aug 2010, 19:56, closed)

Squirrels...
along Princes Street gardens are pretty keen for a rummage in your hand if you have a handful of fresh peanuts.
(tinypod will never learn. Ever., Mon 9 Aug 2010, 19:42, closed)

"Good morning Louis!"

(Good old boy just like yer grandma!, Mon 9 Aug 2010, 23:17, closed)

eh?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 18:40, closed)

Earlier this year I rescued a little bat that had fallen into the road
it was really sweet, it hugged my finger (it was really quite small). Later I googled to see if I did the right thing. Apparently you shouldnt pick them up with bare hands as they can have rabies.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 9:27, closed)

if they are cute
it's worth getting rabies from

works with men and bats
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 18:41, closed)

A tit in the hand is worth two hands in the bush.

Or something.
(Scritty Bakerman., Tue 10 Aug 2010, 10:24, closed)

I thought it was
"One in Kate Bush is worth ten in the hand"
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Tue 10 Aug 2010, 11:25, closed)

Certainly true
I saw my sister do it in a barn. Watched the nesting swallows for ages, held out her hand and one landed on it. I even got to stroke the swallow before it flew off. A real St Francis moment, ironically as my sis can be a bit of a dragon!
(GooGoo, Wed 11 Aug 2010, 13:07, closed)

That happened to me once
And a bunch of singing rabbits turned up at the windows to watch.
It was horrible, rabbits really can't carry a tune.
( Dervel OTBC, Thu 12 Aug 2010, 12:13, closed)