How A Kauai Java Sparrow Became Mr. Baby Snuggles - Honolulu Civil Beat
The orphaned bird found a home with an animal-loving couple on the North Shore. Reading time: 6 minutes.
KAUAPEA BEACH, Kauai Carol Dumeyer’s husband, Dave Brune, had gone down the hill from the couple’s home near this iconic beach known locally as Secrets one day in early spring when he noticed a small, dark object on the ground.
On closer inspection, the object moved, so Brune picked it up and discovered it was the tiniest of baby birds. He assumed it had fallen from a nest in the tree above, but no nest was immediately visible.