During a Rufford Foundation's assisted project in rural areas. A group of students who embarked on saving a species questions saved a one-legged Pied crow. The crows nests on two big trees in the school. Over a thousand of them. I got the report of the regular sighting of the one legged pied crow, but got a call on effects of rain storm on it. It couldn't fly and just lie down as it couldn't even perched. Fortunately, the Friends of the nature's club members sighted it and they did not waste time in reaching for their club's facilitator (a teacher) who immediately called me as I was busy doing some field ornithological observations with similar club in another school. I advised the students on what to do even before my arrival. For the two days that it was weak and couldn't fly, it was fed with insects and grains. After two days when it was seen that it ate with agility, a significance of good health and hoped around almost joyously, it was taken outside and held in hand as it flew happily flapping its wings with strength and stability. That one-legged Pied crow was saved from eminent death. Thanks to our Conservation Initiative and Rufford Foundation.
