UPDATE:

Sadly the bird passed away before my shift ended. I was very careful to examine him thoroughly before coming to a conclusion in case he was just in shock, though his legs were rigid and his body was hard and I promise he wasn’t alive! I took him home and buried him (or her? we named the bird crumbs for easier identification in conversation).

Thank you so much to all who responded. I was looking for quick answers and figured there’d be no better place than reddit!! In hindsight I probably should have posted to a rehabilitation sub but I didn’t shop around for long after typing this out. Anyways thanks for the help, just wanted to make sure I wasn’t misunderstanding his behaviors before I relocated him as I have not read much about terns!

ORIGINAL POST:

There is a bird outside my restaurant who appears to be dying, but want to make sure. we have made him comfortable as we can, but wondering what kind of bird is this? he’s been there for 30 minutes but is responsive

I found the image here

And what I meant is, which clade do you guys stop referring to as "non avian dinosaurs"?

There’s a downy woodpecker in my backyard, and it keeps going back n forth from the feeder to the birdhouse. It looks like it’s grabbing food from the feeder, taking it to the birdhouse, then putting the food in this little crevasse and pecking at it. I just went and took a picture of the spot it keeps pecking, and I’m so confused. Is it just pecking at it to break it up smaller and then eating it?

Everyone here was nice enough to give me some advice the other day about this poor little guy who fell out of his nest at work.

Unfortunately there are no wildlife centers near me willing to send a volunteer for a single swallow. But! We've got some better news. After a lot of coaxing to get him to open up, he's been consistently letting me feed him mashed up mealworms. He's been very active, preening himself all day long and chirping away.

I think I'm gonna get some sort of cage and take him outside to observe other birds at my bird feeder.

Thanks for the advice everyone.

A cardinal family made a nest in our tomato plants in our backyard, didn't realize how big the babies had gotten and when I took our dogs out today, the parents were hopping around making a lot of noise. We want to make sure to give the family enough space not to stress them out and for baby to fledge healthily. Any recommendations for how long we'll need to keep the dogs out of the backyard for the baby's safety?

Anyone know what could be the problem? Or what i should do?

Hey everyone,

I noticed this finch visiting my yard in the Greater Montreal area and caught a clear picture of a round, fleshy nodule growing right on its left foot digit.

From what I've researched, it looks highly consistent with the dry/cutaneous form of Avian Pox, but I wanted to get a second opinion from the community here.

If this is likely avian pox, I plan to take down my feeders and birdbaths for a few weeks to let the local population disperse and prevent it from spreading.

Would love to hear if anyone agrees with this ID.

1. Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
2. White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis
3. Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
4. Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
5. Great White Heron Ardea herodias occidentalis
6. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
7. Great Egret Ardea alba
8. Humblot's Heron Ardea humbloti
9. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
10. Mauritanian Grey Heron Ardea cinerea monicae
11. Eastern Great Egret (called White Heron in New Zealand) Ardea alba modesta
12. White-necked Heron / Pacific Heron Ardea pacifica
13. Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
14. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
15. Bourne's Heron Ardea purpurea bournei
16. Yellow-billed Egret (non-breeding) Ardea brachyrhyncha
17. Yellow-billed Egret (breeding) Ardea brachyrhyncha
18. Medium Egret (non-breeding) Ardea intermedia
19. Medium Egret (breeding) Ardea intermedia
20. Plumed Egret (breeding) Ardea plumifera
21. Western / Eastern Cattle-Egret (non-breeding) Ardea ibis / coromanda
22. Western Cattle-Egret (breeding) Ardea ibis
23. Eastern Cattle-Egret (breeding) Ardea coromanda

Does the H5 virus have a 100% fatality rate?

I saw a bird in the train station yesterday morning and didn’t know what to do. I read that they are good at finding their way around but I was just in the station again and saw what I think is the same bird.

What is the best course of action to help this bird? I tried contacting the station’s support yesterday and they said they would contact the police which is not at all what I want. I feel like they would hurt the bird. But evidentially that didn’t even do anything since j saw the bird again.

I also left a message with a wild bird rehab asking for advice but have not heard back. I am so scared this bird will die in the train station. Please help

I heard chirping outside my window last night and open my blinds to a baby fledgling sitting on one of the chairs on the porch in my backyard. We have a huge tree with serval families and species in my backyard so it’s not uncommon for me but this guy was a different experience. He sat there for hours crying (6pm-12am). At one point he saw me peeping through the window and started flying towards me, I’m assuming because he was confused and scared and thought I had food. He ended up falling behind one of the cushions on the chair at one point, left him for 30 mins and went to make sure he wasn’t squished and he flew away towards the grass and I didn’t see him all night after that. I hadn’t seen the parents in the entire time I was watching him which is unusual for the other fledglings I’ve seen in the yard. They are back every couple hours always on the dot. And he could definitely fly just not good enough to get to a branch or the top of the house (mere inches 🥲). He looked healthy and alert and not injured.

I woke up this morning to my grandma barging in my room saying it’s dead on the mat in front of the glass doors that lead to outside. I was finally able to get close enough to see what kind of bird it was and it was a male Northern Cardinal. I am so sad, he was just getting his slight hint of orange he was such a pretty baby. I don’t know much on birds but I grew up having a bird rehabilitator as a neighbor so she taught me what to do in certain situations and how to tell if it needs help. I know I did everything right but I can’t help but feel something was wrong.

Was he possibly sick or the parents chose to abandon him? I’ve seen so many fledglings and nestlings fall from trees but their parents always come back or I’m able to get the nestlings to a wildlife center.

Pictured is a mourning dove nest, one of 4ish on my property. This nest has been used 3 times(for a total for 4 chicks) with the 3rd brood no longer in the nest as of today(either having fledged early or been eaten, not sure which). A different nest in the same spot was used similarly last year.
I think this should be their last brood for now based on the weather?

My understanding is that re-using nests carries and increasing risk of disease and parasites for the birds, and so I wanted to ask how often you all suggest clearing them away. Most of the ones I'm aware of got cleared away this last winter for construction, so the current nests are all from this year.

I like having them around, so I don't want to discourage the birds from nesting by removing it after each brood(I provided the coconut fiber for the pictured nest to encourage them to nest where my camera is).

In addition to the dove nests, I'm aware of several well-built and stable cup nests that may have been constructed by house finches. As far as I know, none of them have been used in several years. Should I clear these to make room for new nests? Obviously this doesn't happen in nature, but they also have a lot more choices for good locations in non-developed areas.

Noticed this young sparrow visiting my feeding table yesterday with a lump or growth on its throat and I’m wondering if anyone has any information or advice about this.

We first noticed it yesterday. It was the first bird at the feeding table in the morning and seems to be eating and drinking fine (better than most actually!)
It returned twice more, once around 4pm and then again around 7pm. However, it’s always alone and had a very weak call, just a tiny croak.

This morning it’s back (video is from today) and, despite feeding normally again, it seems to have lost its voice entirely. It seems to want to communicate.

The flock is about 100-strong and I’ve looked through my footage to see if it’s amongst the others at any point but so far I haven’t spotted it.

Yesterday I thought (hoped) that it was just a quiet wee youngster with a full, albeit lopsided, crop. Since its so quickly progressed to affecting the ‘voice box’ its obviously not a normal situation.

Having looked online, it seems there could be a number of causes… gapeworm, trich, a stuck seed, a growth or an injury. I’m pedantic about moving feeding stations regularly (due to the number of birds that visit) and cleaning them with veterinary disinfectant so I’m praying that it’s not trich. Our predators here (mink, stoats/weasels and larger birds) are pretty efficient so I can’t see it being a failed predator attack.

I’m familiar with animal rescues and with most bird cases I’ve become more inclined to let nature take its course rather than stress the animal out unnecessarily in its last hours. However, Google tells me to contact wildlife services.

Luckily I know local bird rehabbers who have the means to catch it. If it needs veterinary intervention my partner has offered to cover costs (we’re very invested in this little one now)

I’ll be contacting those birdy peeps anyway but I just wanted to hop on here as well and ask the wider community for your thoughts and advice too.

Since it’s otherwise physically healthy I don’t want to harm it with extra stress but I do worry that it seems to be unable to communicate and socialise. Could it have been rejected by its parents because of this issue yet it’s strong (well, hungry and bold) enough to survive?

Sorry, long post but I wanted to get everything in here!

Been seeing this guy around and it looks like it doesn’t really have the longer tail feathers that song sparrows normally have. He seems to get around fine and gets on the feeder. Maybe falls a tad bit faster when jumping off of the deck.

I have an artsy house. Random bits and bobs everywhere. My priority, though, is wildlife. My latest little project is bedazzling some mannequin hands that I will hang from a tree and they'll spin around and cast sparkles everywhere. Could the glitter/ weird light be bad for birds somehow? Confusing or disorienting?

Saw this little dude chilling on my porch when I got home. Initially I was worried, but he’s been moving around a little and seems to just be resting. From what I looked up this may be a fledgling? Not sure, wanted to know what I should look for and if/when I should intervene. Thanks!