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Anonymous
I need to know what kind of bird this is. There's one outside my house chasing squirrels around but it obviously can't fly and I'm a worried about it. I know there isn't really anything I can do but I just saw it trying to climb a tree with its claws and it's breaking my heart. What kind of bird is probably about to be eaten by a cat outside my house?
>> Anonymous
stellar jay

that birds gonna get it
>> Anonymous
if it's old enough to walk around, you can feed it. bugs, worms, crickets, etc, all available at your local pet store.

Put him in a cage on your porch with a nice nest box and he'll grow up fast.
>> Anonymous
>>237267

I think it's illegal to keep migratory birds.
>> Anonymous
That's a really pretty bird but it looks like it makes horrible noises.
>> Anonymous
>>237272
I'm sure it is, but I didn't say KEEP it. I said keep it outside in a cage with a box and feed it. Once it's got adult feathers, it can fly away and be free.
>> Anonymous
>>237320

I don't think it's a baby. It's awfully big. It looks full grown it just can't fly. Or it won't maybe. I don't know. I haven't seen it for a few hours but it seemed ok last time. I've been seeing it for two days now, always on the ground just hopping around. It doesn't even flutter or anything. But it was chasing those squirrels on the ground and it tried to climb the trees after them instead of flying.
>> Anonymous
is it holding its wings funny? one might be broken. try to get a good look at it and see if anything looks off. also, if you don't get any helpful advice from us, you can call the local humane society and ask what to do with it. it might be "nothing" but it's worth a try (they definitely won't come out to get it, so don't worry about them interfering if you decide to go with a solution they wouldn't approve of).
>> Anonymous
>>237323

If you attempt to approach it and it doesn't fly away, it most likely can't. I have seen birds that just choose not to fly unless it's absolutely necessary, so there's a chance it's just playing.
It could have a broken wing or something - in which case one wing will probably be drooping lower than the other. I've read that you have to tend to broken wings quickly, or they'll heal wrong and the bird wont be able to fly at all anymore, so if you suspect this you should probably just try and catch him and take him to the vet.
It could also just be a baby though (many young birds look as big as their parents, so it's easy to mistake it for an adult) and just hasn't learned to fly yet, in which case it should probably be left alone and it'll probably gone in a week or two.
>> Anonymous
It might be a fledgling, if you can catch it, put it on the highest branch you can reach in a nearby tree. It probably doesn't need to be fed, it's parents maybe nearby, to give it food, or other bluejays may feed it.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
Similar thing recently.

Came out of a class at my tafe/college to see a pigeon trying to fly and just getting about a meter off the ground and geting stuck behind shit.

Im not sure exactly what was wrong with it, but upon closer inspection (it basically just let me pick it up, it was fucked) it had a gaping hole in its breast out of which it appeared its stomach contents were hanging.

I snapped its neck and slowly felt its blood stop pumping through its little neck, put the body in the bushes and went to clean my hands.

I felt bad about it, which is odd since pigeons are mostly pests around the area.
>> Anonymous
>>237346

This is what you're supposed to do when you find a fucked up bird. Circle of life motherfuckers, learn to understand that everything dies.
>> Anonymous
>>237357
The OP doesn't know that the bird is injured. It could just be young or even stupid.
>> Anonymous
>>237265
X 3/5
"Steller's Jay" Cyanocitta stelleri
Named after the same guy who named the Steller's sea cow
And OP is probably in the Pacific Northwest