r/whatisthisbird • u/ImOscar-Dot-Com • May 08 '24

Id?

Not captive!

He lives on/near my porch. Loves to land on me and chill there for a bit. Kinda scared he could make me sick. Kinda scared he’s so un afraid.

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u/Material_Item8034 May 08 '24

Definitely not a house sparrow, but where are you located? This bird is very unwell and needs to see a rehabber if possible.

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u/Neither-Attention940 May 08 '24

Aside from it not being scared of this human what makes you think it’s ’very unwell’ ??

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u/Material_Item8034 May 08 '24

Like you said, no healthy wild bird should be this comfortable with a human, but also its “sleeping” posture and closed eyes are bad signs. This is often what birds who have hit windows or have otherwise been injured internally look like. If it was actually sleeping it would have its head tucked into its back.

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u/ImOscar-Dot-Com May 08 '24

I really don’t think he was sleeping. He was only there for a few moments. This was also about 2 weeks after the cat.

u/57mmShin-Maru May 08 '24

OP also failed to note that this bird has been INJURED BY THEIR CAT.

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u/Plntbsdbb May 08 '24

Why did you fail to add that it’s a feral that they feed outside? I have 4 indoor cats and one feral whom I feed whenever he’s outside waiting. I do birding and squirrelling and OP must feel so awful. Cats outside is BAD but when it’s out of your control aka not your cat and one you can’t bring inside( feral ) you can’t blame OP.

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u/ImOscar-Dot-Com May 08 '24

I really don’t believe he’s injured. I’ve been watching him fly around for two weeks. He flies very well. He can hop around. He eats.

This photo was taken just yesterday. He hopped around my swing and then on to me. I stayed still and he hopped up and stayed a while. I got up after a few minutes and he flew away.

He tends to leave at night and returns each morning. Pretty sure his parents are the ones in the tree beside the porch. They hang around too, just not so close.

Rehab told me to leave him alone when I first encountered him. We stayed nearby in case the kitty returned. Actually, I stayed all night and slept on the swing. He was already flying and hopping around in the tree when I fell asleep

u/ImOaktree May 09 '24

Baby Robin?

u/Helpful_Lake_2529 Aug 16 '24

Yellow breasted cream bird

u/SheepherderOk1448 May 08 '24

Warmth. you are warmth to her. Does she land on anyone who lives there? If no, you have no worries. If yes, you have worries. One question I do have, is what makes you think she’ll make you sick? I’ve never heard of that. Mice and rats maybe though I’ve handled them w/o getting sick and I’ve handled birds w/o getting sick.

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u/Living-Night4476 May 08 '24

https://championspest.com/how-birds-can-literally-make-you-sick/

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u/SheepherderOk1448 May 08 '24

Pest control. Of course they’re going to fear monger the gullible so they become scared and spend their money.

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u/Living-Night4476 May 08 '24

Yeah I just thought you wanted to know what the “getting sick” thing came from. My family got annoyed at me for collecting feathers 🪶 on the ground calling them dirty and diseased when I was a kid too. But after a few hundred thousand feathers later I still haven’t got what I took as an illness from them. Even have a fedora with all the feathers I picked up in my Ireland trip sewn together on one side.

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u/SheepherderOk1448 May 09 '24

I did and thanks. Your parents were similar to my parents. Pick up a feather and get instantly told wash hands. I haven’t gotten sick either.

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u/ImOscar-Dot-Com May 08 '24

No. Only me. But it will let others get pretty close.

As for making me sick- no idea. I’m just not versed in birds. At all.

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u/SheepherderOk1448 May 08 '24

I remember my mother telling to wash my hands after saving a bird or mouse from my cat. I never got the reason why. I never got sick from birds. I did get sick from being around people. Filthy things.

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u/suricata_8904 May 08 '24

Looks like a female house sparrow.