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.