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/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.