Yesterday while trying to get some sleep I heard a loud ‘ding’ sound on one of the downstairs windows, immediately afterwards, my daughters were calling for me, telling me a bird had just crashed into the glass and he wasn’t moving.
I wasn’t certain if this bird was a juvenile or an adult, but I believe (please correct me if I am wrong) this is an American Goldfinch in its winter plumage.
This bird was extremely calm the entire time I carefully picked him up and placed him in my hands, he latched onto my finger and stayed there as my daughters brought me the bird-cage from the shed, we placed him inside on a cloth, brought him in the house to let him get warm, and placed it by the window so it could see its family waiting in the tree.
I would have never even touched him in the first place but there is a serious threat of a hawk which visits the area daily, so I figured I had to intervene a bit.
After an hour or so, the bird seemed alert, but still very calm, I brought the cage outside and set him in the sun to keep warm, removing the top of the cage he was free to fly away.
My wife and daughters checked the cage not long after and this bird was gone, not under the shed, the bushes, but we feel that this bird has flown!
Then as usual I thought of the greatest band in the world and the Beatles song below popped into my head. lol
This Bird Has Flown (Norwegian Wood)
wery, wery, wery nice….
what a cutie…very nice and sharp pics!
Thanks, G. My daughter took those while I played Doctor Doolittle. lol
Glad you could help. We had a tui smack into our window once. He also was too groggy to leave to the mercy of the local cats so we put him in a neighbours aviary for the night. In the morning he was happy and able to fly away. We’ve also had low-flying wood pigeons with the same problem. They are often too fat from feeding to take off from low down so they have had thrown up to give them a helping hand.
I was going to ‘toss’ this guy up to help him fly, but thought against it. He was a cool little bird, seemed very comfortable hanging out with us, was glad it flew away. I’ve been watching the feeder to see if he comes back.
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Reminds me of when I was a child and saved a little bird on Christmas day
I had a similar experience with a chickadee. He looked lifeless as I picked him up and he lay in the palm of my hand. Then he staggered to his little feet and just sat there and wobbled. I put him somewhere safe but outside and open and when we checked, this bird too had flown. Grafitfying.
Awesome. I had a chickadee fly into my shed last year and started sticking sunflower seeds into the chain of my bike. Lol. Stashing them for the future, problem was, he doesn’t have a key to get in! I heard they can be trained to land in ones hand and feed from there.