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Published: 2012-08-22 18:51:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 581; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 5
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*update* after researching last night, I'm thinking SHE, lol, is a female yellow-rumped warbler, myrtle form.Found him unconscious on the sidewalk outside my dr's office. Probably knocked himself out hitting the big glass window. Carried him to a hiding place to recover.
)Some type of sparrow or finch? He had a bit of grayish yellow on his primary feathers.
He was out cold, lying on his back, legs stuck up in the air, when I found him, thought he was dead at first. I decided to move him from the walkway so he didn't get squished (ick) and his legs twitched. Score!
Here's him under a sago palm after I moved him. [link]
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This a juvenile flycatcher, definitely not a YRWA. I don't know where your location is but it could be a Willow Flycatcher. Hope it made out alright. Good thing you were there to help it.
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Thanks. Was flipping through my books and some are so similar I was having a difficult time deciding. YRWA looked to be the closest I could find. It was alive when I left, so hopefully it made it.
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Sure thing. Even my ornithology professor confuses them with warblers when we band birds.
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After comparing pics, doesn't look like a Willow Flycatcher to me. I'm in the Houston area and he was found in an woody atrium area by a business building. Some species are so similar, it's a real challenge to tell them apart sometimes and I haven't run across these too often since we have mainly Mockers, Cardinals, Hummers, Sparrows, Swallows, Killdeer, Scissortails, various waterfowl and raptors in the immediate area. It was a nice change of pace to stumble across something different close to home. But we're in a migratory area, so we never know what we'll see from one year to the next. One year we had a ton of Cedar Waxwings find the berry bushes. LOL!
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Yeah, Texas is the super highway for migrants. Birds tend not to stick with breeding and wintering habitat during migration. They can be everywhere, haha. You can see Bicknell's Thrush, a bird that is rarely seen below 2750ft during the summer, at the beach during this time of year. Groups of Cedar Waxwings are like little insect plagues. Once they find a fruit bearing plant it won't stay that way for long!
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Exactly! And we're about an hour from Galveston, so even better! There's the annual Featherfest in April that has dozens of classes and excursions. Super fun! I've already gotten my young niece and nephew into bird watching where ever we go. And my husband is a convert. I need to get around to upload more of my pics.
LOL, yeah the Waxwings are crazy like that. Strip the bushes in the front of our fire station. Once night a small bird got trapped in one of the big spiderwebs in the ambulance bay. Since I was up late working on a report, I heard the poor little guy struggling to fly with his leg tangled by the web. Kept striking the bay door and floundering until I could scoop him and very carefully cut his legs free. That was delicate work. Too bad I didn't have my camera that night. Afterwards, took him outside, set him on a tree branch and a few minutes later he was off into the night.
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Aw D: Glad you could sve him!
I just had a problem not too long ago with chickadees. My dad left his shrimp pots outside, uncovered and two chickadees got trapped in them.
The only reason I noticed was because I was backing my truck up and saw a lfash of movement. I went over there, and found one of the poor little ones dead, but the other still fighting. I was so happy when I managed to get him out <3
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Sad... but glad you could save a few and prevent more from being harmed.
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Great to see a survivor. The birds that run into my windows never seem to survive. Looks like some kind of warbler-- perhaps a female of a species, but it's rather hard to give you a specific name.
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Researched last night, I'm thinking it's a female myrtle warbler. And yeah, it is great to see survivors. I've actually witness several survivors. I guess my medic vibes are good for birdies.
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Well that's good! Wish the bird full recovery and all
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Very cute! It's always a rare treat to touch a wild bird.
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You are very lucky,dude .This bird is rare .But I found a swift bird last year.I entertained him for a few days then I blew him for .
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Cool finding the swift! Yeah, I know I'm lucky. My husband and I have a 'thing' for finding/interacting with wild animals, especially birds. At one point last summer we had 4 different species nesting in our yard.
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W-what ? Did you find 4 different species ? Waoww this is cool.I usually always find swift.
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Yep, the typical house sparrow (can't get rid of them, lol) barn swallows (which are great and the parents sort of trust us so they don't dive bomb us at the front door), mockingbirds in the back yard and eastern bluebirds (though the male kept attacking the back window) which were a huge treat this spring! Gorgeous! But I never could get a pic cause they're so fast.
I have few other pic of cool bird shots here on DA.
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ok.Bird bomb ? haha good name . I will look other pic now .
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I know, right! I scoped him right up. He didn't fight at all, so he was really out of it.
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Bacislly. Imagine if you ran-10+mph-into a wall headfirst, without any knowledge or understanding that the wall was there. Often birds fly at top speed into windows thinking they're attacking a rival bird. So he smacks and knocks himself out cold. When I touched him, he woke up, but he was obviously dazed and couldn't even stand up. I'm sure he was very dizzy and confused at the very least. Assuming he has no internal injuries (most birds, if they survive the impact, do well) he'll regain his senses after a bit, then fly off. Hopefully he'll remember not to fly at that threatening 'bird' again, lol!
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ok 
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absolutly! As sturdy as they are, they can be quite fragile in the wrong circumstances.
Many animals have this reaction. When I was a kid, my rabbit had a heart attack after dogs got in the back yard and chased him for an hour in the middle of the night. We ran the dogs off, but it was too late. He died in my mom's arms.
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Thanks, it was a long time ago. But yeah it sucked.
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i bet
if that happened to my rabbit I do not know what I would do
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It was bad. I was only about 14 or so, and he was the best rabbit. So smart, he acted like dog most of the time and lived in our backyard under some cut branches my dad got lazy about not throwing out. LOL, by the time dad got around to cleaning up the pile, he'd made his burrow there and spent more time out of his cage then in it.
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how sweet! M y rabbit is confined to his cage at the mo.
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yeah, it was. Unfortunately, if he'd been in his cage like he used to be, he probably would've live that night.
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that is how i felt about my chicken dying :l
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That sucks. I hate it when my pets die.
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me too, we almost lost our bunny a few days ago
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At least he's okay now, right?
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[link] what happened to this guy?
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Last I know, he was with a rehaber, getting ready for release. I'm sure he did fine. Killdeer are mostly independent from birth and just need to be taught how to forage and a have something to cuddle. My husband got him to the rescue center right away and he was still alive a week or so later. Which is a great sign.
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