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I was busy reading a city data thread and got scared out of my wits by a large bird flying into our second story window. I just went down to check and it is still alive The bird is looking all over with its head but one little leg looks kind of twisted. Otherwise it looks fine. Birds kind of freak me out so I really don't want to pick the bird up and take it anywhere. Does anyone have any suggestions for what to do about this poor injured bird? Worse of all my 5yo saw the whole event and the bird is lying where all my boys will be able to see it in its terrible suffering I have no clue what type of bird it is but it's the size of a dove but looks hawk like to me.
Last edited by Indigoblue; 11-19-2007 at 01:30 PM..
Thank you for that link The bird problem was taken out of my hands however. As I was busy typing up my post my 5yo yelled, Mommy what is that big bird doing!! And my heart just sank, and there sitting in a little tree overlooking where the injured bird was, was our resident bird of prey. Which my realtor said was a peregrine falcon, but I think must be some type of hawk b/c it has a realy white chest and underbelly. I can't find it in my bird book though. So this massive bird is sitting there all creepily right outside our family room and my 5yo says, "mommy don't let him eat the little bird", which wasn't so little itself. So I rush out there and the hawk/falcon flies away to a nearby tree, but the smaller bird is gone. No signs of a bird feast having happened though (and you should have seen the carnage it left when it age a baby bunny this summer). So now I'm thinking maybe the hawk looking injured bird was actually a baby hawk/falcon and that huge one was mommy/daddy coming to oversee it flying away to safety. I hope that's what happened anyway. The huge hawk/falcon didn't have anything in its mouth and I had JUST been out there so I can't imagine it would have flown off with a meal then come back to hang out
I've seen those huge falcon hawk birds around. We saw one recently and it totally explained the bunny head on our porch when we moved into our apartment. That was such a funny welcome to the area.
A little national geographic episode right in your own backyard.
We had an injured hawk land in our large fenced yard...we didn't know about this forum at the time, and didn't know who to call...so we started making phone calls to various places..one referral led to another and I eventually found someone on 401 who is licensed to take care of birds of prey. However, he wasn't able to pick up the bird right away, and I had to go meet a plane, and he wouldn't come over without me there even though I gave him permission and said I'd leave the gate unlocked, and pleaded... so, I went out there with a towel (like he told me to) and tried to corner the bird...poor thing was exhausted beyond description when he finally stopped trying to escape me. I covered him with the towel, picked him up gently, and placed him in a box that was lined with another towel. And of we went to the wildlife rescue. They told me a few days later that they thought he was going to make it. It was called a Cooper Hawk. Beautiful thing, but smaller than I would have expected. It appears these hawks dive for their prey, and frequently their wings hit things in the process. Crazy birds.
Felt good to be able to help him, tho. I appreciate that other link to the Piedmont Wildlife center - thanks.
Today I was driving through GSK's campus and came over the hill as I saw a deer on the side flailing wildly with slow/stopped cars all around. Someone must have hit it but I didn't see how hard (speed limit is very low so hopefully not hard). Anyway my heart sank as it continued to struggle and flail. Then all of a sudden it seemed to get all four of its legs under it and took off. I hope it wasn't hurt to much...it seemed to be pouncing away just fine.
Deer are crazy like that. I once saw a fawn run right into the side of a car that it easily could have avoided. It was heart rending. I was so mad at that deer for being so stupid! The deer appeared to have broken one of its right front leg but ran off into the woods on the other three. I read later on the interwebs that deer will eventually heal on their own and that dealing with a broken leg is better than the trauma of being captured.
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The bird is looking all over with its head but one little leg looks kind of twisted. Otherwise it looks fine. Birds kind of freak me out so I really don't want to pick the bird up and take it anywhere. Does anyone have any suggestions for what to do about this poor injured bird? Worse of all my 5yo saw the whole event and the bird is lying where all my boys will be able to see it in its terrible suffering 
The bird problem was taken out of my hands however. As I was busy typing up my post my 5yo yelled, Mommy what is that big bird doing!! And my heart just sank, and there sitting in a little tree overlooking where the injured bird was, was our resident bird of prey. Which my realtor said was a peregrine falcon, but I think must be some type of hawk b/c it has a realy white chest and underbelly. I can't find it in my bird book though. So this massive bird is sitting there all creepily right outside our family room and my 5yo says, "mommy don't let him eat the little bird", which wasn't so little itself. So I rush out there and the hawk/falcon flies away to a nearby tree, but the smaller bird is gone. No signs of a bird feast having happened though (and you should have seen the carnage it left when it age a baby bunny this summer). So now I'm thinking maybe the hawk looking injured bird was actually a baby hawk/falcon and that huge one was mommy/daddy coming to oversee it flying away to safety. I hope that's what happened anyway. The huge hawk/falcon didn't have anything in its mouth and I had JUST been out there so I can't imagine it would have flown off with a meal then come back to hang out 
