What kind of bird crashed into my window?

[Hack&Lube]

Thanks for the tips, he was delicious.

[Hack&Lube]

Didn't someone else on CP once find an injured bird too and named it something-buzz?

[BlackArcher101]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Didn't someone else on CP once find an injured bird too and named it something-buzz?

4X4

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=75626

[Suzles]

Stunned birds should be put in a dark, quiet box (check after an hour). They will either survive or die. If you are in Calgary there is the Wildlife Rehab place in the NW http://calgarywildlife.org/cwrs/inde...ife-What-To-Do

(I worked for 12 years in a wildlife hospital back in England)

[Dan02]

Our front window is a bird magnet, chick opens up the blinds not 5 minutes later a bird flys head on into it, I couldn't help but laugh because the feathers were stuck to the window. Go outside, not only is there this one bird still moving on the ground, theres 2 other dead ones beside it.

So we grabbed the bird(against my objections) and take it out to the back deck and much to my entertainment the bird bites(beaks???) the chick so she gets all pissed off and just leaves it on the table, I went back out a couple hours later and it was gone, so either happy ending or another animal had a easy meal. win/win no?

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by Suzles

Stunned birds should be put in a dark, quiet box (check after an hour). They will either survive or die. If you are in Calgary there is the Wildlife Rehab place in the NW http://calgarywildlife.org/cwrs/inde...ife-What-To-Do

(I worked for 12 years in a wildlife hospital back in England)

That is the best option. I have also done volunteer work at a Wildlife Rehab facility and I can tell you it is extremely hard to get an adult wild bird to eat in captivity and usually within 48 hrs they are dead.

[Kybosh]

Originally Posted by Dan02

Our front window is a bird magnet, chick opens up the blinds not 5 minutes later a bird flys head on into it, I couldn't help but laugh because the feathers were stuck to the window. Go outside, not only is there this one bird still moving on the ground, theres 2 other dead ones beside it.

So we grabbed the bird(against my objections) and take it out to the back deck and much to my entertainment the bird bites(beaks???) the chick so she gets all pissed off and just leaves it on the table, I went back out a couple hours later and it was gone, so either happy ending or another animal had a easy meal. win/win no?

I know what you're saying, but using the words 'bird' and 'chick' back to back makes it sound really weird. If we use British slang it almost sounded like another woman flew head first into the window.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by BlackArcher101

4X4

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=75626

That thread is exactly why I posted to congratulate you that you had killed a bird. I found that thread hilarious the first time through.

[redforever]

I think maybe it is an Alder Flycatcher. They are in Calgary around the Weaselhead area and other locations.

[redforever]

We have rescued birds in the past. I phoned the Zoo and this is what they told me.

Put the bird in an appropriate sized box, line it with towels, cover it, and put it beside your furnace or some other appliance that will make a small hum.

Leave it there for the day. At dusk, take the bird in the box outside, open it and leave it. If the bird was able to recover, it will fly away.

[Suzles]

Originally Posted by Dan02

Our front window is a bird magnet, chick opens up the blinds not 5 minutes later a bird flys head on into it, I couldn't help but laugh because the feathers were stuck to the window. Go outside, not only is there this one bird still moving on the ground, theres 2 other dead ones beside it.

You can buy translucent stickers to go on your windows - I bought mine from the Wild Bird Food store near MacLeod and Heritage.

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

get some water, some broth, and baby, you got a stew going!

I think I'd like my money back.