Please!! i need help!i found a baby bird!?

Question

iabout a week ago i thought it was a starling, but now it has doubled in size! im not quite sure what it is now. im feeding it a handfeeding mixture or purinaone dog food, tums smooth disolve and a hard boilled egg all in one. but thats for starlings, i think its helping but i dont know. its just about fully featherd but cant eat on its own, i think its a crow or black bird.

Answer 1

black? clearly its a bat. i would be careful if i were you!

Answer 2

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bidwiya/201...

does it look more like that??

or does it look ALOT like a bird?

can you send a picture to me?

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because most birds don't get BLACK feathers until they are ready to leave the nest, and what you have said tells me it's not.

intresting

Answer 3

why don't you ring the RSPCB

Answer 4

You should contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitator. They are trained and equipped experts, and the only people who can legally care for native wild birds in North America.

Check this link for worldwide listings:

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/contact....

In the US, rehabilitation is regulated by the Federal government and State DNR (Dept of Natural Resources), or Dept of Fish and Game. Services are free to the public, as all native wild birds are protected by federal law.

There are several sites with listing of rehabbers, although the easiest way to find one is to search Yahoo! or Google for "wildlife rehabilitation + your state (try both full and abbreviated)". Also search on "DNR rehabilitation + your state".

You may be able to find a contact for a nearby rehabber through your local humane society, animal shelter, or police department.

Links are also available on these sites:

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/

http://www.greenpeople.org/sanctuary.htm

http://www.iwrc-online.org/

http://wrcmn.org/public/default.asp

http://www.wildliferehabilitators.com/li...

I hope you realized that you cannot have this bird in your possession.  All native wild birds in the US and Canada are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.  No one is permitted to keep native wild birds as pets.

http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/intrnl...

Answer 5

Could be either, still going after a week sounds like you doing fine keep going.

Answer 6

if it has a grey beak its a rook, if it has a black beak its a crow,if it has a yellow or orange beak its a blackbird if its gota patch of grey on the head its a jackdaw

key:

r=rook: eats soft cooked meat, suet, corn flakes

c=crow: suet ,bread,soft cooked meat.

j=jackdaw: bread ,suet,corn flakes,peanuts.

b=blackbird: apple,worms,bread, and much more!