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Post by matt on Jul 9, 2019 19:16:08 GMT
Hi all, been a while since I've been on - still planning next year's upgrades! Just a quicky, but we have an odd situation with a goldfinch fledgling that has turned up on our patio. I know that the advice is always just to leave fledglings, and probably also true in this case but I thought I'd seek the wisdom of the forum anyway. This young chap turned up about two hours ago, not walking brilliantly but I think it might just have been that s/he couldn't grip the patio very well. Anyway it has now gone to sleep, head tucked under wing and is standing about a foot from the door. It has literally been static for two hours with no sign of the parents at all (I didn't even know we had a local goldfinch nest, but we do get quite a few in the garden). Leave well alone? I'm keeping the dog inside for now, and although I doubt he'll kill it he will probably be curious (12 year old collie). Also this kind of assumes that this is a fledgling - seems very fluffy and unsteady - but perhaps not? Is colouring the same for young GFs? If not I suppose it could be a sick older bird. This was how he started - now with head under wing: This close to the door!
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Post by WildlifePaul on Jul 9, 2019 19:45:00 GMT
That is an adult bird Matt, Baby goldfinches don’t have the red in the face for many months after fledging. It’s likely flew into your window and knocked itself out, keep it in a box overnight in your shed it might just be in shock, If still isn’t itself in morning get it to a rescue centre. This is what a fledgling looks like as you can see very different to an adult face wise.
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Post by matt on Jul 9, 2019 20:42:42 GMT
Thanks Paul - that is what I was worried about. No one heard him hit the window, but it does seem the likeliest explanation. S/he is looking very poorly now; still moving but eyes closed. I will put into a box but sadly I don't think it will last the night.
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Post by matt on Jul 9, 2019 21:11:58 GMT
OK well, it is in a box in the shed with an egg cup of water by its side. Fingers crossed for the little chap but I must say I fear the worst.
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Post by WildlifePaul on Jul 10, 2019 9:22:57 GMT
Its happened a few times to me Matt, Sometimes the bird just takes a minute and flies away other times its in shock and needs more time and sometimes they die. Maybe it had a bad knock to the head Hopefully its ok don't feel to bad if it passes away you did all you could I hope its ok though
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Post by matt on Jul 10, 2019 10:44:38 GMT
Thanks Paul. Sadly it had passed away by this morning, which is what I expected really. It must have had quite a whack and - although this is probably too much information - it was actually lying on its side and its head had stuck to the bottom of the carboard box from some sort of wound oozing. I don't think there is anything that could have been done to save it after it hit the window, just hope it didn't suffer too much overnight. Perhaps it would have been kinder to finish the job last night but then again it didn't seem stressed - just very dazed.
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Post by WildlifePaul on Jul 10, 2019 11:35:51 GMT
Aww poor little thing You did all you could Matt, Atleast it was somewhere safe when it passed away.
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Post by twinkle on Jul 25, 2019 13:32:19 GMT
That is sad. We still have a bluetit returning to our box (with camera) each night and out again early morning. It had a holiday of about 10 days when we didn't see it. We had cleaned out the box before it returned. The council will be putting up scaffolding to do work on the building and I don't know if it will stop it coming back.
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