Tony Fabris ([info]tfabris) wrote,
@ 2009-05-31 19:20:00
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Corvid in distress
I turned off the sprinklers for my front flowerbeds today and noticed a small corvid standing on the sidewalk, drenched wet. It looked at me with a "Why'd you turn it off?!" expression.

It doesn't have an obvious injury, but is very messed-up looking, as if it's ill or otherwise in some kind of trouble. It's flightless except for short jumps that involve wing flapping; the wings appear to work, it just seems too weak to get air. It gently hops away from me when I try to get close. It won't eat crackers I drop next to it.

Other, much larger corvids are making a lot of noise in the trees above. One was actively swooping down, trying to discourage me from getting close to the distressed bird.

I didn't touch it, and the bird eventually hopped into the neighbor's yard (through a too-small hole in the fence, it was briefly stuck).



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[info]loree
2009-06-01 02:36 am UTC (link)
Not corvid in distress -- corvid getting flight lessons! Unless it's still there in the morning, there's probably not much to worry about.

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[info]gfish
2009-06-01 03:00 am UTC (link)
Yeah, it's the time of year for fledglings to leave the nest. Sometimes they leave a bit too early. The other crows will be watching over it pretty closely.

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[info]braider
2009-06-01 03:50 am UTC (link)
Might it be a baby, still learning to fly?

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[info]slantiness
2009-06-01 06:40 am UTC (link)
It took me way too long into reading this post to figure out that a "corvid" is a bird and not a flower.

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