Native bird in my cage

[ungawa]

There is a full-grown bird in my yard that is a complete idiot. I can't believe it hasn't been eaten by a hawk yet. It comes over to me and won't fly away. And when it does, it won't fly far. It tried to run under the mowing deck of my lawn tractor.

Can I claim this bird and put it in my house? I think all birds except Starlings and one other have some type of federal protection, even though we can hunt many of them as regulated. But I don't know anything about the subject.

[riverpirate]

what kind of bird is it?

[GunLawyer001]

Sounds like someone else has been feeding it, and it thinks you're him. Be a sport, put out some food.

Found a skunk in my cat pen the other week, he had to have forced himself inside (it's a tight fit under the fencing, but inside it's around 5' X 8'). The cat who lives there was not pleased. The skunk was smacking the straw on the ground with one foreleg, which I've determined is how they threaten while facing you.

I lured the cat out, left the door open, the skunk was gone a couple hours later.

I'll take that bird over a skunk any day.

[ungawa]

what kind of bird is it?

It's one of those little ones. Not the ones with the markings on the head. Looks more like a tiny little hawk without the good stuff. Sorry, can't help.

Sounds like someone else has been feeding it, and it thinks you're him. Be a sport, put out some food.

He eats insects just fine. He's pretty fast. Plus, that would be like setting up a kill zone. This bird is going to be eaten by the locals within hours LOL.

[PisnNapalm]

Post a picture of the bird please. I'm curious.

[riverpirate]

id say let him be. he might be a good yard buddy and may just survive on his own

[ungawa]

Post a picture of the bird please. I'm curious.

I just went out and looked around and can't find him. He's been here since yesterday. But I just put my camera in my cargo pocket and if I see him then getting a pic will not be a problem.

[Brick]

Oddly enough I have noticed the partridges (ruffed grouse) seem unusually stupid this year. I've seen a number of them standing in the travel lane of the road and not moving as traffic (ranging from my own little Subaru to ten-wheel dump trucks) bear down on them. Maybe it's catching?

[Dredly]

He thinks you have food.

Up in Maine we feed the Canadian jays, they will eat right out of your hand, 0 free of humans because they see them so rarely.

[ungawa]

I don't think he thinks anything. A lawn tractor is a loud, terrible thing. He doesn't move much. I waved my gloves within a few inches of him and he would hop or sometimes fly a bit. He won't get out of my way. But when a bug came off my lawn he shot up and struck it down. It acts like a baby bird but it's not. He's hawk food.