Several weeks ago I noticed a bird on the bird feeder that didn’t fly away when I went outside. On closer inspection, it appeared that the bird was blind, either due to natural causes or injury, it was hard to tell. He flew away and it was crazy to watch him fly! He couldn’t keep a steady altitude and actually did not run into anything. I kinda gave him up for lost. I didn’t know what his chances were “in the wild,” as wild as our suburban neighborhood is, anyway.
Well, look what I saw when I got home tonight!
we had a house finch like that around our house with a similar problem. I spoke with my Dad (licensed wildlife rehaber by hobby), he said that it most likely had conjuctivitis (sp). It is treatable, but without treatment the bird doesn’t have much chance. Unfortunately for our little birdie, I didn’t see him/her again after talking with my Dad.
PS-I’m Ele’s (http://www.willdaddy.net/blog) husband
Comment by — September 27, 2006 @ 7:33 pm