Update: The consensus seems from Lemmy and my friends seems to be European Starling. Thank you so much everyone. I was concerned on what kind of diet this fella should be fed, looks like I have somewhere to start now.
Having issues contacting the wildlife shelter at the moment
Reverse image search gives me a Spotless starling.
But if it is a new species I call dibs on naming it: Grumpy featherfluffle.
That’s a European bird, we’re in the northeastern US. But we can name them Grumpy Featherfluffle anyways 😄
European Starlings were introduced in the US about 100 years ago by a misguided fool in Manhattan. They are invasive, but absolutely everywhere around the US at this point and that’s definitely a European Starling fledgling.
by a misguided fool
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_starling
As part of a nationwide effort, about 60 common starlings were released in 1890 into New York’s Central Park by Eugene Schieffelin, president of the American Acclimatization Society. It has been widely reported that he had tried to introduce every bird species mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare into North America, but this claim has been traced to an essay in 1948 by naturalist Edwin Way Teale, whose notes appear to indicate that it was speculation.
Yeah, that seems somewhat misguided.
Na, that’s fantail (nz bird). Grumpy little fuckers - they even yell at you and get somehow are also really social with people.
Birb.
That’s a baby starling! They do exist in North America.
Walking around the building I saw a bird that looked a lot like a starling.
That could be Mama. Nests are not the safest place for fledglings, so mom or dad will push them out of the nest, but they are not abandoned. (Predators can find a nest easier than an able-bodied fledgling).
I once rescued a baby chickadee from a neighborhood cat that was stalking it. The parents were going nuts in the tree above, so i set the little bugger in a yew bush and took the cat away and gave it treats. Everyone was happy that day
Yes, I did the same with an american robin chick when an entire nest fell off. Mom and dad were still there. I put the nest back up with the chick and the parents continued to look after them.
As for this fella here my boss was the one that took them in. I wanted to tell him to leave it back where it was, that mom and dad will probably look after them. But I didn’t push it.
I believe it’s a starling of some kind also.
Just so you know, these guys are invasive and do their best to kill native species of birds.
