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My last two shifts at the clinic I've been tasked with hand feeding a pair of crows. Last week it was actually a crow and a magpie but this week there was a very young crow that had come in this morning. They're on a 45 minute feeding schedule so every 45 minutes I open up their crates and give them bites of smelt, berries, mealworms, etc. I was told the youngest was a pain to feed but he didn't give me any trouble. I tried to mimic some of his noises as that's one of the recommendations for we're given for hand feeding. They might not be too keen on humans making human noises but hearing a bird noise (or a reasonable facsimile of one) might make them more willing to cooperate.
There were also three very fluffy and angry baby barn owls that I tossed some mice in the general direction of.
 
glad i discovered this thread because I FUCKING LOVE BIRDS MAN
 
Budgies can occasionally be born with a genetic disorder commonly known as "feather duster syndrome"; a condition which prevents their feathers from moulting. They look like this:
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I think I saw a bald eagle perched off in the distance. I was at a metro park and one of the other people pointed it out, where a nest was known to be. It was far away, but I could kind of see a dark spot with a white bit on top.
 
No Exit said:
I didn't know that was a thing. I live in an apartment building so I doubt my neighbors would appreciate me filling my balcony with crows.
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Yeaaaahat a close range they sound like very loud kazoos.
 
This week there were FIVE crows in the isolation room that all needed to be hand-fed. Thankfully they were all on one-hour schedules so it's an easy time to remember. The two from last week must have been relocated (hopefully) since they were no longer in Iso. These guys were more of a challenge to feed since some weren't even accepting hand feeding, Two were doing a great job of eating from the hemostats, one guy needed to needed to have his beak held open but otherwise wasn't putting up a fuss. There were two smaller ones that were absolutly not having any of it, so I needed to hold them against me with one hand and try to open their beak and shove in a giant wiggly mealworm with the other. Got a lot of crow slobber on my hands.

Visual representation of what I looked at all day
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No Exit said:
I didn't know that was a thing. I live in an apartment building so I doubt my neighbors would appreciate me filling my balcony with crows.
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Your neighbors will be too afraid of you to say anything about it. Think about it, you can complain and risk the wrath of somebody who can communicate with and command crows or you can shut up and live a nice, long, peaceful life where your every waking moment isn't filled with black feathered terror.
 
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I think this is the same dude from the other day. He's on the same pole, this time he's got a seriously big fish instead for lunch.
I didn't realize fish grew that big around here. Maybe he stole it from the seafood place up the road.
 
Salad_Dodger said:
About the only bird I really dislike is the Ibis. They are dirty, stank birds that like to pick through trash.
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I find this trait quite interesting. Ibises (or, as they're better known in some parts of the world, bin chickens) have shown a great deal of resilience and adaptability in a rapidly urbanising world. This short documentary gave me a newfound respect for the bin chicken, stank and all.

 
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