Ira Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Found in our courtyard. I moved him to underneath the tree he fell from, hopefully his parents will find and feed him. He has better odds there than in the courtyard trying to fight off 3 cats and a dog anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaide Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Cute! Did his parents find him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Cute! Did his parents find him? Doubt it, it seems they've also abandoned the nest and, I assume, the remaining chick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 is it a sparrow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 is it a sparrow? Actually, I'm not sure, I thought it was, but now that I've checked pictures, they look much more brown. This one has more black wings with bolder white stripes, I only got a tiny glimpse of the adults and I think they did too. Closest I can find is maybe a Chaffinch? Yeah, after some googling of baby chaffinch pics I'm pretty sure that's what it is. How do you pronounce that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Yes cha finch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotealotl Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 is it one of these ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 is it one of these ? No, and those have only been spotted around Auckland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 A chaffinch is far better looking when adult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 I think most birds are far better looking as adults :bggrn: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 I think most birds are far better looking as adults :bggrn: I think it has more to do with if they're Precocial vs Atricial(Yes, I had to google to double check the name for those) Basically if they're mobile shortly after hatching or not. Precocial bird: Atricial: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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