I understand if this is a stupid question. I've doing research on avian respiratory systems for a project I am working on, and I can't seem to find good information on where the sinuses meet the trachea. Since the opening to the trachea is located forward of the esophagus and clearly visible when the mouth is open. I was wondering if air would still flow into the trachea properly from the sinuses. Sorry if my terminology is incorrect.

It's so cute how they hop to get around when they're not flying, but I really want to know why they don't just walk? Pigeons and crows walk, but not the little ones.

Looks like a dead bird at the bottom of the nest?? This nest is PACKED in here. Any clue what happened??

N.E. Pennsylvania

I live in south east Michigan and I found a odd looking bird for the area. I lost it but cannot figure out what type of bird it is. I believe it may be an exotic that got released due to the area having an exotic store(recently closed). It has been seen for 2 days now. Any help is appreciated since I can't find it on google or identification apps due to not knowing its origin. (Note: At first I thought it was a young chicken due to its size and shape)

1ft-1.5ft

Black w/ blue shine

Stands upright like a rooster or an Indian runner duck does

Very small head for its body size

Able to fly enough to get over 7 ft fence but not much more

Maryland,USA. I have other water sources available,but they love the jars.

Found on the ground after a storm. Can’t fly but flaps its wings.

Looking for some advice on how to help some mourning doves nesting in my backyard. They had two eggs, both hatched and one of the hatchlings disappeared at some point with no trace. Now the other one is starting to show some behavior that seems strange based on my limited knowledge.

It hatched only 5 days ago, and from what I’ve read they aren’t supposed to leave the nest until about 2 weeks after hatching. It fell out this morning and I put it back in the nest, then fell out again shortly after. I put it back again, but now I’m wondering if it’s doing it on purpose? It’s now teetering very close to the edge even though I put it back as far from the edge as I could. That said, it can't even stand at this point, just scoots around (and once it’s on the ground it doesn't look like it's trying to move at all).

Both times the parent (not sure mom or dad) seemed in distress, stayed very close as I moved it (the second time it was just a couple of feet from me), and came back into the nest quickly after I left.

Any advice on what to do if it falls out again (if anything) would be appreciated!

EDIT: yep, it’s on the ground again….. EDIT2: forgot to add that it is very hot this week with today being the worst of it (high of 97, heat index 103), not sure if that could have something to do with it?

There were some feathers in my lawn that looked like the result of a fight. Later I saw a robin sitting in the yard with its partner near by. After observing for a while, it’s clear that the robin is injured. It can hop and fly short distances. Its partner won’t leave its side.

There is a bird rehab nearby and I want to catch it. I tried approaching slowly with towel in hand, but that was a bad plan. It hopped into some grasses.

I also worry about separating the partners because I also have a robin nest in my fern and I wonder if it’s their nest.

Any advice?

Tldr: injured but mobile robin. I have a reputable bird rehab nearby. What should I do?

Friends of ours got us a birds nest with video feed a few weeks ago. The day after we set it up a mourning dove started building a nest.

Day 2 a sparrow kept undoing her work…he went in and took the sticks out.

Day 3 mourning dove keeps building nest and we don’t see the sparrow anymore.

She laid 5 eggs and one hatched about 5 days ago. It was fun watching its yellow mouth open and close while looking for food, and to see Mama going in and out and settling down with it.

Yesterday morning I looked at the video feed and the baby was gone, as well as the eggs! I looked at the memory video feed and there I see it…sparrow popped in, grabbed and egg and flew out. We ran outside to see if perhaps the baby and eggs were on the ground, but we don’t see them anywhere.

My family is so sad…we were so excited to watch the babies grow up.

Is this normal bird behavior? Should we leave the nest in there, or clean it out? What are the odds of another bird building a nest and laying eggs this year?

Thanks.

So I live in an apartment complex and we have this active birds nest right at the top of the stairs we have tons of kids in this complex and I’m worried someone or someone’s pets or even the 3 stray cats (that I’m aware of) will try and disturb or hurt the birds so I was wondering if I built or placed a birdhouse next to the nest is it possible the bird would move in or would I be able to use chicken wire or something to add protection to the nest without pissing off mama bird and having her abandon it I’d really like to help add some protection to mama birds nest any advice is greatly appreciated Ps: I am aware it’s against the law to move an active nest I don’t really care about the laws i care about mama bird and her babies the nest was was finished being build by mama bird 4 days ago I’ve been watching as I have a window in my apartment that gives me a direct line of sight with the nest

Hello, sorry in advance for the lack of bird knowledge, but I could maybe use some help.

This morning, I was watering my small garden in my small backyard (30'x20' enclosed by fences on both sides townhouse) when I was startled by a baby bird attempting to fly out of one of my pots.

Over the course of the day, I came to realize that there are two baby birds who cannot fly stuck in my backyard. Their parents are perching on ledges and branches above the backyard, but will rarely approach the babies or get ground level. They have been returning throughout the day with worms and other food in their beaks seemingly wanting to feed their children.

However, the babies have also seen me watching them through our sliding glass door and side window. They seem very fixated on me, but ignore their parents. Is the movie/cartoon trope about baby birds fixating on a human as a parent real? I've been observing them all day, and they won't give any acknowledgement to their parents who are clearly fretful and waiting for them to learn to fly, but they look right at me and tend to congregate near my back door when I approach them to take photos from inside. I've stopped doing this for fear of letting them get attached to me.

Mama:

https://preview.redd.it/ftfsndq62a4d1.jpg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2cf5ff6886db19086fc77745a506e5aac2229a56

Baby #1:

https://preview.redd.it/448nbdq62a4d1.jpg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=09934a462a0bf5eee7122d6bd5fd0174a91e943b

The baby birds have attempted flight several times but are stuck in my backyard. What should I do?

EDIT: I'm in the CA Bay Area if that helps.

Do you know if small birds use the same nest twice in a row? We have a nest that's been used within weeks of each clutch. Is it the same hen? And do you recognize the type of bird from the egg? Wren? Finch? (Pacific Northwest)

Earlier this morning, a not so smart mourning dove became breakfast to a screech owl. My question is does this look like a juvenile? The reason I ask the screech owl in our tree is a red morph and this one looks white.

I apologize in advance for the quality pic, it was taken with my backyard camera and this attack was speedy quick.

This sweet baby keeps flying into my windows as if he is trying to get in. He has been doing this daily for almost a week. Some days it’s for a few minutes and other days he hits it for hours at a time. He’s a beautiful blue with a red bib.

So it's now the third day this has occurred: a female great-tailed grackle will follow me a short distance, flying tree to tree, to chatter at me. My assumption is her nest is probably close by to those trees, and she's trying to scare me off. Is it that or something else?

I do tend to feed the grackles near there at the store I work at.

Mallard nested in what appears to be an old squirrels nest about 20 ft high in this tree. Won’t ducklings die from that height?