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Rescued from a busy sidewalk in downtown Minneapolis tonight after work. He doesn't appear to be injured at all, he can walk just fine and he will occassionally fly upwards about 5 feet and then gently fall back down to the ground.
He was frightened and standing still on the sidewalk as people dodged him while they walked. I left him and walked to my vehicle which is a 10 minute walk. I decided to drive back to the scene and see if he was still there. He was still there, but he was now huddled in the corner of a building quite afraid, immobile, and unsure of what to do. I don't think he would have 'made it' if I had left him there so I scooped him up with a large coffee cup I had in my truck and took him home.
On the way home I stopped at the pet store and picked up a cage, food, a few cage accessories. He has friesh finch food and water.
He seems quite young, probably close to flying efficiently - maybe a few days away.
He ate a few pieces of food out of my hand although he doesn't seem to have very good coordination or accuracy when he leans his head down to grab a piece of food. He misses quite a bit.
By the end of this evening he calmed down quite a bit, so much so that he would go to sleep while in my hand. He turns his head back just about 180 degrees and buries his head in his feathers and then falls asleep.
Here is picture of him doing that (sleeping):