This morning as I was going out, I saw a small bird. Yellow/Black feathered, very tiny, looks like a finch/canary/sparrow kinda bird. Top is black, bottom/belly is bright yellow. It was on the bumper of another car and when he backed up the bird fell, and jumped under my jeep. I couldn't leave it there, I crawled under there with my suit, and after a bit of chasing I grabbed the bugger. It is very tiny. Felt like bird was blind because didn't do anything unless he felt my hand, however moved his head as he was tracing things around him when I turned the corner. Also I watched the pupil it kept enlarging and contracting against the sun.
I went back upstairs, told my wife to give me a box. So now the bird is at home in a tiny box with tiny pieces of bread.
I was worried about some sort of disease, so I washed and wiped my hands with lemon/alcohol afterwards. The bird was too clean and active to be sick, it just couldn't fly. It could be a baby..
it is definitely not a sparrow (http://identify.whatbird.com/img/4/3035/image.aspx) not like this one, sparrow has short beak.
This one has a long pointy beak..
It is not a finch either, they also got similar beak (http://www.birdingmaine.com/images/gold_finch_closeup2.jpg)...
it is similar to this: http://www.haryana-online.com/images/Birds/Szabolcs/Grey-headed Canary.jpg
sorry no pictures yet.
what can I do, and any ideas what kind of bird? I cannot let him get away outside or a cat will grab him or will get run over by a car.
I am located in NYC.
*I added pictures below
I went back upstairs, told my wife to give me a box. So now the bird is at home in a tiny box with tiny pieces of bread.
I was worried about some sort of disease, so I washed and wiped my hands with lemon/alcohol afterwards. The bird was too clean and active to be sick, it just couldn't fly. It could be a baby..
it is definitely not a sparrow (http://identify.whatbird.com/img/4/3035/image.aspx) not like this one, sparrow has short beak.
This one has a long pointy beak..
It is not a finch either, they also got similar beak (http://www.birdingmaine.com/images/gold_finch_closeup2.jpg)...
it is similar to this: http://www.haryana-online.com/images/Birds/Szabolcs/Grey-headed Canary.jpg
sorry no pictures yet.
what can I do, and any ideas what kind of bird? I cannot let him get away outside or a cat will grab him or will get run over by a car.
I am located in NYC.
*I added pictures below
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