What's wrong with this Goldfinch? (1 Viewer)

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villager

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• Mar 14, 2010

• #1

Saw this bird on the feeder a while back but thought it was just a bit bedraggled or had had a problem with a predator. However it's back at the feeder today in exactly the same state. I didn't get a photo today, but attached is the one from the first time I saw it. It flies OK and has clearly survived for at least 3 weeks in this state. Any ideas?

 

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Jack Dawe

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• Mar 14, 2010

• #2

No idea, but I've never seen a live bird looking so awful. Birds looking like this are usually dead in front of a cat.

 

Azzy

Well-known member

• Mar 15, 2010

• #3

It's hard to tell because it looks like it's been raining and that always makes a bird look worse But if you've seen it like that again, I'd say it would have to be sick.

 

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stonechat1

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• Mar 15, 2010

• #4

Seem´s to be a totaly soaked bird, nothing else.