In in the Atlanta, Georgia metro area. I use the buses and trains to get to work. For the past two days, I have seen this same bird crouched between a concrete support post for the train station and a worker's dust mop. It has picked that one spot. I have seen it walk several feet away and briefly chase an adult grey pigeon away for some reason, then it returned to its spot again. It was squeaking a lot yesterday. Grey pigeons do frequent the concrete eves about 10-12 feet above and walk all over the station grounds. I'm not sure if it fell out of a nest that I can't see up there or if it lost its parent somehow.
The transit employees don't care at all. I contacted a local place with volunteers that take in wild animals and birds. They told me to get it and put it in a box, don't feed it anything or give it any water "due to its age/condition/injury" and to bring it to them. I don't have a car and I certainly can't do that with my work schedule. It looks like it might be a baby to me. I saw it open its wings (didn't unfold them all the way) as if stretching and then it put them back again. It seems to be able to walk just fine. I don't know much about birds, but it bothers me to see something like this.
It looks rather pudgy. It walked a couple of feet away and pooped when I got a couple of feet away from it to look at it, so it is apparently eating. I'm concerned about it getting enough water, as well. The buses drip water (condensate from the a/c I guess) when they sit idle in the station for 20-30 minutes and leave little puddles. The station also leaks (and did today since it rained a lot) and has puddles of water here and there for a little while.
So, some questions:
Is this a baby grey pigeon?
Would the mother still be feeding it somehow? What about water?
If it has lost its mother or fell out of the nest, will it eventually learn to fly on its own?
Is there a way to determine approximately how old it is and how long it might have until its wings are developed enough to fly? It looks confused.
If I wanted to bring something to feed it on my way to work daily, what could I give it? I don't have any bird seed and won't be able to get any for a couple of days. I have pondered bringing a bottle of water with me and pouring a cap full of water and just sitting it down where the bird likes to lay/stand to sort of supplement it on water. I can't really leave anything larger...the station employees would probably say something about littering.
The transit employees don't care at all. I contacted a local place with volunteers that take in wild animals and birds. They told me to get it and put it in a box, don't feed it anything or give it any water "due to its age/condition/injury" and to bring it to them. I don't have a car and I certainly can't do that with my work schedule. It looks like it might be a baby to me. I saw it open its wings (didn't unfold them all the way) as if stretching and then it put them back again. It seems to be able to walk just fine. I don't know much about birds, but it bothers me to see something like this.
It looks rather pudgy. It walked a couple of feet away and pooped when I got a couple of feet away from it to look at it, so it is apparently eating. I'm concerned about it getting enough water, as well. The buses drip water (condensate from the a/c I guess) when they sit idle in the station for 20-30 minutes and leave little puddles. The station also leaks (and did today since it rained a lot) and has puddles of water here and there for a little while.
So, some questions:
Is this a baby grey pigeon?
Would the mother still be feeding it somehow? What about water?
If it has lost its mother or fell out of the nest, will it eventually learn to fly on its own?
Is there a way to determine approximately how old it is and how long it might have until its wings are developed enough to fly? It looks confused.
If I wanted to bring something to feed it on my way to work daily, what could I give it? I don't have any bird seed and won't be able to get any for a couple of days. I have pondered bringing a bottle of water with me and pouring a cap full of water and just sitting it down where the bird likes to lay/stand to sort of supplement it on water. I can't really leave anything larger...the station employees would probably say something about littering.