I found a pre fledgling this past weekend that had fallen from a very high nest into a busy parking lot. His sibling that fell close by unfortunately did not survive, but I scooped up Woodstock (that’s what my friends and I named him) just knowing I needed to get him out of the road. I didn’t know what condition he was in, but I didn’t want him to die alone so I just held him for a little while because he was very scared. He relaxed and snuggled into me and slept peacefully. I was meeting some friends for dinner so I made him a little make shift nest with some towels and a bowl that I had in my car and I took him into the restaurant with me. One of the cooks at the restaurant volunteered to take Woodstock to a local vet and once stabilized they took him to our local wildlife sanctuary where he is doing AMAZING and I found out today that he is a Common Grackle! I’m so happy that so many people came together to save him ❤️
Kingbirds can be pretty territorial and Fearless during the nesting season saw two Western Kingbirds attacka Hawk right over our Down Town area a few year ago