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catbyte

(34,382 posts) Sun Apr 12, 2020, 06:28 PM Apr 2020

Rescued Wild Bird Loves To Imitate His Mom's Voice

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Rescued Wild Bird Loves To Imitate His Mom's Voice (Original Post) catbyte Apr 2020 OP

What a sweet story. CatMor Apr 2020 #1

Wonder what type of bird she/he is? . . . . Iliyah Apr 2020 #2

Starling. nt tblue37 Apr 2020 #4

Looks like a starling, they are mimics. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #5

I rescued a fallen nest of starlings once, ages ago. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2020 #8

That was... adorable :) chia Apr 2020 #3

I didn't know starlings could talk jpak Apr 2020 #6

Awww Dem2theMax Apr 2020 #7

Amazing Wawannabe Apr 2020 #9

CatMor

(6,212 posts)

1. What a sweet story.

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Sun Apr 12, 2020, 06:35 PM

Apr 2020

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

2. Wonder what type of bird she/he is? . . . .

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Sun Apr 12, 2020, 06:36 PM

Apr 2020

Enjoyed the video

tblue37

(65,340 posts)

4. Starling. nt

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Sun Apr 12, 2020, 06:57 PM

Apr 2020

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,686 posts)

5. Looks like a starling, they are mimics.

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Sun Apr 12, 2020, 06:59 PM

Apr 2020

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

8. I rescued a fallen nest of starlings once, ages ago.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 13, 2020, 02:08 PM

Apr 2020

Long before internet days. Momma never showed up. Vet's office said to give them a particular brand of dog food. It worked.
When they were grown, they would always fly down to my shoulder when I was in the yard, then one day,
they left.

I had no idea they were mimics.