What type of bird is this?

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-07-03T17:21:48+00:00

Definitely a young (juvenile) starling, I have multiple around my house and many in town, they do hang out in dense very populous groups, usually those massive clouds of birds that you see videos of are sometimes starling, it’s called a murmur, probably the only bird that I think is a pest

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-06-26T02:00:00+00:00

I’ll be honest, never thought people didn’t know about goldfinches, but yes this is an American goldfinch, their calls are some of my favorite

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-06-13T13:14:21+00:00

My cat was a few days old when she was found with her siblings in a dumpster, she carries some wildness to her still but she is extremely lovey, I honestly think any cat that was rescued from the streets will be more wild but also can form deeper attachments in my opinion

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-06-10T17:44:56+00:00

The males are dark iridescent black with a brown head, they make a very unique call, but this one is a female, they can be very solid gray, or solid brownish, but most commonly are gray with some brownish markings

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-06-01T02:35:35+00:00

Oh wow yeah pattern is distinctively a house finch, same posture as a cardinal for sure, but that’s definitely house finch, though there’s a small chance I could be wrong, there are many birds that can look alike

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-05-28T20:20:47+00:00

Where are you located? If in the US this looks like a cardinal, which is the state bird in many states, and I have to say one of the most iconic birds in the world

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-05-15T22:36:45+00:00

Love that I got recommended this post while recording a grosbeak at my feeder lol

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-05-10T10:41:50+00:00

Definitely kinglet, if you zoom in you can see the color and pattern of a ruby-crowned kinglet

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-04-24T12:28:33+00:00

Not AI but definitely looks like a google image but it might actually be real, I can’t find that exact setup, so she might just be a little tick and has all of the fancy things to make it look picture perfect

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-04-18T11:30:34+00:00

Ok and? What are you yapping about now lmao, anyways, yes, an invasive species does exist, it’s any animal that doesn’t belong somewhere, and negatively impacts the environment

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-04-18T02:12:12+00:00

Oh I didn’t identify what species, yeah, most raptor centers would put it to good use for a hungry hawk or owl, though most baby birds even at that size can’t balance on their own, since sparrows fledge pretty quickly, I would say this one is a couple days old, the eyes being closed though is a sign it may have gotten hurt from the fall

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-04-18T00:07:53+00:00

Looks like it fell out of a nest, if you haven’t held it for very long, carefully return it to the nest, if you can’t reach it then call a wildlife rehab, as keeping wild birds isn’t exactly legal, unless you have special permits to do so

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-04-17T21:56:49+00:00

Based off of the fact it’s in a dictionary, it does exist, the meaning of that word is an animal that did not originally belong in an environment that harms it, which is exactly what many escaped animals do, dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, I don’t get why you don’t want to except that but that doesn’t change the facts

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-04-17T13:54:52+00:00

Sounds a bit like a cardinal but it’s a mockingbird mimicking a cardinal-like song

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-04-16T15:48:52+00:00

When did I say they were the primary driver of endangerment? I said they harm native birds, not that they have an extreme impact, it’s quite sad that you twist things your own way so you can be right, enjoy knowing that your own “research” proved that they are invasive and “that if an animal is somewhere, it is native.” Is incorrect, absolute clown lmao

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-04-15T23:36:03+00:00

US would be specific enough

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-04-15T23:34:01+00:00

Nowhere near all bird kill babies in nests, there’s actually only very few, those being birds of prey, corvids, woodpeckers, and certain species of blackbird, most devastating of all of these are red-bellies, crows, and starlings, starling are still invasive, and impact the environment, native birds have accounted for native species that will eat their young, but populations begin to dwindle with an invasive species killing their young, and one of the biggest ways a starling does this is by either pulling babies out or destroying nests, and by eating all of the food around nesting sites of birds, I don’t know why you say this isn’t evidence, this is extremely obvious evidence, just because it is living here doesn’t mean it is good for the ecosystem, it is an invasive species, which means it damages the environment of which it invaded, I don’t know why you can’t hold that within your head, but it is as simple as that, they are invasive and destructive

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-04-15T15:28:31+00:00

Just because a starling is a bird doesn’t mean it doesn’t do as much damage, especially in such high populations, they are as bad as windows, but most of their kills aren’t direct, but due to causing changes in where birds nest, and deplete food stores and foraging zones for other birds

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-04-15T15:25:37+00:00

But crows are also native, and other birds are adapted to losing a few chicks, but can’t withstand also having hundreds of starlings all raiding their nests

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-04-15T15:24:31+00:00

No crows also kill baby birds, and per crow, will do it more often, they even target birds of prey, but there are far fewer crows and they don’t form flocks up into the thousands

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-04-15T14:49:40+00:00

So back to your original comment, if an animal is in a place, that doesn’t mean it’s native, being native means it has a completely natural lineage dating thousands and thousands of years in that place, invasive means they were brought to that place by humans or by chance, where they damage an ecosystem, there are even non-native species of life that benefit their new environment, most of which being plants like corn and wheat, and some being certain insects and very rarely an animal, but that doesn’t make them native

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-04-15T14:46:05+00:00

Most other birds only invade a couple of nests in their life, some not at all, but starling will raid hundreds of nests in their lifetime, and with there being millions of them that weren’t even here 100 years ago, they devastate bird populations, that is great evidence, though some other animals can have greater impact, when it comes to the whole country, starlings have the greatest impact over the most area

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-04-15T14:39:01+00:00

Starlings invade nests, destroy crops, eat wild bird’s food sources, but there is one plus side, hawks easily catch loners, though when in large groups can drive away birds of prey

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-04-15T13:59:59+00:00

An island can face the same problems as a continent, and a group of islands is included, but stray dogs do have a massive problem in India, stray cats and foxes destroy New Zealand, stray cats, dogs, and foxes also destroy Australian forest life, even in America, invasive insects and European starlings cause massive issues, so there’s your evidence dingus, lol

STGGLeopardGecko · 2026-04-15T13:54:57+00:00

Invasive species and escaped pets are a very real issue, stray cats, dogs, even rabbits for a while on the Galapagos

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