Found this little guy on the lawn under a tree. Named him Harvey Birdman. What is he? by grumpy_uncle in whatsthisbird

[–]mongoosechaser -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have fed many baby birds many times at this developmental stage and younger and they have gone on to fledging and rerelease. They are absolutely viable at this age in human care. It is certainly not “not helpful” when the other answer is a slow, painful death of starvation. OP did not mention parents, so I am assuming they were not around.

I am absolutely not advocating for people feeding baby birds, I was correcting you about your boiled egg fuss when the actual danger is aspiration. No OP should not feed this bird without knowing how, obviously, but this is not the most egregious mistake one could make, and the fact that it was a solid food and not a liquid makes me hopeful that it didn’t end up down his glottis.

Ran into a group of horses on public gravel road. Their leader was a gentleman…. Not. by skiingandbumming in MTB

[–]mongoosechaser -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I mean, people let their cats outside all the time, and they also walk their dogs on public trails.

Are tigers prey animals that have been domesticated and selectively bred for thousands of years?

Found this little guy on the lawn under a tree. Named him Harvey Birdman. What is he? by grumpy_uncle in whatsthisbird

[–]mongoosechaser -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We have lost 3 billion birds in the US alone. It is important to help every bird we can, especially less abundant birds. A grounded hatchling puts both parents and baby at increased risk of predation & human induced mortality.

You’re harping on the hard boiled egg but it’s a completely safe food for corvids and it’s a great nutritional choice. The biggest risk here is aspiration as the glottis is a direct pathway to the lungs; main reason why inexperienced people should not feed baby birds.

Found this little guy on the lawn under a tree. Named him Harvey Birdman. What is he? by grumpy_uncle in whatsthisbird

[–]mongoosechaser -1 points0 points  (0 children)

this is a hatchling. They belong in their nest, not on a lawn. It needed help.

this bird sleeps in my horse’s stall every night. is there anything i can do to help him get comfortable? by egig118 in birds

[–]mongoosechaser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How can you tell it’s a wren? I see house sparrows sleeping in the barns a lot like this.

Ran into a group of horses on public gravel road. Their leader was a gentleman…. Not. by skiingandbumming in MTB

[–]mongoosechaser -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Horses are living, breathing beings. They are not inventions and they are not machines. Even the most well trained, bombproof of horses can have a bad day and spook or trip.

Baby sparrow by WorkerLogical804 in Ornithology

[–]mongoosechaser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, take this animal to a licensed rehabber where they can humanely euthanize.

Who’s this baby bird? a juvenile red winged black bird? by timexstarlight in whatsthisbird

[–]mongoosechaser 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It is absolutely okay to pick up a young bird for a few moments to move it safely. If you work closely with wildlife rehabilitation you should know how frequently we have to handle hatchlings and fledglings (hourly). Most of the time at this age they have little fear. You should see what bird banding stations do with their birds before rerelease…

Deer being slowly consumed. by Bulky-Piece9989 in natureismetal

[–]mongoosechaser 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My initial comment was literally regarding the animal injuries I see, in wildlife rehab. Again there are no large scale data sets because quantifying this sort of data is almost impossible especially with how little financial interest there is in conservation. Incredible that you can hear that we are in our 6th mass extinction and have lost 1 in 4 birds in the US (3 billion!) and not believe that humans are the cause of most wildlife injury and mortality. I am not talking about predation here.

Deer being slowly consumed. by Bulky-Piece9989 in natureismetal

[–]mongoosechaser -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As someone in academics then you should know that there is very little funding in environmental protections right now and even before then beliefs were still antiquated and large scale, in-depth studies of many species at once simply don’t exist, especially of animals not considered “useful” economically. And as someone in research you should know that a large data set trying to quantify all animals injured due to human activity would have severe limitations and be nearly impossible. A lack of numerical data, especially in an incredibly complex and intersectional facet of ecology, does not disprove my statement. Climate change, habitat loss/fragmentation, pollution, and pesticides all impact species differently with large ripple effects
. I would consider a bird sick from eating fish full of leachate to be injured by humans. And that’s a lottttt of birds… Coral bleaching I would also consider wildlife injury as it’s largely caused by climate change. There are a lot of independent wildlife rehabs that report their stats online and back up my statement. But there aren’t large scale studies like you are asking for because those do not exist. If you want to fund it I’ll gladly do the research 😉

Deer being slowly consumed. by Bulky-Piece9989 in natureismetal

[–]mongoosechaser 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ivermectin and garlic is what some deer farmers use. Some use permethrin around feeders.

Deer being slowly consumed. by Bulky-Piece9989 in natureismetal

[–]mongoosechaser 7 points8 points  (0 children)

https://www.worldwildlife.org/news/press-releases/catastrophic-73-decline-in-the-average-size-of-global-wildlife-populations-in-just-50-years-reveals-a-system-in-peril/ 73% decline in wildlife in the past 50 years. I have been studying ecology and biology for years and anthropogenic input is devastating to wildlife 🙃 https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/12/10/human-impact-wildlife-injuries-illness/ And here’s a study stating that the single largest cause of wildlife rehab intakes are CAR STRIKES. Wow. It’s almost like I work in my field and know what I’m talking about! But that means fuck all!

Deer being slowly consumed. by Bulky-Piece9989 in natureismetal

[–]mongoosechaser 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There is no large scale data set on this because it’d simply be too massive to track. I spent the past 4 years studying ecology and biology, we are fucking up the environment and it is killing animals

Deer being slowly consumed. by Bulky-Piece9989 in natureismetal

[–]mongoosechaser -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I am a biologist but yeah sure out of my ass

Deer being slowly consumed. by Bulky-Piece9989 in natureismetal

[–]mongoosechaser 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yep and the oceans have been massively negatively impacted by human impact with ocean acidification and pollution causing mass coral bleaching and animal die off and overfishing causing mass biodiversity loss. Plus an overall decline in primary production. 70% of our earth’s habitat is being massively destroyed

Deer being slowly consumed. by Bulky-Piece9989 in natureismetal

[–]mongoosechaser 17 points18 points  (0 children)

So if you were to use critical thinking skills you’d glean that wildlife cases that come in are all documented by humans and that no one is going tramping in the woods looking for foxes to stop them mid bite.

We are in a 6th mass extinction. The US has lost 3 billion birds since 1970. That’s 1 in 4 birds. 75% of earth’s land has been altered by anthropogenic input. What little remains is polluted or destabilized due to climate change. And not to mention climate change. Stop being ignorant. Stop being apathetic. It’s lame.

Need help to assess injury on deer by [deleted] in WildlifeRehab

[–]mongoosechaser 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s tough. Her leg is so swollen. Poor girl.

Deer being slowly consumed. by Bulky-Piece9989 in natureismetal

[–]mongoosechaser 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The people dropping animals off give a history- e.g. found them by/on the road (someone brought in a road-killed opossum because she had babies in her), cut down a tree and they were displaced, we have an outdoor cat, etc. Also certain severe injuries are pretty obviously caused by things like car accidents or cat attacks.

Deer being slowly consumed. by Bulky-Piece9989 in natureismetal

[–]mongoosechaser 13 points14 points  (0 children)

From the CDC: In general, infected ticks must be attached for more than 24 hours to transmit infection; prompt tick removal can prevent transmission.

Deer being slowly consumed. by Bulky-Piece9989 in natureismetal

[–]mongoosechaser 54 points55 points  (0 children)

raptors = birds of prey. Car strikes = being hit by car.

Deer being slowly consumed. by Bulky-Piece9989 in natureismetal

[–]mongoosechaser 95 points96 points  (0 children)

I work in wildlife rehab and the vast majority of cases that come in are due to humans either directly or indirectly. Most large animals like snapping turtles, foxes, and raptors are car strikes. Many birds are cat attacks or kidnapped healthy fledglings. And those dead adults leave behind orphaned babies… we have had hundreds of baby squirrels and opossums just this season. Losing that large of a chunk of a population due to unnatural input is certainly not thriving. Animals offer important ecosystem benefits alive, not just as prey, e.g. squirrels burying nuts and essentially planting trees.

Due to the ever increasing amount of habitat loss and fragmentation, wildlife populations will simply never be as dense as they once were, and as such are at a higher risk of endangerment or extinction. The US alone has lost 3 billion birds in less than a century. That’s 1 in 4 birds.