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Geothlypis trichas
A small olive green bird with a bright yellow chest. This was a baby learning to fly.
Mixed forest.
This little chick was brought to me by a group of well-meaning children that found it down on the ground. It appeared uninjured, so I went looking for it's nest and found both parents actively flying around and calling. Once they were located, this little baby flew almost 30 feet on its own, so I helped it back into the tree and it was able to hop up another 10 feet into its nest. The mother bird immediately started tending to it again, and I assume flying lessons resumed a short while later.
Spotted on Jul 10, 2012
Submitted on Apr 30, 2014
2 Comments
It sure was fun to interact with a wild bird this way. I'm sure you enjoyed it too Jamie.
I had an experience like this, a migratory adult male was so tired from migrating that he let me pick him up and carry him away from a dog that was in the backyard he flew away soon after.