Well, bird poop is really easy to clean. Naturally, If someone got mad at a bird they nurtured and loved for pooping on their car, they'd be silly in that respect for expecting otherwise. I have had many birds and when you raise them, you couldn't care less if they pooped on your head or furniture, cause they are just so loving and look up to you so much, nitty bitty things don't matter, just them and that relationship.
Two years ago I commented on how much I love this video. On May 13th of this year (2022) I ran across a baby crow in the middle of the road. Totally helpless and hungry. I did all the things you did. Fed him, taught him to pick up his own food. Then we had him outside while gardening and he would follow us around. He taught himself to fly. No need to teach them. Then one day I patted a tree limb and he hopped up there. Then he started staying outside and coming down for food in the morning. Then it got to where he wasn't so hungry when he came down to visit, which was awesome. Then we'd sometimes see him with other crows, which we so wanted. Then sometimes we wouldn't see him for a day or two. Now, we haven't seen him since July 8th. We miss him terribly, but I'm sure he's off with a band of crows, enjoying his life. Amazing how fast they change. All that in seven weeks. I must say, though, that he took a lot of time to care for, and he ate as much as our cat at the end! We miss you, Jetson!
I had a pet duck as a kid that we found after a hurricane. If you turned the porch light off he would peck on the door until you turned it back on. He would also jump in your lap like a dog. Birds are pretty cool
I know Mike, and he is a very nice guy and talented professional photographer. Used to photograph the rock bands that played New Haven Coliseum (in Connecticut) before it closed.
True true I accept the comment. I have seen many cutting the wings and torturing the birds without empathy. I appreciate for being so kind, value based and empathetic. Need such kind of a person both in this world and of course he has a place in heaven!!!!!
School would be more interesting The ocean would be clean 2å million trees would be planted each year Few well known animals would gi extinct Global warming would be 3x slower Less people would be sick Etc. Basically a semi-perfect world.
Awesome! You are a wonderful person!! Most people don't have the patience for that! I raised 4 baby starlings! Very rewarding! I also had a Robin that I had to keep because of an injury. She lived to be 17 years old!! I miss her! I've raised over 30 wild birds! And most of them released back to the wild! Thank you for helping the animals!
I raised one that, after release, came back every evening for a month. She knocked on the window to be let in for the night, then flew off again each morning. I've raised 3 of them. The first imitated my budgie who imitated my silkie chicken. So if your in southern Ontario and hear a starling making chicken noises, his name is kenku and he loves grapes.
The old saying says “If you love something, let it go. If it comes back it’s yours, if not, it never belonged to you to begin with.” Guess what Starling dad?
this is what makes a person attractive: kindness towards animals and kindness to other humans EDIT: why are y'all fighting over this? Grow up and take your arguements off of my reply thread. 😅
They are very smart birds, I'm a remodeling contractor and a client asked me to remove a bird nest from a wall, so, I took home five little sterlings. My kids raised them for a few weeks and released them. They used to come back every day for food, werent afraid and used to get inside my home, straight to the kitchen looking for food
it is called free flight letting the bird fly free and then calling it and free flight can be done if you raised your bird when it was still a baby and having a strong bond
@@creime5484 thats how i am with mine. She has some sneaky little beans so she's quick and quite if need be when it comes to bolting out the door. I try to walk her on her lead but shes a big baby and hisses at me when its time to go back inside.
It’s three years now and the Robin I rescued as a chick still comes to visit regularly. It’s too cute. He will come inside if the door is left open and he is there for a few mins. I know it’s him as soon as he flies down in front of his buddy (my Cairn Terrier) and flops on his back, lol. After a few licks and nudges from Max he will come right over where I am and either land on my head or shoulder, or the back or arm of the chair I may be sitting in. Can’t explain effectively in words, but it’s just the coolest feeling when he drops by for a visit. 👍🏻😎👍🏻
I love starlings. Their glossy iridescent plumage, the way they are so intense searching for worms in the lawn, their techo-like song when they are singing on the power lines for the rain to come.
Oof, that’s pretty normal in western culture, but in Asian culture, we’re fucking staying together, unless we have personal reasons to move out of the house.
@@oaktree7441 why not? Get yourself a job and stop being a burden duh. I moved out myself at the age of 21 myself. They didn't even had to ask. Living with someone equals living on their rules... And I don't like rules.
I really hope this wonderful man is a rehabilitator. If not, he should be! He has a tender heart and practical head! I hope his little buddy comes to visit him for many years to come 🥰
I bet he is. Someone brought the bird to him. I'm not a rehabber but I'm an insane bird lover and I get calls about injured/abandoned birds all the time. Could be the same with him.
I saved a house sparrow too! Unfortunately it had a broken foot and I wasn't properly equipped to take care of the injury so I took it to a bird rescue :)
🥰 What a Dad! Thanks for saving this little guy. I feed backyard birds and last year Daddy Cardinal named LeRoy brought his baby girl to me for food. Mom was standing by.
Dios mio que video mas bello señor grac por ayudar al pajarito el tamb le demostro su amor y agradecimiento como buen hijo porque usted lo crio bello la verdad grac es una bella persona
One late spring we raised 3 newborn starlings after a local cat killed their mother. we taught them to fly inside, then when they were strong enough we put them in a mullberry tree in our back yard, which is a great little tree for security and food. Every morning when I would come outside with my morning coffee they would all fly to me and I would give them mulberries, even though they were eating them on their own. They stayed the whole summer in that tree. When we were in our swimming pool they would hang out on the floats with us. One by one they left with small flocks of local starlings. It was a wonderful experience for my wife, me, and my 2 young daughters.
"Mike Franzman took him in and taught him how to be a bird." 3 years later he is an engineer working for NASA on a new propulsion system, married with 3 kids and a Laker fan.
The mynas common in SE Asia are starling family members. They're very smart and resourceful and it's fascinating to watch their precise and calculated moves.
Yes starlings are very intelligent but the bird in the video isn’t actually a starling. I have a starling that I saved as a nestling and he don’t look like that. If you’ve seen a (star)ling you’d see why they have that name.
@@sebastianhyena9859 You are the first person who said anything about this NOT be a starling. I agree. It looks like a grackle to me. In any case, the guy did an awesome thing.
Another thing about European Starlings is that they are INCREDIBLY invasive here in America. Just ask any farmer whose equipment has been ruined by they're droppings. They also are bullies and are causing some native birds to drop in numbers.
Ugh what. I just picked up on what I thought was hilarious. I didn't copy anyone, if it's anything, they share the same humour as me. Calm down. I don't have time to scroll down and look for comments to copy. I do have a life.
@@foreshadow6796 Ugh what. I just picked up on what I thought was hilarious. I didn't copy anyone, if it's anything, they share the same humour as me. Calm down. I don't have time to scroll down and look for comments to copy. I do have a life.
I did this once with a starling about 25 years ago. Eventually nature will call him back to her so he can breed. Thanks for sharing your experience with us.
my pet chicken commonly taking dump inside my house, not that bad, I can scoop it with paper and wipe it with old clothes. And in my opinion birds poop is not smelly
@@wumbology3109 If it happens on like kitchen floor tiles it's not really an issue yeah, also i agree bird droppings generally do not have much of an odour unless it's in very large amounts.
I raised a starling that had fallen out of a nest in a cinderblock wall in 1988. It learned to imitate human speech. Was a fascinating and fun bird but about a year later we hadn't been feeling good for a few hours. I went in the house after gardening and the bird was on the bottom of its cage, clearly dying. I took it outside and told hubby and he looked at it and we stared at each other at the same time as we realized this was our "canary in the coal mine". Sure enough, we had a buildup of carbon monoxide from a leaking exhaust vent from the propane system. If we'd not had the starling, we'd have gone to bed and probably never gotten up again.
My dad rescued a baby crow by the road once and we all adored it but few weeks later the cat my dad would occasionally feed came to our house and killed it will we were gone :(
Fun fact: i have a cat and a tomcat, whos a real predator: my tomcat never Attacked my two crows ive raised up. I Think cats understand whats Prey and whats family. Same with the neighbours chickens in my garden.
@@hanswurst9437 Cats are the single greatest threat to birds worldwide, and they are the main reason bird populations are collapsing worldwide. I had cats with chickens too, and while the cats usually respected the chickens, mainly because they were so big and gregarious with other chickens, if one was isolated, our more predatorial cat would definitely make an attempted to kill it.
@@ivanleterror9158, that's exactly right. It is called imprinting. Once they do that they make a parental connection. I had to learn all about it when I rescued a baby sparrow. I hope this guy never tries to force that starling out. It's odds of survival without him would be slim in the long run.
We found a baby Starling yesterday morning. He has some feathers. His nest is too high up on our two story house so putting him back in the nest is out. We bought a cage yesterday and we are feeding him a supplement and some worms retrieved from the garden. We were amazed to find him alive this morning. Your video gives me a path to follow in introducing him to the outdoors and hopefully his freedom in a few weeks.
I just got home from work after a long and tiring night shift but after watching this, I felt all the weariness and tiredness just melts away, thanks for sharing, you made my day. God bless you for taking care of such a wonderful creature.
What a wonderful individual, raising that little bird. We had a lady on our street that raised two baby robins after their mother was killed by a passing truck (hit the windshield). She found the nest in her backyard tree, realized they were alone and well… she ended up with two pet robins because they never chose to leave!
@@PSlo0over They don't even have ANY shows dealing with stuff like this or animal related shows. They sadly became just like cartoon network, a shell of their former self.
