Just found this bird.... Anyone know what it is?

[DeuceRooster]

Found this guy laying out in a parking lot. Thinking maybe it's a hawk? Seems young, it can't fly just flops around and hisses. Doesn't seem injured from what I can tell however.

 

[MaximumVelocity]

Nighthawk, you see them flying around street lights catching bugs at night.

 

[blkGT500nCA]

Teach it to be a blood thirsty slave that roams the night doing your evil deeds. That's what I'd do anyways...

 

[65fastback2+2]

Nighthawk, you see them flying around street lights catching bugs at night.

this. we got one that got injured in a storm once and took it to a rescue shelter. nighthawk for sure

 

[Mr.Bolt-on]

Teach it to be a blood thirsty slave that roams the night doing your evil deeds. That's what I'd do anyways...

This is good advice^^

 

[DeuceRooster]

Teach it to be a blood thirsty slave that roams the night doing your evil deeds. That's what I'd do anyways...

My thoughts exactly when I first found it until I noticed its beak wouldn't be very appropriate for ripping flesh.

 

[VenomousDSG]

Those things are incredibly stupid, they are like pigeons. Undeserving of the Hawk name.

 

[blkGT500nCA]

My thoughts exactly when I first found it until I noticed its beak wouldn't be very appropriate for ripping flesh.

Perfect! It's more traumatic that way. It's like saying you'd cut someone with a dull knife, creating a jagged painful cut. This is exactly a trait I'm demanding from my night avenging hawk!

 

[CompOrangeStang]

I would not overlook entertaining the idea of eating him...

 

[ssssnake]

They call them Bull Bats down here. My husband brought one home from work one time. He had sticky stuff all in his wings, and we tried to save him. Kept him for a few days, but he didn't make it. Good luck. I hope you're more successful!

 

[90goldtsiawd]

Cool looking bird. Bring it to a shelter.

 

[Zerohe]

Looks like Bloodwing from Borderlands.

 

[MovingZen]

Those things are incredibly stupid, they are like pigeons. Undeserving of the Hawk name.

I don't know why but I thought that was pretty funny. :beer:

 

[Silver2003Cobra]

it's the Surfin' Bird...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZThquH5t0ow

 

[TorchMach]

its a nighthawk

 

[CobraBob]

See if you have an animal shelter nearby and call them. Maybe they have some place where you can take it. It probably won't survive in your care.

 

[VirtualSVT]

I would not overlook entertaining the idea of eating him...

it might fry up nicely

 

[scott9050]

Return the bird to somewhere safe like a field. It is a fledgling, a normal stage where they have left the nest but can not yet fly. Anywhere from a few days to a week or so it should be able to.

 

[DeuceRooster]

Return the bird to somewhere safe like a field. It is a fledgling, a normal stage where they have left the nest but can not yet fly. Anywhere from a few days to a week or so it should be able to.

We waited until dark and took it to a friend's barn and let it out. Figured that would be the best bet since there wasn't a shelter nearby.

Hopefully it survives. Thanks to those whom help identify it.

 

[Shin]

circle of life... should've ate it!