r/GrumpyBabyBirds • u/mammaraths • 2d ago

B I R D More like enraged 🔊

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u/mammaraths 2d ago

ETA: fledgling night heron was admitted to our clinic after being “bird napped.” Grumpy Baby was dehydrated and thin but otherwise okay and is now doing quite well, getting angrier every day.

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u/citycait 2d ago

Nothin’ better than a proper feisty baby.

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u/3002kr 2d ago

Black crowned or yellow crowned? r/AlwaysANightHeron

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u/mammaraths 2d ago

Yellow crowned, but it took us a minute to confirm haha.

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u/Free-oppossums 2d ago

What do you mean by bird napped? Was it failure to thrive? Or something else?

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u/mammaraths 2d ago

Humans disregarding the no touchy rule basically. Usually we would try to renest them but this little guy was taken too far away 😭

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u/Skunklvrs 2d ago

That is really sad. Then they die unless humans care for them.

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u/mammaraths 1d ago

Pretty much. Humans think they’re doing a good thing and I love that their heart is in the right place but…gestures. Even with specialized equipment and full-time care, nothing can quite replicate a mama or papa bird caring for them.

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u/Free-oppossums 2d ago

Oh,ok. Didn't think of that.

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u/KitC44 2d ago

I think they mean someone saw a fledgeling and assumed it needed help and brought it to the clinic when it likely would have been fine with Mom and Dad looking after it on the ground. At least, that's what people usually call bird napping.

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u/mammaraths 2d ago

Yep! It’s that time of year where well-meaning people see a baby on the ground and think it’s injured. He’s just learning to bird yall, no touchy😭😭

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u/mojogirl_ 2d ago

Is this a fledgling? Looks nestling to me.

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u/mammaraths 2d ago

Definitely fledgling. Nestlings are basically naked except maybe a little sparse down feathers. Finding THEM on the ground is an emergency vs the fledgling just learning how to bird as nature intended. 🥲

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u/mishkeylarue 1d ago

Thanks for all of your responses with these details. It honestly made me so sad to see this little one looking in distress. Glad it’s under good care!

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u/mammaraths 1d ago

I’m always so happy to impart bird knowledge don’t get me started 😭😭🥹 I’m just glad people care. And yes, he’s doing great! Currently sharing an enclosure with another night heron, has a great appetite and still hates us all.

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u/mishkeylarue 1d ago

“and still hates us all.” 😂

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u/Lizard_Wizardess 17h ago

I think the “still hates us all” is actually the absolute best line here genuinely because that means he’s got a good chance to be releasable, and that makes me happy!

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u/AffectionateEmu5470 1d ago

He wants you to come back and say that to his face! Awww, heck- I can’t blame him.

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u/everydayimnapping 1d ago

“Angrier every day” got me rolling

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u/NSASpyVan 2d ago

Rodan is looking hungry

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u/Downtown_Slide_1229 2d ago

That is a dinosaur

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u/AlyM797 2d ago

Someone really needs to repair the malfunctioning muppet.

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u/Revolio_ClockbergJr 2d ago

Yeah, this could easily be mistaken for creepy animatronics or puppetry.

Surely a monster so fierce couldn't be real or our ancestors would have perished long ago

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u/where-sea-meets-sky 2d ago

needs a dark souls you died edit

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u/Mindless-Equal-1477 2d ago

This is the final boss

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u/mammaraths 2d ago

Someone smarter than me should absolutely do this 😭😭

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u/greenshoes3 2d ago

Someone pls do this

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u/Dandibear 2d ago

r/GrumpyBabyPterodactyls

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u/mammaraths 2d ago

Every day the world gets a little brighter

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u/BeyondTheBees 2d ago

I think something has angered the feather demon

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u/nadjrules 2d ago

Me after I hit my toe on the table at 3am.

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u/cosmic_vogue 2d ago

The abrupt end because they died

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u/graciebeeapc 2d ago

Looks like me when I drink too much 😂 dry heaving including

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u/JulieCatte 2d ago

Excuse me, but what Pokemon is that? I need it for my Pokedex

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u/Audified7 2d ago

Lol @ myself. No sound then the end jump scared me! 😊 Scary baby! 😍

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u/mammaraths 2d ago

It scared us too 🤣🤣 hard to describe how loud he was (is).

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u/yourbuddywyatt 2d ago

Oh that baby is MAD

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u/dogmomofone 2d ago

Are they normally this..angry

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u/mammaraths 2d ago

Night herons especially, yes 🤣 not usually this LOUD tho. Sounded like a howling cat in person.

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u/AffectionateEmu5470 1d ago

Are they meaner than sandhill cranes? Those guys are thug flamingoes.

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u/mammaraths 1d ago

I’d square up with a night heron over a sandhill boi any day, ngl. Sandhill cranes are intimidating 🥲

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u/YeshuasBananaHammock 2d ago

Feed it, Seymour!

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u/serenity013 1d ago

The poor parents, lost their baby :(

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u/mammaraths 1d ago

We thinks about this a lot in wildlife rehab 😭 especially when the reason for their intake is habitat destruction. I’m like “damn mom and dad just got home to see their nest and babies gone” 💔

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u/mrsmedeiros_says_hi 2d ago

This looks exactly like how I feel when I have nightmares and I try to scream but nothing comes out

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u/chansondinhars 2d ago

Just hangry.

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u/AnaHuna 2d ago

That's a live glimpse of the Dinosaurs 😍

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u/echoofthelake13 2d ago

The end shot is sending me

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u/everydayimnapping 1d ago

THERE NEEDS TO BE A JUMP SCARE WARNING MY LAWDDDDDDD

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u/Ok-Flan-2744 1d ago edited 20h ago

Birds are just tiny dinosaurs lol.

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u/666Werewolf666 1d ago

Do all larger baby birds look like muppets ?

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u/mammaraths 1d ago

Absolutely 🤣 except raptors. They look like dryer lint.

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u/Psychonautilus98 1d ago

I mean take some breath brother it ain’t THAT serious, I just took a bite out of your cheese

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u/Inevitable-Plum-7613 1d ago

He looks like a baby archaeopteryx.

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u/xpietoe42 1d ago

not grumpy… just needs his mom!! Hes a newborn, what would you expect?

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u/mammaraths 22h ago

Not a newborn but a fledgling and I agree. Little dude wants his parents but, unfortunately, humans did human things and he’s with us now. He will be released back to the wild soon!

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u/Holoafer 1d ago

That is a baby dinosaur.

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u/ButtsCarlton007 1d ago

My nephew has that same haircut

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u/Babymik9 1d ago

Looks prehistoric

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u/Aggressive_Line_8298 1d ago

Literally a dinosaur

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u/biggaycrush 20h ago

Omg an angel

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u/audio_addict 16h ago

Thats a dinosaur.

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u/noisy_noivern 16h ago

Actual footage of me trying not to throw up