smasher 1,055 Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Kids arrived home with a chick they found today,looks like its just out of the nest,its fledged but cant yet fly,they found it clambering through the hedge its a finch of some sort,however its completely white with red eyes'albino'any bird lads on here know what it might be? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 6,038 Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Some type of escaped foreign finch maybe? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TUFFTY 1,476 Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Get a picture up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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forest of dean redneck 11,224 Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Fugly little bugger ,I'd guess a house sparrow lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bazil brush 474 Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 2nd Albino sparrow at a guess Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Certainly looks the size for a sparrow, doesn't it? As ye say; Finches would be the other contenders. Chaff? Maybe the aviculture lads, accustomed to seeing their ABCR stuff grow up, could shed some light? Just so happens, this is about the Least likely stage that I'd ever handle a bird at. Too old, by far, to dare approach in a nest. But, too young to effectively hit a mist net. What to feed it would be my own main concern. I hope ye manage to get it through. Thing is though, being a full on albino? How will ye ever know, for sure, what the f**k it is?! Unless it's a cock and eventually sings! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smasher 1,055 Posted June 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 (edited) ive got some formula for hand feeding chicks from a friend who breeds native mules,i was wondering could it possibly be an albino green finch chick, Edited June 2, 2014 by smasher 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 I've got some formula for hand feeding chicks from a friend who breeds native mules Made my f**king day, that has! I swear to god; Only this afters, I was drawing up my plans for a quite major assault on a cage bird suppliers ~ getting all the bits together for my envisaged canaries. And I could barely bring myself Not to add some Hand Rearing gear to the wish list. 'Just In Case'! Maybe this is The Gypsys Warning? Perhaps I should just happen to have some of that stuff around the place? Greenie? As I say; The lads who breed natives would know best. They'll have watched every f**king day, from hatching to adulthood. They know their shit! But, yeah; Beak doesn't look that greenie, to me. But, now ye mention it? That f**king Eye just looks big, for any sparrow I've ever seen. And I see a Lot of sparrows! Could it be an optical illusion though, because of the red on white? What a cracking bit of entertainment! I So hope this little bird can make it. Not to be Too forward, but; It'd have to be adopted as the Mascot of some f**king thing around here! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,794 Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Jesus,sh*t the bed,it looks very like a white bullfinch chick to me, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Jesus,sh*t the bed,it looks very like a white bullfinch chick to me, doesn't it just heres one for Pete, spotted it the other day on a site, i bet he would like to have been the one to stick a ring on this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Looks like a very young zebra finch 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leegreen 2,101 Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Vanilla ferret food. I recon it's an alien and if your not careful it'll eat ya family. Good find though, can it fly? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leegreen 2,101 Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Night jar Paulus Nightingale? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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