Cat Caught Bird

Knarr

It just happened about an hour ago. I feel awful that it happened

I dont know what type of bird it is but there are loads of Starlings coming in an out of the gardens. The dead bird kinda looks like a Starling but the colouration underneath and its shortish beak has me wondering whether its could be something else. It also dosnt seem to be as spotty. It dosnt look like any of the starlings that I see in the garden, or have looked at on the internet. In the garden they look like this:

http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/objtwr/imported_images/starling_adult1.jpg



I hope its a Starling rather than a bird less common. Any ideas?

Kess73

Blackbird

Kess73

Couple pics I found online to show you a live one.


Female with fledgling.






Female

Prowetod

My cat brought in the exact type of bird about an hour ago too, unfortunetly.

Mothman

A Juvenile one, and considering how few juveniles survive the first year, chances are something else would have got it, though preferably something that nature intended...

Knarr

Cheers Kess. I havnt seen any of them in the Garden before and there are not many around my area by the looks of things. Dont know how the cat caught it.

LostCovey

Knarr wrote: »

It just happened about an hour ago. I feel awful that it happened

I dont know what type of bird it is but there are loads of Starlings coming in an out of the gardens. The dead bird kinda looks like a Starling but the colouration underneath and its shortish beak has me wondering whether its could be something else. It also dosnt seem to be as spotty. It dosnt look like any of the starlings that I see in the garden, or have looked at on the internet. In the garden they look like this:

http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/objtwr/imported_images/starling_adult1.jpg

I hope its a Starling rather than a bird less common. Any ideas?

Get used to it.

It seems inevitable if you keep cats. They kill huge numbers of young birds at this time of the year.

LostCovey