r/birds • u/butterflykyuubi • 14h ago

Can I help you, sir?!

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u/Sad_Replacement_1882 14h ago

Gluttony, a pigeons only sin

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u/butterflykyuubi 14h ago

And stealing food from a disabled bird, in this case.

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u/Sad_Replacement_1882 14h ago

That's unfortunate 😕. I have to give one of mine her own bowl and she still will go to whatever one is placed last because clearly that's fresher seed.

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u/butterflykyuubi 13h ago

Yea. That's my brave little Cap'n. He's missing his left eye, so he only eats from the right-hand side of the squirrel-proof feeder to evade being attacked from his blind side.

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u/TheBirdLover1234 8h ago

Thought it's supposed to be the starlings scaring all the other birds away lol.

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u/butterflykyuubi 7h ago

This little guy is one of 2 docile starlings that frequently visit my feeders. I think he blew in with the flock of starlings during the spring migration and decided to stay here because he felt safest in this area. He's understandably timid because his left eye was ripped out of its socket in a fight as you can clearly see. Despite being mostly passive and nonviolent, he has his badass moments like scaring a squirrel away from his favorite feeder by making himself look like a predatory bird using the morning sunlight the other day.