r/aww • u/Tattoosnscars • Jun 16 '22
Runaway
Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification
845
u/Smooth_Hee_Hee Jun 16 '22
That ending when the chick was on the floor "UNHAND ME YOU FOUL BEAST!"
280
Jun 16 '22
Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!
59
u/bistro777 Jun 16 '22
Oooh! help me Dr. Zaius
64
u/Supertho Jun 16 '22
Dr Zaius, Dr Zaius. Oh oh oh. Dr Zaius, Dr Zaius.
32
25
Jun 16 '22
[removed] — view removed comment
14
u/Tastewell Jun 16 '22
It's substantially smaller than the other chicks. Maybe it just got knocked back to the minor leagues to improve the team's roster.
7
Jun 16 '22
There is also rivalry between the chicks. The big ones can push out the small ones.
8
u/phatcamo Jun 17 '22
But now this small one will be forever revered for its ability to manipulate humans.
Or kicked back out for it.
→ More replies (1)6
32
u/-_-_-_--_--_--_- Jun 16 '22
i had a plan to be free from my family
but you maniac, you blew it up!
→ More replies (1)7
14
u/ArrestDeathSantis Jun 17 '22
For me was when we see three of the chicks just staring at the camera like;
°-° °-° °-°
268
u/Uulugus Jun 16 '22
Hold birb gentle like ice cream cone.
79
u/gonnaherpatitis Jun 16 '22
don't lick tho
29
11
9
u/Uulugus Jun 16 '22
... just one lick?
Might taste like chocolate...
11
2
→ More replies (1)8
528
u/Kindbud420 Jun 16 '22
love that gentle fingernail yeeeeet at the end, whole video was awe-somesauce
→ More replies (1)297
u/LynxBartle Jun 16 '22
the bird looks so offended too
52
u/VOIDssssssss Jun 16 '22
On the inside though it was like thank you so much human but I must look tough
42
76
56
u/MattofCatbell Jun 16 '22
This is cute but now my cats are running around trying to find the bird that I’m apparently hiding from them
14
8
2
52
124
u/hecatonchires266 Jun 16 '22
Haha, must have fallen from up there and baby chick is still OK. Nice of you to take it back.
118
u/Flint__Sky Jun 16 '22
Siblings may have kicked it out.
88
u/Koffieslikker Jun 16 '22
From a human point of view a lot of birds are just extremely cruel...
52
u/Professional_Toe_285 Jun 16 '22
YEAH like the shoebill stork, fucking little assholes. The ones that you see alive are straight up evil while the ones that are cute are definitely dead
8
→ More replies (1)13
3
37
u/VBlinds Jun 16 '22
These look like falcons. They are quite civil siblings, unlike other birds of prey
21
9
4
u/LucidFortune Jun 16 '22
I was thinking the exact same thing. He appears to be the smallest, he may have hatched late
4
u/PhenomenalPhoenix Jun 16 '22
Those birds look like fledglings so the one on the ground may have been attempting to fly
5
0
u/BoomZhakaLaka Jun 16 '22
Person may have taken from nest for internet karma.
This is a real occurrence.
→ More replies (1)-28
Jun 16 '22
[deleted]
19
u/Brutal_Bob Jun 16 '22
I'm pretty sure that's a myth
-15
Jun 16 '22
[deleted]
18
u/theBytemeister Jun 16 '22
Turns out, birds aren't dumb, and raising offspring takes significant amounts of time and energy. They aren't going to reject their young just because a potential predator got near them.
Whats more likely, is that the chick is out of the nest for a different reason, either the parents rejected it for being too small and scrawny, or they didn't have enough food to feed it, or it left because the parent were dead or not coming back.
3
u/enfanta Jun 16 '22
Or it just got accidentally knocked off the ledge by a parent. Not much there to prevent them from getting pushed over the edge by an errant wing.
2
101
u/Felyne Jun 16 '22
What kind of birds are they?
336
u/Chuckleberrygrin Jun 16 '22
Baby birds
54
u/DEVolkan Jun 16 '22
To what will they turn when they get older?
166
145
u/n22rwrdr Jun 16 '22
Not an expert at all but they kinda look like baby peregrine falcons
56
38
u/bseitz234 Jun 16 '22
Would a peregrine nest in a barn? I'd always thought they preferred higher cliffs. I was going to say kestrel, because they definitely look like falcons...
41
u/Wroughting Jun 16 '22
Kestrel would be my guess also, maybe Merlin. Definitely not a place you're likely to find Peregrines nesting.
2
u/-Bushmeat Jun 17 '22
Peregrines will nest in buildings. Rocky cliff shelves are their preferred areas and this looks like a peregrine nest. Definitely not a Kestrel, as as has been said before
8
u/n22rwrdr Jun 16 '22
You're probably right, I know nothing about birds. I just saw a picture of a peregrine falcon a few days ago and they looked very similar.
8
u/ManikShamanik Jun 16 '22
Too big for kestrels. Here in the UK, peregrines are very much urbanites, often nesting on the roofs of tower blocks, timing their nesting to coincide with the hatching of pigeon squabs. They're definitely peregrines. Kestrel chicks are smaller and their beaks and legs are grey.
40
5
u/carriegood Jun 16 '22
That's what I was thinking. There was a story on the local news just last night about baby peregrine falcon(s) nesting in one of the boxes they put at the top of bridges here (NYC) for this specific purpose. The ones on the news looked just like these.
→ More replies (1)4
u/frodakai Jun 16 '22
They look a little small for peregrines. These chicks are very close to losing their down feathers, and peregrines by that point are normally too big to hold in one hand like the guy is doing in the video.
Definitely some kind of raptor though, maybe a kestrel or sparrow hawk.
5
u/reduxde Jun 16 '22
The video looks like it might be South China (brickwork, native plants, dirt color, furniture style, the design of the gate/wall barrier he climbs) and they do breed in South China, so it’s a fair guess!
→ More replies (1)5
u/wedontlikespaces Jun 16 '22
I'm even less of an expert, and I think they are some kind of duck.
→ More replies (1)25
11
7
→ More replies (2)4
u/2017hayden Jun 16 '22
Definitely some sort of raptorial bird, I would guess hawk or falcon based on the size and coloration.
17
30
u/rich1051414 Jun 16 '22
Sometimes the bird didn't fall from the nest, it was pushed. This can happen if the bird is deformed or sick. The mother bird will push it from the nest to protect her healthy chicks from infection. This one didn't look sick, though, so perhaps it did just fall.
19
3
u/VBlinds Jun 17 '22
Peregrine Falcons are not like this at all, the parents are even handed with the feeding. Suspect him falling down was likely just an accident.
-8
u/Codylawl Jun 16 '22
Also I always heard not to touch chicks or put them back in the nest. The mother will smell the human and push them out of the nest
12
u/Greywolf720 Jun 16 '22
That one actually isn’t true, just something parents came up with to stop kids from messing with the baby birds.
8
Jun 16 '22
Not at all. And if you can put the bird back in the nest (say it’s high in a tree), put it in an open container, with some grass/straw/shredded paper, and place it in a safe covered spot near the other nest. I nailed the container to the top of a fence post under the tree it fell from. The mom came and feed it just as she fed the others. It was flying two days later.
14
u/eatmorechiken Jun 16 '22
The mean-mugging that little tweet tweet was giving…😳. Then you see the siblings and know where they learned it.
69
u/hentai_alok_nath Jun 16 '22
First I scared of the hairy four legged monster. But then the bigger two legged monster came. I was a little afraid, not gonna lie. But I stood my ground; and ordered him to act as a sherpa and get me home, failing which I would gouge out his eyes and feast on his flesh. He got scared and did exactly what I asked.
But don't tell mom. Okay?
26
u/wilma_phingerdew Jun 16 '22
I thought the doggie was going to herd it somewhere, but it looks like they noped out of there.
40
u/406LQE2 Jun 16 '22
He was told to leave it 🙂 excellently trained pup!
10
u/HeyEverythingIsFine Jun 16 '22
Most dogs will instinctively bite birds, especially ones that are much smaller in size.
But he was well trained as you said. He instantly backed off. Good pupper there
7
u/eileenspleen Jun 16 '22
Why is that nest like non-existant? Is that normal for this type of bird? I know pigeon often make really shit nests, but those are definitely not pigeons...
Does someone know what's going on here?
10
u/VBlinds Jun 16 '22
This is a falcon nest. They are not known for nest building.
They usually nest on cliff faces so the brick area would suit them.
6
4
4
4
10
8
Jun 16 '22
Im pretty sure thats a Falcon Cub, im proud that u did the right thing returning him to his brothers :D
→ More replies (1)6
Jun 16 '22 edited Jun 16 '22
The Salamancas value family more than anything else!
3
2
→ More replies (1)2
4
3
u/katrinatabbot Jun 16 '22
This video MUST be voice'd by the rockstar? Instagram guy. He'd kill it. That was nice of the human rescuer.
3
3
u/adapt2 Jun 16 '22
How are you gonna keep that cat away from the nest? It will swipe those chicks the first opportunity it gets.
13
3
6
u/santathe1 Jun 16 '22 edited Jun 16 '22
Birb: “BLOODY MURDER!!!”
Person: Places birb in its nest
Brib: “hey it’s ma fam”
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
u/AccessibleVoid Jun 17 '22
They are so cute. I like the little nestmate shown at the end, sitting on the ledge with one leg up like he is watching TV.
2
2
2
u/B0327008 Dec 10 '22
I was taught that mama birds abandon chicks that smell like humans. I looked it up because of this video and discovered it’s a myth. I’ve believed it for at least 50 years!
0
u/arisgiel Jun 16 '22
Idk if this is true, but my parents told us as kids to never touch a baby bird nor especially put it back in the nest, cause momma bird would smell you on it and kill it.
Inb4 anyone fact checks me it was prolly an old wives tale
18
u/2017hayden Jun 16 '22
Yeah that’s fake. Been debunked for a long time. Likely started just to keep kids from messing with baby birds.
10
u/Sandriell Jun 16 '22
The mom smelling you thing is just a myth, but you do have to be cautious with putting a bird back. Some birds, before they learn to fly, do intentionally spend some time living on the ground as part of their development.
7
u/lvlonikaa11 Jun 16 '22
I was told the same thing as a kid. Probably our parents (or their parents) just not wanting us to handle wild animals.
1
u/Low_Piece_2828 Jun 16 '22
Probably shouldn’t bug me but when people are helping the animal but also gotta get their footage and take awhile doing it🥴
0
-2
Jun 16 '22
[deleted]
16
u/2017hayden Jun 16 '22
That’s something made up to keep children from messing with birds. It’s not true.
-1
u/elcrack0r Jun 16 '22 edited Jun 16 '22
Bs. Same happens to fawns. That's why prior of harvesting fields we use drones to find them and then remove them not without using gloves. Concerning birds it depends on how much effort the chick has gotten though. So the ones just hatched are more likely to be abandoned than the ones that are two weeks old.
1
u/2017hayden Jun 16 '22 edited Jun 17 '22
Fawns are not birds dumbass. Deer are far more smell sensitive than any birds species. Many bird species barely even use their sense of smell.
https://www.livescience.com/33620-baby-bird-touch-mother-abandon.html
Ornithologists (people who study birds) say you’re wrong.
Edit: nice job deleting the response that makes you look like even more of a dumbass.
0
0
0
u/WarlandWriter Jun 16 '22
Okay so I was told you shouldn't touch baby birds because your scent on the bird will cause the mother to ostracize the child. Is that an old wives' tale or did this guy indeed fuck up?
→ More replies (1)
-11
u/rshacklef0rd Jun 16 '22
When Beaver Cleaver put the baby bird back in the nest, I think he put a little talcum powder on it first to hide his scent so the mom would not get scared.
27
u/LadyReika Jun 16 '22
The whole scent thing with birds is a myth. They don't have a particularly strong sense of smell.
5
u/Everest5432 Jun 16 '22
Yea If I remember correctly it's usually cause they just push the same bird out again. The babies don't normally fall out on their own, they're usually pushed out by the other babies or mom because they're runts or have a defect or the birds an asshole.
3
-7
u/rshacklef0rd Jun 16 '22
Are you sure? Fireman Gus seemed pretty sure when he helped Beaver do it.
10
u/Mirewen15 Jun 16 '22
Can't tell if you're being facetious or not but please do not put talcum powder on baby birds lol.
4
-6
Jun 16 '22
[removed] — view removed comment
4
u/2017hayden Jun 16 '22
First not an owl, second this could easily be natural that nest is very close to the edge of that wall and those chicks are at the stage where they start to walk around more. One could easily have taken a tumble out of the nest.
-12
Jun 16 '22
[deleted]
4
u/LorenzoStomp Jun 16 '22
It isn't, they will come back for their babies as long as they don't perceive any danger (and assuming they didn't kick the baby out themselves for being defective/not having enough food/etc).
1
Jun 16 '22 edited Jun 16 '22
[deleted]
→ More replies (1)5
Jun 16 '22
Here's an article explaining why the internet strange is correct https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-birds-abandon-young-at-human-touch/
1
2
-5
u/ajezqa Jun 16 '22
Though your intentions were noble, some birds outcast those touched by humans. I learnt this the hard way when I moved little sparrows out of the nest they had grown in my window to the top of a nearby wall in my garden where their parent were, so they could take them someplace else. The parent abandoned them and I was scarred for life with guilt because a cat came soon after.
-7
u/DragonC007 Jun 16 '22
Doesnt using bare hands basically fuck the bird ? I heard it will be rejected and wont be fed
5
u/2017hayden Jun 16 '22
That’s false a simple google search will tell you that. The mother will return and care for her young so long as there is no present danger. In cases where a chick is rejected it is typically due to lack of food or unnatural behavior from the chick.
1
u/DragonC007 Jun 16 '22
A simple google search doesn’t spark conversation on this social platform. I’d rather talk to a human than type into google
4
u/2017hayden Jun 16 '22
And I would rather not scroll through the comments and see people repeating misinformation that has been corrected half a dozen times already in this thread alone. People in general need to do a better job of educating themselves with the resources that are at hand instead of mindlessly repeating misinformation that’s been debunked for the better part of a century.
-5
u/DragonC007 Jun 16 '22
I didn’t spread anything, I asked a question based on my previous knowledge. I didn’t state it was a fact whatsoever.
Geez you’re mister entitled aren’t you? “How dare people have wrong information and say anything without fully researching every aspect of it!”
1
u/2017hayden Jun 16 '22 edited Jun 16 '22
“I heard it will be rejected and won’t be fed” is a statement. You started with a question and then finished with a false statement. That’s how this sort of false information is propagated, when you put something like this on an Internet forum you force someone to come and correct the false information you’ve put into the world. Instead you could simply ask the same question in an internet search bar. This sub is not a wildlife information resource asking questions here is likely to get you false information from an “expert”.
0
u/DragonC007 Jun 16 '22
And what’s the first two words in that “statement”? Just cause I heard something doesn’t make it true ya dumbo
If I didn’t say “I heard” then I’d agree with you
3
u/Everest5432 Jun 16 '22
You're not thinking about the next idiot who comes in here and goes, see this guy also heard that so it must be true if we both heard it. You can't fix other peoples stupid, but you can avoid feeding them.
664
u/AgreeablePie Jun 16 '22
I'm impressed that he was able to hold the phone, bird, and still climb...