Have you ever handfed a wildbird or want to?

[ZandraJoi]

Not talking at a zoo, & someone having a trained one lol I'm talking on your own, with time & patience & having a wildbird trust your outstretched hand & feed off of it. I have a few times & it was great! & I did it in winter without gloves on. For those who want to try it out, I encourage you to step out of your comfort zones & try new things!

 

[Oblivion Knight]

I've done a "falcon walk" where a trained peregrine falcon landed on my arm and fed from my gloved hand. It was a pretty cool experience, but I'm not sure I'd trust any untrained wildbirds to do the same.. ?

 

[MrDawn]

I've held a wild bird before. The wildlife conservaton says sometimes the weather can make them docile and to just leave them be & let mother nature take it's course.

Well, one morning I found this little bird sitting on the ground. I picked it up. I thought about keeping it as a pet. But I quickly changed my mind because I thought I'd do more harm than good. So I put the bird up in a nearby small tree so someone wouldn't step on it or a cat would come along and chase after it. Then I went on my merry way.

 

[Sharon]

I've never held a wild bird and I don't really have a strong desire to. I admire bird and love the idea of watching them. I would love to travel to Nicaragua and visit the rainforest at some point and observe the wild birds there. I hear that it's absolutely beautiful!

 

[JennyorAlice]

I've fed some seagulls once. Some of them were brave enough to take food out of my hands.

 

[MrDawn]

I've fed some seagulls once. Some of them were brave enough to take food out of my hands.

lol sometimes they swarm over you for the food.

 

[Jazzy]

I've had Chickadees and Titmice eat bird seed from my hand. It just takes a whole lot of perseverance and patience.

 

[Nous]

Nope never, I did hold a falcon once, but it was trained and it's eyes were closed.

 

[Dori]

I have seen that done a lot in movies but whenever I try to do it, the wild birds are never brave to enough to get closer. The only bird that I have been able to do it with is a pigeon which isn't a wild bird.

 

[KO896]

I've held a bird that got injured by banging into my big picture window. Poor thing. It recovered eventually and flew away.

 

[Shortie]

Quite a few years ago now, Smokey our cat who is sadly no longer with us caught a bird, it was her first time doing so and we believe she brought it to us as a gift.

She took it upstairs and hid under the bed with it but we managed to get it from her and nurse it to health so it could fly off. That was the only time I handled a wild bird.

 

[Shavkat]

I never experienced it. Although I tried to raise wild chickens before, My old man used to bring them from hunting in the mountains with his friends before.

 

[Cherry123]

I don't fancy birds so never fed them

 

[Ginger]

I haven't and max I can feed is a stray dog or birds and have no plans to feed wild birds or animals