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Bird Question Need Help.?

Thanks for looking. On August 27th I went outside and found a baby bird half drowned in my goats water bucket. I honestly didn't think he was going to make it. But being the person that I am I had to try to save the little guy. When I found him, he couldn't have been more than a few weeks old at the most. So anyway its starting to get colder faster and I wanted to let him go so maybe he'd have a chance to go out there and make a nest. I went to release him and he can't get a foot of the ground and he crash lands. When he lands he flips over on his back like a turtle and gets stuck. The other odd thing is in the time I've had him, I don't think hes grown. Now I have no idea what kind of bird he is that's where you guys come in at. My mom thinks its a woodpecker and my friend thinks its a finch im not sure what it is. But I've been feeding him a woodpecker suet block and he likes that and he eats chicken food and wild bird food. So if you could just look at the pics and maybe identify him for me that would be great. I'm not trying to just keep him as a pet, but i just can't let him go knowing he doesn't have a chance in hell of surviving. There isn't a wild animal shelter or anywhere that would take him in around where i live. Thanks for looking. If you need other pics email me and I'll get them. I hope someone out there knows. There not the best pictures. Pic one- Day I rescued him. http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz228/Bookfairy612/DRILLBIT1.jpg Pic2-Yesterday http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz228/Bookfairy612/DRILLBIT2.jpg Pic3- Yesterday http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz228/Bookfairy612/DRILLBIT3.jpg Pic4-Yesterday http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz228/Bookfairy612/DRILLBIT4.jpg Pic5- Yesterday http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz228/Bookfairy612/DRILLBIT5.jpg I guess it would help if I told you where I lived I live in North Eastern Pennsylvania. Were not in farm country but we are out in the open areas. We live 5-10 minutes from the city. There is a broken down barn behind my house. And lots of wooded areas, my family owns 11 acres if that helps describe what I'm trying to say.

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1. this is a very common bird. its called a field sparrow here is a link with a grow bird picture. u can also google field sparrow for more information they are fairly easy to maintain. buy a cage and just make sure it has good and water. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.birddigiscoper.com/blogfsdecline.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.birddigiscoper.com/2007/06/common-birds-in-decline.html&usg=___RxxAsER2rlnu312_NKKdMgXqIE=&h=293&w=400&sz=33&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=s7He7OETa_fmuM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcommon%2Bbirds%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1
2. Don't let him go if you want him to live! Birds don't make nests unless they have a partner and want to lay eggs- they just sit/sleep in trees etc so he just wont be ok if you try to release him, he will just freeze. Put him in a cage in a quiet spot and keep him warm as much as possible- you can put a hot water bottle under the bottom of the cage if it doesn't wobble too much but just don't let him get too hot by sitting directly on it all day. If he is eating keep on encouraging him to eat more and try a few different foods, but if hes not eating or not eating much its time to take him to a vet or wildlife carer. Usually the vet wont charge you if they are nice or its a native or uncommon animal. Try calling local pound as usually they will know of someone who can look after injured animals even if they arnt listed as an animal resuer/carer. Good luck
3. hi i am so glad that you have saved the bird other people would just leave it to drown i have looked at the pics and i have looked on the internet and i thik that its a Brown-Headed Cowbird hope this helps
4. What a lovely kind person you are, so nice to read something like an act of kindness, you will go far in life because you are nice ! x