Yeah
he still was a bit scrawny but this is the time in his life where he is meant to live mostly on the ground and just being able to hop around to be safe. I think this is when he learns what is and isnt food.
I hope he does well.
The last few days here, i refused to feed him like a 'mother bird' . Instead I bought crickets and put them on the ground ( yes, in my house.. blah) and he chased them and ate them all. I left out small pieces of bread, a bowl of water, some seeds, pieces of fruit, tomato etc.. and he spent about 1/2 the day complaining at me to feed him, and the other half of the day exploring for food
He should do fine.
We picked a less populated place in the park so I am hoping that, overnight, he will hop/fly deeper into the woods and spend a few days with out humans so he can get used to being alone.
And I hope.. if someone DOES find him and if he DOES approach a person, that the person is like me. They will take some time looking up how to care for him and what to do. I hope that they will first, just leave him be, but if not and decide to make a pet out of him that they give him the best they can and dont just pop him in a cage and leave him.
If he was smart enough to potty train , I would have gladly kept him as a pet. I just can not handle bird **** every where. I dont live in a barn.
Besides, no matter how calm Flash Gordon is around him, I would have to lock him up every time I left to be 100% safe, and that could mount to several hours every day with no exercise and no company. That isnt fair to any animal..
So lets cross our fingers that my 'baby' *snifffff* is doing well