Magpie with broken/drooping wing

Fell into the trap again 🤣🤣🤣
Birds long gone then

This thread’s 4 years old

I always throw a tea towel over a an adult sea gull if I have to rescue them it works and you just scoop them up

I d be very cautious about taking a bird to the vets I took a cormorant with a broken wing and they just put it to sleep didn’t even suggest trying to help it iMO it would be far better to take it to a wildlife or bird centre where it would get what help possible

Is there an update yet on this little fellow?

I'm sorry you need to de-poo your passage.

I love the magpies here, they will eat out your hand. I think your ones look a bit different from ours. Your ones are actually prettier, quite spectacular.

Hi, may i ask did the magpie wing healed on its on or not? I have a similar problem, the magpie i was feeding has a broken wing.

Thanks v much for replies.
TBH I don’t feel like taking it to a rescue centre - or trying to - we have an awful lot of magpies around here and we’re much more fond of the smaller birds they typically prey on.

Dh put out a load of dried mealworms yesterday, for the ground feeders - magpie was busy picking up beakfuls and burying them in the lawn! Presumably it can’t be too hungry, then.
I wasn’t aware that magpies buried food, but then jays, also I think crow family, do. We often find a baby horse chestnut growing a long way from the nearest HC tree, so I suspect it’s down to the jays that we see now and then, though more often in winter.

should have been 'and not be able to fly'

Just a thought, on 2 separate occasions we've had a herring gull land on our roof terrace and be able to fly put due to lack of space, high walls either side and a high glass 'wall' to the front.

Mr. S. on both occasions has managed without any help from me to catch them by throwing a sheet over them to cover them, and then picking them up. They're momentarily too confused to react by which time he's managed to get down one flight of stairs and out of our front door. My job was door opener.

They're big and quite aggressive birds at least twice the size of a magpie I'd say, so maybe if you had something to hand to put the bird in, it might be worth a try.

try a towel or a cardboard box ,then contact your local wildlife expert. broken wings can be mended..there must be a wildlife place local to you that could pick it up. even a pigeon place would have him.

I think you are doing the right thing, is there anything that would make a better perch for it at nights?
All the crow family can become fairly tame if fed, and they are intelligent.
If the injury heals itself, in time it may just fly away.
Well done.?

It's upsetting isn't it when you have an injured bird and there's really not much you can for it. I think it would have to be a rather brave and large cat to take on a magpie but yes, a fox could take it.

I'm surprised a broken wing isn't considered grounds for euthanasia as unless, if you were able to catch it that is, there's a sanctuary that could take it off you and repair the damage, the poor things chances of survival aren't good are they.

Do keep us posted so we know how your magpie's doing. You and your DH are very kind.

Would you be able to catch him? If he can't fly and comes for food, a couple of you might be able to corner him with a cage or a cardboard box, or a towel of some sort? A Vet would treat him and advise you - they normally give first aid or treatment to wild animals and birds without charge - and he should be able to let you know which is the closest sanctuary to you where the bird would be taken in and cared for until he has recovered. You're a star for caring !