Baby Starling Chooses His Rescuer As His Dad | The Dodo Little But Fierce
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2019
- Someone found a tiny baby starling screaming for help with no parents in sight. Mike Franzman took him in and taught him how to be a bird. In return, the bird chose Mike to be his dad.
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1:53 "Thats a good flight"
-Shits on the car
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Haha I didn't even realize that...he's marking his territory lol
If it was a Ford, I wouldn't blame him.
Lmfao
LMAO
1:56 literally shits on his car and doesn’t care. Good man.
Optimaloptimus50 50 you saw that too?
IMAJEEP Yep.
Well, bird poop is really easy to clean. Naturally, If someone got mad at a bird they nurtured and loved for pooping on their car, they'd be silly in that respect for expecting otherwise. I have had many birds and when you raise them, you couldn't care less if they pooped on your head or furniture, cause they are just so loving and look up to you so much, nitty bitty things don't matter, just them and that relationship.
Uh
@@cryppi1510 you're right. They are birds. They don't know why they shouldn't poop on a big blue metal thingy.
Two years ago I commented on how much I love this video. On May 13th of this year (2022) I ran across a baby crow in the middle of the road. Totally helpless and hungry. I did all the things you did. Fed him, taught him to pick up his own food. Then we had him outside while gardening and he would follow us around. He taught himself to fly. No need to teach them. Then one day I patted a tree limb and he hopped up there. Then he started staying outside and coming down for food in the morning. Then it got to where he wasn't so hungry when he came down to visit, which was awesome. Then we'd sometimes see him with other crows, which we so wanted. Then sometimes we wouldn't see him for a day or two. Now, we haven't seen him since July 8th. We miss him terribly, but I'm sure he's off with a band of crows, enjoying his life. Amazing how fast they change. All that in seven weeks. I must say, though, that he took a lot of time to care for, and he ate as much as our cat at the end! We miss you, Jetson!
That story put tear to my eye and brought warmth to my heart thank u
Yb
Update us if/when you see Jetson again!
Dammit Jetson
❤❤
Did you ever see him "one last time"?
A group of crows, is called a Murder
This man 💯 % “GETS IT”
A true angel that raised an angel 😇
Hello Erica how are you doing today
That 'angel' is an invasive species.
Man: Wanna try survival mode?
Bird: I'll stick with easy mode thanks.
HAHAHAHHHHAHHHAHA 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 this is hilarious !!!
So true he won't leave
peaceful mode 🤡🔨
Easy mode takes 4 hits of a diamond axe to kill a zombie bruh,normal takes 3
Omg this is so adorable
"You exploring?"
*_Shits on car_*
I got a good laugh from that, thank you XD
This comment made my day 😂
*_Thanks_*
HAHAHAHA
I laughed.
They can still be in the wild and yet have a human friend as this little birdie does. Nothing wrong with that at all.
We saved a common grackle when he fell from a nest two stories up. He was so young he had no feathers. We called him Chicky boom boom as we thought he went boom boom when he hit the pavement. We brought him up over a period of two to three weeks till he was an adult. Smart as a whip, knew his name and like you had fun teaching him to be independent trying to not make him dependant on us. Hardest thing was releasing him to the wild which we did by going away for a weekend. We still think of him years later. Only three weeks but it gave us an appreciation for the intelligence of Chicky Boom Boom and his winged friends and nature in general.
The bird in the video is actually also a misidentified common grackle
“You wanna walk around on the grass?”
“Nahh I’ll just take a dump on your car”
Been looking for this comment 🤣🤣
Bruh
Lmao
Same Ju pi
Yeah I saw that
“In between feedings he likes to have a little nap”
Me too, little bird. Me too.
Same
the birds all of us at this point
I love naps
Lmao I think we all do friend
We get very sleepy after food, digestion takes too much energy
This is so wholesome I can feel my life force expanding. Thanks dad.
I truly believe this is how animals and people were supposed to interact, not at a store, just something like this.
Imagine if people like this ran our world.
School would be more interesting
The ocean would be clean
2å million trees would be planted each year
Few well known animals would gi extinct
Global warming would be 3x slower
Less people would be sick
Etc.
Basically a semi-perfect world.
Or the animals would outbreed us and we would be prey
We could fly 😱
Well, the socialists leaders cater to people like him to destroy capitalism.. he's their prey
@Mr KAG lol
The best human dad a bird could have tbh
Mya6 FACTS.
He is a great Father to that bird 😊
Expect me if i had some money and i wasn't lazy asf
Very true
Ya
A dad of the year, no suprise the bird got attached to him 💗
Raised numerous Starlings.. Love them!
Going through his teenage cycle, shits on your car and flies away..
I can’t say I shat on a car when I was a teenager. I didn’t fly away either come to think of it.
@@plan4life well I sure the hell did
Russell Mccune which? 😉
@@plan4life I flew away of course. What kind of person shits on a car??
Poop and run.
Having a bird flying onto his arm? Disney Princess confirmed.
Had same thought.
Kinda hard not to think that with the magical music playing
@the Emperor of man I thought the hairiest is Rapunzel?
Huh? Duh... A lot of people has bird pets. You sobinto Disney shitty stuff🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@brightblue2512 R/wooooosh
This is how wonderful life could be if we were as loving and caring as this guy. Bless you.
I love starlings. Their glossy iridescent plumage, the way they are so intense searching for worms in the lawn, their techo-like song when they are singing on the power lines for the rain to come.
Hello Gregory how are you doing today
The old saying says “If you love something, let it go. If it comes back it’s yours, if not, it never belonged to you to begin with.” Guess what Starling dad?
OwO
Nothing "belongs" to us. Especially not people. Love is not possession
@K W
What, you don't believe in personal property or something?
time for amazing chest please read my newest comment.
Perry Ellis please read my newest comment.
I don’t blame the bird, this man seems like the ultimate dad
papi juan: That bird is smarter than you. He knows a good deal with a great Daddy when he sees it.
It seems so 😊
He can be my daddy ❤
papi juan why you typing like that
Damn must be nice to have a father in his life
He is a certified Disney Princess now.
🥰 What a Dad! Thanks for saving this little guy. I feed backyard birds and last year Daddy Cardinal named LeRoy brought his baby girl to me for food. Mom was standing by.
Of course he doesn’t wanna leave. You’re his dad
yeah
yeh the bird be like....when we goin fishin dad? can we go see a game at the weekend n get hotdogs??
@@tiarnan76 then the dad yells at him to shut up, goes out to buy milk and never returns
@@_AbhiRam_ and the bird startd humping all the local animals...n pretty soon u have moose running down the road and as theyre about to get hit by a truck....they flap their wings n fly off into the forest of woe....
tiarnan Wtf
Guy: *Takes in abandoned bird and takes care of it.*
Bird: *Poops on his car*
Oh they'll poop more than on your car. Shoulder, arm, everywhere really.
As a thank you
It's good luck. He knows how dangerous those things are.
That made me laugh💀
The cycle is complete.
I found a little starling just like this in the middle of the sidewalk in my city back in summer 2020. There was no nest anywhere nearby and the little baby was in such a dangerous spot right next to the road. I brought it to the wildlife sanctuary about 15 mins away. I really really hope that little baby had as much success as this bird did.
Very cute
I never knew how loyal birds are until we raised a duck and a goose.
I had a pet duck as a kid that we found after a hurricane. If you turned the porch light off he would peck on the door until you turned it back on. He would also jump in your lap like a dog. Birds are pretty cool
you raised a fat swimmer and the embodiment of the devil? well done
And you ate them?
t3n9 I ate them bro while they were asleep
@@mrhalfwit972 who is the fat swimmer and who is the embodiment of evil
Bet he told all his bird friends that he has a human dad and nobody believed him
" you liar! *flies away* "
Ofcourse you are right.
Ysaa _l.y. Well he can certainly tell his pals that his dad is bigger than their dad 😂
*theoddonesout refrence...?*
My dad has a longer life span than your dad
Animals are amazing. Such a kind man. Thank you for saving this bird.
This world would be a much better place with compassionate people like him.
The Dodo does more for awareness than Peta does with all their money
Truth
Peta don't raise awareness, only the body count.
@@EverybodyIsDeadDave SO FREAKING TRUE. HOW DO MORE PEOPLE NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS? Really angers me to see actors give their money to a cause without taking a second to research it. *puke*
I'll just send my 👍🏻right here. I don't want to make your likes 70.😉
@@loneaxolotl someone else did anyway 😂😂
This bird: flies back to owner even after venturing far
My dog when the front door opens: *I AM SPEED*
Lol, mines too
LOL!
@Advocatus Diaboli
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Random but ok
@Advocatus Diaboli you and your family stay safe.
No
You can hear the kindness in this rescuers voice ❤
This man’s legit an angel, if he was my dad I’d have the Nobel peace prize.
Now he only calls when he needs money.
Lol
Haha, or dropping off his laundry.
Lol
*Kids... how typical ! ! !* ☝🤓
You gave me serious laugh my friend. More of a LMAO laugh ;)
“That’s a good flight”
Bird then shits on car lol
i guess this is how they learn to do their lifes best! sniping their poop on people and cars
Guy needs to train his bird in target practice so he can get him to crap on his a-hole neighbor's car. 😂😂😂
Who cares...alive beings are love...car is mode of transport
Who cares...alive beings are love and car mode of transport
@@sarikas1352 which we need to buy food for beings
We found a baby Starling yesterday morning. He has some feathers. His nest is too high up on our two story house so putting him back in the nest is out. We bought a cage yesterday and we are feeding him a supplement and some worms retrieved from the garden. We were amazed to find him alive this morning. Your video gives me a path to follow in introducing him to the outdoors and hopefully his freedom in a few weeks.
Starlings are terrible birds. Should’ve left it alone. It’s legal to kill them for a reason
@@ItsAleshaReneewhats wrong with you?
@@ItsAleshaReneejedes Lebewesen egal ob Miss Hollywood meint sie sind schrecklich, hat ein Recht auf Leben !!! Nur das des mal klar ist !!!
Aww talk about memories. Our family had two starlings as pets for years named Zim an Dib in my family. We (mostly my sister an I) liked to volunteer in local animal rescues by helping hand rearing the orphans being mostly native birds, kittens an puppies; with the occasional racoon, possum an coyote. Most are released but where we live starlings are an invasive species an cant be released, so we adopted them. Miss those fluff balls~ They really were beautiful and so loving, changed my view on them completely.
It's just like with kids. Someday they grow up, shit on your car and don't come back over night.
That's too funny!!!
your kids shat on your car? 😵 tell me more 😰
A E well when babies are still in diapers they poop in your car and you can smell it. That’s kind of similar
Al Sp so are u yet here we are
@@couterei.1953 You've been there too buddy
That bird comes back to his arm like a trained falcon. That's so cool and cute!
What an unbreakable bond!
Yep
Its become imprinted!
@@schuey089 ?
@Todd M I wonder if he got it vaccinated or something. Probably not though
Beautiful, and such a kind and generous man. It's really good to see value given to nature. Animals are so beautiful.
Freedom is the greatest gift you can give your child
Birb: *flies away then comes back*
Guy: "Good Flight!"
My cat: *runs away*
Me & my brain: "She's gone forever"
Well I have a cat too lel when he was going outside he always came back also he sometimes fight with the other cats?
I know she'll be back but my mind overreacts 😆
@@creime5484 thats how i am with mine. She has some sneaky little beans so she's quick and quite if need be when it comes to bolting out the door. I try to walk her on her lead but shes a big baby and hisses at me when its time to go back inside.
@@thebitehandle360 same as mine but if she go out of our gate, she just looks down in the spaces and doesn't go far away 😆
Well thats is same though ya know!?
1:53 "thats good flight"
Bird: proceeds to land on car and poop on it
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lmao I came here just for this comment
"That's a good poop"
To be fair he's literally 20 days old, i bet you weren't potty trained at that age.
@OHGAS exceptionally, but youtube comments are serious business.
What a sweet,gentle man
Didn’t it break your heart when he left for good? Didn’t it make your heart sing with joy when he fly to freedom? My Mom and my sisters rehabilitated hundreds of birds… fancy and plain…to freedom and each one was loved and is remembered.
Hello Jane how are you doing today
Imagine you come over to this guys house and a bird from a tree just lands on his arm.
People might think he's a Disney princess.
I'd think he's Harry Potter or something.
@@Free_Snooki You a Harry Potter fan?
@@The_Hush_Dragon Yup.
_🧙🏽♂️_
@@The_Hush_Dragon House?
“That’s a good flight!”
Bird: *poops his guts out*
They do that
Lmao! I just noticed that!
At that moment, the man knows he had perfectly raised a bird.
Saw that too
If that was in the morning, it's called a morning poop. Birds refuse to poop while asleep, so when they wake up, they poop out all the poops they forced to not do.
I learned that from Jaiden Animations-
That is a real Man!. Compassionate to take care of that little
creature. Well done Sir.
You have raised him man..so the love..you are dad for him..he is not a human to be selfish..he is goint to be with you for ever..love you both..God Bless.
This just shows that no matter how well you care for the birds, they will always find a way to sh!t on your car. 😆
Kids man.
Haha lollll hahaha funny meme XD dude you are funy be conedia
How have you censored yourself
😂😂
:D 😂🤣🤣 🤣😂😂
I wish the world can be loving and caring and respectful to animals
Man I just wanna get a taste of some yummy bird
pee poee lol
Cash Coda what I mean is not to hurt them and abuse them we need more people like this man
Amen.
Nature is nature. Simple like that.
My aunt brought a baby parrot to me from somewhere...She was so fragile at first but now she has grown so much stronger and healthier...She thinks me as her mom and is very cuddly...she is growing so fast...and I'm so happy because I have her!!! My mental health has got so much better now after having her and I'm very greatful to the universe for sending her into my life!!! She is always safe!
This made me misty! I wonder if the bird still comes around. Bless all the animals caregivers out there!
You’re ALL he’s known his whole little life. Of course he doesn’t want to leave because his heart Is with you 💙
so wholesome
You're all he's known*
Dyslexic much
Travis Williamson exactly lol I’m surprised there isn’t a long reply section correcting that
D-eLITE Beatz 300 people understood stfu
@@traviswilliamson5780 Judgemental much. Move along with your edited comment. You're not perfect yourself.
This is what a person with a good heart looks like.
I know Mike, and he is a very nice guy and talented professional photographer. Used to photograph the rock bands that played New Haven Coliseum (in Connecticut) before it closed.
True true I accept the comment. I have seen many cutting the wings and torturing the birds without empathy.
I appreciate for being so kind, value based and empathetic. Need such kind of a person both in this world and of course he has a place in heaven!!!!!
i knew he had a good heart asap wearing a METS t-shirt
@@rambam77 LOL
💕🐦💕
I raised a baby starling just like this.
They are so intelligent and sweet.
Wrong
they’re invasive and destructive
Bless your kindness 🇭🇲🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰💛💛💛🦜🐦❤️❤️❤️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
It's not easy to bring up a baby bird... hat's off to you sir
03:15 Bird: "I own a human"
Other birds: "WHAA!?! No way!"
Bird: "Totally. Look, he lets me hold up his arm"
Bord: he feeds me when I please
@@plockdock2038 *bord? Lol
Other birds: Man..... I wish u had a humble human like that...
😆😆😆
Friend True Love NEVER Dies.
YOU ARE A TRUE HERO RESCUING THE BABY STARLING!
Theres nothing more special then humans bonding with wild life.
wild life? sorry dude but he raised the bird from day 1 nothing wild about it 😂
@@yopeepthestyle8308 well, technically the specie of the bird is wild.
*than
Melts my heart every time :3 AND I MEAN EVERY *GODAMN TIME!*
Well I found a gorgeous lady and bonded with her ; boy let me tell you ..... best decision ever!!
"He can't fly, but he's growing stronger everyday."
Wtf I guess I'm a bird.
We are birb
lmfao true
Growing in girth doesn’t count
Hahha yeah
Lmfao.
what a great parent he is even when the bird poopep on his car he didnt get angry😊
What a wonderful man for this sweet feathered friend.
“Flying around, staying out all night.”
Sounds like he’s finally reached his teenage years. 😄
Maybe he will be a father soon.
I hate teenagers.
@@ElSabio159 You were one yourself.
@@ElSabio159 OK boomer
"Flying around, staying out all night" 😂 typical teen
Lol good one
copied other comment, you suck
Why do you even copy others comments? Just for likes? That ain't cool.
Ugh what. I just picked up on what I thought was hilarious. I didn't copy anyone, if it's anything, they share the same humour as me. Calm down. I don't have time to scroll down and look for comments to copy. I do have a life.
@@foreshadow6796 Ugh what. I just picked up on what I thought was hilarious. I didn't copy anyone, if it's anything, they share the same humour as me. Calm down. I don't have time to scroll down and look for comments to copy. I do have a life.
"I went outside and he was hanging out with some other birds"
Birdy enters teenage mode.
"Last night was the first time he stayed out all night"
Birdy has entered young adult mode.
...he's going to be stealing beers soon.
I used to have a starling that was raised even earlier than this one, and I can definitely say that even though their age difference was a bit different, they still remain to act fairly the same. Starling are some of the smartest birds I've ever had the joy of raising, makes me miss mine even more lol.
The bird in the video is actually a misidentified grackle
This made me shed a tear. What a gentle soul this guy is. That bird loves him.
He is and the bird really does 😊
i was also shitting a tear
@@user-gt8dh7qj3w I dunno man. If you are *shitting* tears then that ain't good.
annoying voice tho
Kaakakk
many people say we need more people like him but no one says we need to be like him
Good point.
It's a good thing that not everyone tries to feed baby birds, because it's litte risky and also tedious as baby birds can need food every 20 mins to an hour depending on the age and if people don't know how to feed the bird properly the food can end up in lungs and cause death. Most people should turn them over to animal rescue.
@@thewanderingartists Fair but it's the thought that counts.
@@thewanderingartists Maybe the person from the video actually knew these things, as he raised the bird to maturity with no problems.
@@Vitali_Osandor yes he did and he did it wonderfully ! but not everyone can, that's my point, you wanna save a bird but don't have the tools or knowledge to do it ? hand it over to someone who can :)
Baby birds are the cutest thing on earth!
Thanks for taking care of him
“That’s a good flight!”
*immediately poops on car*
Underrated
@Big Prick looks like you never had above 500 likes ;)
That's what kids do 💩 all over everything.
@Big Prick then why are bitching about a single reply
he's ready.
No wonder why he did not want to leave the security of the home, nature is scary. That bird is not stupid.
crows are really smart
@@fivedeads4247 Mhm. So are Starlings 😂
I am in an agreement with this notion.
@@fistfight4753 I too can concur this agreement
ok boomer
Very heartwarming!❤️that starling found the perfect person to take care of him!❤️❤️❤️
That bird 🐦 choose him was destiny, God blessed him with a wonderful heart ❤
My Robin Rosie eventually stopped coming back home after finding a mate, this was a bittersweet video for sure :)
Me too
Well the robin is happy with its mate so be glad your robin baby found another birdie it loves : ))
You got the ash ketchum ending
Wtf with the interrogation music😬,which is for the birds🤣😅😂
thats dope! i dont think the novelty would last. id feel bad about having it after a while.
1:55 I love how he took a crap on his car lol 😂
He learned it from the other, "bad birds" LOL
🤭🤭
I blame the parents.
Lol
@@twogluon the dad prolly did the same on the car 😂
I love this man! Thank you for saving him ❤
You did a great job caring for this little guy.
The newest Disney Princess is really fighting traditional gender roles
underrated
Stevean2 *princess
I dont think ppl understood this comment...
Lmfao
That Guy
you really are -that guy-
“Wanna walk around on the grass?”
*flies instead*
stellarxedits ! Then poops on his car.....
@@sincerl5455 bruh moment
I raised one that, after release, came back every evening for a month. She knocked on the window to be let in for the night, then flew off again each morning. I've raised 3 of them. The first imitated my budgie who imitated my silkie chicken. So if your in southern Ontario and hear a starling making chicken noises, his name is kenku and he loves grapes.
I love how this person doesn’t just throw the bird into the water. Instead he INTRODUCES him to water to see if he likes it
Edit: wow thanks for the likes, I think it’s the most I’ve gotten! Also please don’t go attacking me saying “stfu gacha kid” you can dislike my pfp however you want, just don’t go attacking me.
I know!!!
I hate it when people force you to take baths, let me smell nasty and fishy in peace! 🤪🤤
Yes, it’s so sweet and responsible. I see so many people on the internet chucking their pets into water and wondering why they where sputtering for air.
Agreed but I hate your pfp
@@aidan4022 what is a pfp
@@samsungemployee5243 profile picture.
this is what makes a person attractive: kindness towards animals and kindness to other humans
EDIT: why are y'all fighting over this? Grow up and take your arguements off of my reply thread. 😅
That's asolutely true!
Niki B 100 percent factual.
Yes, that's why everyone should go vegan because that's the least we can do for animals.
Telios Abraxas you have issues and need to go to therapy for wanting to kill those just because they don’t like animals.
Conscious Vegan nah if people want to eat meat let them be it’s not ur choice to decide that anyway
Im watching this as i sit with my baby starling rescue, Lil John, tucked in the nape of my neck sleeping. He had his first few flights of longer than 2 feet today so were very proud. Hes starting to get an attitude with me when trying to move him from off the top of my head or off the keys of my keyboard.
He poops everywhere and all the time. You think youre catching on to the signs so you can place a paper towel under neath to catch it but then nope, he throws me a curve ball.
I never knew just how much and how quickly i would grow to love and adore him, but just like that, he has my heart.
My dogs who i love with all my heart, are feeling the pangs of jealousy and thats hard to see. But, we will all adjust and love one another as if wed always been a family.
Ohh, i fed Lil John some icecream and...he loved it!
Bless this man and his feathery friend :)
1:50 "Thats a good flight"
Bird: >:V *shats on his car
Hahaha finally someone comment this
...
Finnally
At least not on him.
I was looking for this comment lmao
Bird, "Are You My Mother?"
Man: I'm not your mother, I'm your dad.
That was my favorite childhood book. "Are you my mother?" about a bird who thinks a crane tractor is its mother.
"neat" says the bird.
i'm your daddy
The only bird egg that was successfully inseminated by a humans sperm....? 🙄🧐
"Noooooooo!" (proceeds to take refuge on an antenna).
Love is an exceptional one which can bond every one with one.Beg you to love all.
Thank you for helping him.
*"That's a good flight!!"*
Nobody talked about the car
I saw that lol
@@fategaming5565 yea mee too😂
@@fategaming5565 same
Same
Fate Gaming I saw it to
"You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."
Gonna def use this quote
The little prince
The bird isn't tamed. He was raised by a human. We live in a society where people believe that raising the young is taming them.
@@firepower7017 True, by that logic we all tame our kids and I have seen for a fact that many kids can be wild.
I raised and taught a baby roadrunner. He's now a spoiled fat/poofy adult that demands breakfast, lunch, and dinner. When done he jumps out the window to praise the sun then leaves or stays for the night.
Starlings are great little birds!
Love can bring close every one to any one.
Starling to his grandchildren: _“Hoomans are sometimes great, I was raised by one of those greats!”_
All of his grandchildren:
“Can I get raised by one?”
“no”
(Jk)
What about bad hoomans :(
Downer comment, but that's actually not a super good thing because it's better for wild animals to have a natural avoidance towards humans.
@@CylindricalWhistle yeah, sometimes they need alone time