It can move the wing, but it droops down & sometimes shakes (I think the bird might be using it too much). I might try yet another kind of bandage and pray that they don’t get their feet caught up in it when I wrap the wing to the body.

Thank you for your kindness. I’m trying to do the right thing, but it’s difficult when I have to do things “legally”.

Obviously it’s an awful idea to let just anyone try to help wild animals, but I have a bit of experience with wildlife care & have an exotic animal of my own that requires special care. I can’t say I’m the best person to do this, but I at least know what to provide & how not to act around a wild animal. Ideally though, yes, they should absolutely go to an experienced rehabber, if one can be found.

The green is reflecting from the roof color of the structure they are underneath! They seem to be black and/or extremely dark brown that looks black.

No, the green is reflecting from the roof of the structure!

The eyes were also throwing me off because they’re darker than adult grackles I see.

It’s a [hug] emote.

🫂

There is a singular niche community that I involve myself with where I pop in and make highly desired items to give away for free.

It makes me feel like people care about me for a while. For now, that’s good enough for me.

What absolutely sucks about this is that I had carefully curated my subscriptions on RIF in order not to exacerbate my dumb mental health issues.

Hell, I’ve read angry posts about people in recovery from addiction and alcohol saying how they keep seeing ads for beer or gambling and things like that.

It’s horrifying!!