Green Finch

[kentlad]

I've got a Green Finch who's decided to take up residence in my loft. Anyone have a surefire way to catch & release, causing as little stress as possible to him? (definitely a male going on his colouring).

[bexVN]

Tempting foods near where he got in maybe? Eg fat ball, dried meal worms

[Dislip2001]

[url]|https://thumbsnap.com/ysoS6Ya6[/url. Are you sure it’s a greenfinch? It doesn’t sound like the character of a greenfinch they are more tree, bush dwelling birds ! Not doubting you but it’s not one of these is it ??

[kentlad]

Dislip2001][url said:

|https://thumbsnap.com/ysoS6Ya6[/url. Are you sure it’s a greenfinch? It doesn’t sound like the character of a greenfinch they are more tree, bush dwelling birds ! Not doubting you but it’s not one of these is it ??

I'm by no means an expert but it's definitely not a Parakeet. It's much smaller and 'rounder'. We have quite a healthy Green Finch population where i live & i rarely see parakeets (thankfully).

[Dislip2001]

oh ok any chance of trying to get a photo of one I’m intrigued as it doesn’t sound like the place a greenfinch would go !!

[bexVN]

Any bird can end up in a wrong place. I doubt it will be easy to get a photo of a scared bird in a dark loft and tbh does it really matter? The OP has a bird roughly fitting the description of a green finch that he needs help with to release.

Unless you think the OP can't recognise eg a budgie or something??

[Boosted LS1]

I once had a girlfriend describing a tropical bird in her front room with spots and green plumage. It turned out to be a starling. How dense can people be? I give up.

[bexVN]

Boosted LS1 said:

I once had a girlfriend describing a tropical bird in her front room with spots and green plumage. It turned out to be a starling. How dense can people be? I give up.

Well starlings do have speckles and a green sheen to their plumage. If you'd not seen them up close before they could look exotic I guess!!

[kentlad]

Priority is to get it out of the loft without causing it further stress, if it can't get out & feed then it must be starving! I'll try and get a photo pre capture if i can, but can't promise anything.

[bexVN]

kentlad said:

Priority is to get it out of the loft without causing it further stress, if it can't get out & feed then it must be starving! I'll try and get a photo pre capture if i can, but can't promise anything.

Can you get some fat balls up there for now. Most birds eat them and they are high energy.

[Yertis]

Can't you just leave him up there? We've got some starlings in our loft and I just let them get on with it, quite like to have them rooming with us actually.

Although it is a bit alarming when I go up to get something, and they start flapping about and charging up and down.

[kentlad]

Yertis said:

Can't you just leave him up there? We've got some starlings in our loft and I just let them get on with it, quite like to have them rooming with us actually.

Although it is a bit alarming when I go up to get something, and they start flapping about and charging up and down.

I could, but don't really like the thought of having a hole in the roof, especially as winter looms. I'm off on Thursday so will hopefully patch the hole & see him out safely. Have left a seed ball up there for him just in case he can't get out himself.