What’s wrong with this bird?

So I saw this guy trying to fly but not being successful and had to keep my dogs off it. At first I thought it was hurt but after looking closer it appears to be sick. My thought was some kind of an infection or maybe a parasite.
There were spots all over it’s body, including the feet.
The bird died shortly after and was struggling to breath when I took these.

Anyone ever seen anything like this?








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Snakebite maybe. Black plaque. Ebola. One of those three

That's fricken gross. First thought was, in the words of Arnold: "It *IS* a too-mah!"

But it looks like burns or something, too.

Maybe it sat in front of the wrong high-powered antenna and literally cooked its goose???

Could’ve parked itself on a power line and pecked the pole

Hopefully you wore gloves when you disposed of it...

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Looks like maybe advanced case of bumblefoot? My experiences are limited to captive chickens so I'm not sure if this happens in the wild.

Pretty sure this is how the zombie apocalypse begins.

I've never seen anything like that before. I hope its nothing contagious.

concepthomes1 said:

These are probably the only three legitimate options..everything else would be wild speculation.


Oh, and I call FOWL on the burn suggestions........

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I’m thinking he needs to call the CDC

...baby mockingbird, mebbe?

I wonder if those are "worbles" like squirrels get in summer?
Some kinda parasite.

Awww shoot parboil that thang and it be fine!!

Burt Gummer said:

Snakebite maybe.

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Poison copperhead

It looks like Avian Pox.

Sent this to my girlfriend

Edit-

She said it looks like infected bot fly holes.

And she said that they can lead to some pretty nasty infections like the one in the pics

Don't touch dead birds.
Eastern equine encephalitis fears sweep US: Officials in 3 states warn residents to stay inside at dawn and dusk and to NOT touch dying birds

• At least five people have contracted Eastern equine encephalitis in three states
• The virus kills about a third of humans who develop it and several have been left in comas or on life support
• One case is confirmed in each Michigan and New Jersey
• Four confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne disease have been verified in Massachusetts where one woman has allegedly died of the disease
• Residents in one town are being warned not to touch dead birds that may be infected - or bring them to local health departments
  Officials in New Jersey, Michigan and Massachusetts are advising people to cancel end-of-summer picnic dinners and stay indoors at dusk and dawn to stay safe from EEE-carrying mosquitoes.
  
  EEE - - is a virus carried by the insects which causes severe brain swelling and is deadly in 30 percent of cases.
  
  It's historically rare, striking some 10 horses and people, respectively, a year.
  
  Until this year, that is. Cases have been surging in the US as rising temperatures drive mosquito population booms.
  
  Bites are the primary way the bugs transmit the disease to humans, but officials in one Massachusetts town are begging residents not to touch dead birds that may be infected.
  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/...ites-EEE-mosquitoes-state-officials-warn.html

Lovely. Isn't West Nile virus showing up again too?

We don’t have enough world travel. No need in just the third world places having all the crap.