Do you know what kind of bird that is? And the first one?
This is a “Lavadeira Mascarada”, Masked Water Tyrant, Fluvicola nengeta.
The other one I think is a “Sanhaço do Coqueiro”, Palm Tanager, Thraupis palmarum.
So a couple of nights ago, I was coming home from a bike ride, and I noticed something was in the middle of the road in front of my house. As I got closer, I saw that it was one of the feral kittens that live in my neighborhood, but this one was in a bad way. Both of her eyes were closed and all gummed up. And clearly having some trouble breathing. And she wasn’t afraid as I got closer. After a half hearted chase, I was able to catch her easily.
We brought her to an emergency vet clinic nearby for triage. Female, 8 to 10 weeks, with a severe upper respiratory infection, anemia, fleas, worms, but otherwise stable vitals. Also, about half the weight of a normal cat her age. They treated her for the fleas and worms, and also removed a tick.
We got some antibiotics (despite the URI being a virus) as well as drops to try to fix her eyes. For some reason, she’s very resistant to being fed. No interest or even acknowledgement of food in bowls, and she needs to be burritoed in a towel so we can force some food into her.
After 24 hours we brought her back to the vet for a progress check.
The doc says it’s likely that she’s already lost one of her eyes. But she’s getting better otherwise. And we’re getting better with the feeding and the treatments.
We’re calling her Roo, short for Scotcheroo.
Good work!
What a cutie!
I was just going to comment using that myself!
You’re a good person! 
Hope kitty makes a good recovery 
Jarred baby food meat puree (Gerber Stage 2 chicken, turkey) can tempt kitties to eat when not much else will. Get the vet’s ok, of course.
When we brought her in the second time and told them that she wasn’t interested in eating, they gave her an appetite stimulant and tried giving her some jarred baby food, but she wasn’t having it. They sent us home with a can of some prescription “urgent care” food, and we’re giving her a kitten milk formula and though it’s still a struggle, she’s eating more and more. They’re thinking that she’s so congested, she can’t smell it and that’s why she fights.
I’m giving her steam baths in the bathroom with the shower running a couple times a day, and it seems like she really benefits from that, at least for a little while.
But I’m optimistic that she’s turned the corner. 
I hope she continues to improve quickly. 
She is adorable and already not a feral. Great humaning, you!
Respiratory problems do cause that.
One of our cats has seasonal allergies and sometimes when she walks into the room it sounds like she’s playing a kazoo, due to the whistle boogers.
And our little guy just has a chronic respiratory infection. We tried everything with the feeding and different types of food, but eventually we ended up with a mix of medicine that helps enough - some goop for his runny eye and some drops for his nose (that smell awful but will definitely clear the sinuses). So now he mostly eats ok. Still sneezes a lot, but at least he’s not as stopped up.
I was reading that they estimate 65% of all feral and shelter cats have contracted this sort of respiratory infection with varying levels of infection. That includes the rescues you can adopt at PetSmart or whatever. The virus is apparently highly contagious and can recur after its first flush when the animal is stressed. It’s not communicable to humans but it is to dogs.
We used to have a really smart cat who would get all snotty whenever we’d take him to the vet, which was stressful for him. It was a vicious circle until we realized what was happening.
We have another cat who is immunocompromised, so we’ve set up a multi room barrier to separate him from Roo, and have been diligent with sanitation. But odds are, the virus is already in him.
Flirting with danger.
Gavião Carcará, Caracara plancus, Crested Caracara.
Pombo, Columba livia domestica, Common pigeon.
I live in an interesting part of London that is build on marshland. There’s a lot of green, open spaces, ponds and small canals.
This means we get a lot of wildfowl:
Click to see the rest of the cormorant:
There’s also a huge amount of Rose Ringed Parakeets, but while you know they’re there because of all the squawking, they’re ridiculously hard to get pictures of, because their camoflage is so perfect (which goes a long way towards explaining their proliferation!)
I also used to walk through Leicester Square every day on my way to work, and occasionally you’d be treated to mallards frolicking in Bill Shakespeare’s fountain bowl:
It’s hard to tell which is the bird.
Animal Man Vol 1, issue 2 by Grant Morrison and Chaz Truog.
Man, I really loved this comic book.