I am in Marietta GA and yesterday or the day before a very sad bird came to our feeder. My husband called me to come see as he was about to fill up the feeder and the bird did not fly away. I came and looked and the bird was sitting there eating away and did not fly away with us only about a foot from it. It became obvious to me that it was blind. I looked at it and it had growths all over its eyes. Also its feathers seemed as though they were oily, but then it had been raining so it may have been just wet. I was going to try and catch it to see if I could help it because I knew it could not survive for long like that. However when I went to reach out it sensed the movement and flew away. Does anyone know anything about any eye conditions happening to birds?. I was not sure what kind it was but it was not a finch as I am aware of the finch eye problem. It looked like it could have been some sort of growth or infection, as the eye was oozing and the seeds from the feeder would stick to his eye. He may have been a young bird but not sure what kind. He was a grey streaked, streamline, longer than wide bird. I felt very sad for this bird. I hope it was just this one bird and not a prevailing problem.
