Calling the bird experts...

[Blue Thunder]

Can anyone of you bird experts tell me what this chick is? It's about the size of a large pigeon and fell out of a nest just minutes ago...

[secondcurve]

Can anyone of you bird experts tell me what this chick is? It's about the size of a large pigeon and fell out of a nest just minutes ago...

I'd say a Woodcock.

[noreast]

The beaks hard to see,but doesn't look like a woodcock, + they wouldn't be in the tree. Baby's are tough to ID. The bill looks like a small gull, but slimmer.

[Chickie]

Woodcocks nest on the ground. Never saw them nest in trees.

[secondcurve]

Woodcocks nest on the ground. Never saw them nest in trees.

Blue Thunder probably mistakenly thought it fell from a tree. I'm almost certain it is a juvenile Woodcock.

[Blue Thunder]

Blue Thunder probably mistakenly thought it fell from a tree. I'm almost certain it is a juvenile Woodcock.

I'm told it was witnessed falling from a large nest in a tree. It's a hawk chick.

[Airedale1]

It is a Hawk and it appears to be a Cooper's Hawk but I am not 100% sure.

[noreast]

Has to be a hawk, downy with a slightly curved beak. I haven't seen a Woodcock in a while but I think the bill is straight and aprox 3".

[Slickcraft]

It is a Hawk and it appears to be a Cooper's Hawk but I am not 100% sure.

Photo of a Cooper's Hawk chick here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=cooper%27s+hawk+chick+photos&biw=1198&bih=635&tbm=isch&imgil=5I05m7-iZKEHFM%253A%253BGHJwZFtZ_TjPdM%253Bhttp%25253A%25 252F%25252Fwww.komar.org%25252Ffaq%25252Fcolorado-coopers-hawk%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=5I05m7-iZKEHFM%253A%252CGHJwZFtZ_TjPdM%252C_&usg=__CR7EWbx3A8oG0HDtNBexCXvziqQ%3D&ved=0ahUKEwiC8qzRzM3NAhWCGR4KHS9SDMQQyjcINQ&ei=j-9zV8LuLYKzeK-ksaAM#imgrc=5I05m7-iZKEHFM%3A

[Hillcountry]

It's a ploving piper...:eek:

Agreed on the hawk.

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So, now that we've resolved its identity, the next question begs to be asked: what happened to the poor thing????