No! Not normal. My understanding is that they make the mistake of landing
on wet black asphalt thinking it’s water. They need to be on water to
actually take off and fly. So he needs to be rescued. Hopefully someone on
here can help and advise you on next steps.
Lottie Bushmann
Columbia Mo
On Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM Tony Forsythe <tonyf...> wrote:
> My wife works at Garden Heights in Richmond Heights. Back on the 5th of
> October they sent me a picture of a bird that was running around parking
> lot. It was a Sora. Not the typical habitat for a Sora. I assumed it was
> migrating through and would be gone the next day. The employees texted
> today and said it’s still there and they are getting concerned.
>
> Is this normal for a Sora to be here this late in the year?
>
> Tony Forsythe
>
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