Category Archives: Bird Feeding

Is it illegal to shoot song birds in your garden in the UK?

I just found out that the teenage idiot next door has had a visit from the police on Friday because he has been shooting the birds in the garden. My wife feeds some blackbirds in our garden and we had noticed over the weekend that all but one of them had disappeared and the remaining one had an injured leg. Apparently the police did not recover the air rifle involved as the yobo Aaron denies possession of a weapon. I know his parents were on holiday last week and this may have happened whilst they were away. I have tried phoning them and knocking on the door but there is no answer even though I know they are at home. What would you do about this moron and what do you think the law says about it. I`m so mad I could strangle the whole fucking lot of them.

I have already written a few lines for the village magazine outlining what has happened.

My Friend Found A Baby Bird?

The bird is about one week old and was abandoned by the mother bird.

Does anyone have suggestions on how to feed it and or keep it alive?

Carduelis tristis American Goldfinch Birdfeeder

The daily backyard show of American Goldfinches eating up all the black oil sunflower seeds. Special guest appearances of Hollywood Finch.

baby woodpecker info please? anybody have experience with raising them?

friend found the bird in her backyard, we think it’s a northern flicker possibly a sapsucker. it has some feathers but not all. she has it n a cardboard box with branch to stand on. shes feeding it some sort of mush. what should we do?

Quaker Parrots killed their 4 babies.?

My birds had 5 eggs and 4 had hatched about 1-2 days altogether. We were going to let them take care of their babies naturally, so we didn’t take out the eggs but we gave them food to feed the babies once they hatched. The 5th never hatched, so I have it set up with the light and everything if it does. Well, they had their 4 babies alive and about 1 or 2 days later, I saw them dead in their little cube box. They have a big enough cage and pretty much had everything made. I want to know what made the birds kill their babies.
Also, if they do have more eggs later on, we will take the eggs out once layed to prevent the killings again, but we are not planning to let them mate anytime soon. <<Just to let the bird breeders know so you all wouldn't get mad.

Cat brought the bird back! HELP?

Okay, she brought the SAME chick back after I used your advice to let it go, this is 10 hours after I let it go. It’s now bleeding, it’s leg looks crippled etc. I’m going to try and feed it, but I’m really asking for help here, thanks!
*********** The Vets is closed my time :(

Baby Bird Help?

I found a baby bird and have tried to call local places but cannot find anyone at this time that would take it, so now I would like to know what should I feed it, how often and how much…this bird is able to stand and hop has feathers but cannot fly yet and is still a little unsteady at times. the birds size full grown is bigger than a sparrow but smaller than a pigeon. not sure of the breed yet.