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.
I have a baby bird that has most of his feathers and is trying very hard to fly. I found him just yesterday at a park on the floor so i took him in. He cannot fly or perch. He crawls a lot and flaps his wings untill hes out of breath.
Should i return him where i found him or keep him in my care until he learns to fly?
Right now hes eating moist cat food and is in a soft box.
I feed him every hour.
He has most of his feathers but cannot perch or fly yet. He flaps his wings a whole lot and tries to crawl. He eats well, i feed him moist cat food.
What other foods are better?
Is his breathing normal? If not, what do i do?
Is the flapping of wings normal?
It’s hurt and cannot fly. Should I take it to a bird sanctuary, or leave it alone?
The Story: Two red breasted robins decided to nest this year in my bush. They had two eggs, one hatched about a week before the other.
Later, the older one decided it was time to leave the nest. In the confusion of it wandering around and shaking all the branches, the littler one got spooked, leaped, and fell from the nest about 4.5 feet.
At first, I decided the best thing to do would be to leave it alone, but then my dog caught the scent and bit it. The bite wasn’t too terribly hard and it didn’t break the skin, but I thought it wasn’t safe on the ground.
I put the baby robin in a good size box with an open lid. The box was tall enough that it couldn’t jump out of it, but it could FLY out of. The parents continued to feed and protect the baby while it was in the box.
But now, about a week later, the little bird still cannot fly, while his older sibling can. I also noticed that his foot is twisted and deformed, and he cannot stand on it.
The parents are still caring for the little thing, but I fear they will stop if it doesn’t learn to fly soon. What should I do with it?
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I have had a blue bird box in the same place for over 5 years. Now this year, we cannot leave either of our cars outside during the day without out the blue birds attacking the mirrors.
Unless some other solution works beforehand the bird box will come down after the nesting season. I like the blue birds but not that much.
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Tagged Bird, blue bird, blue birds, box, cannot, car, car windows, cars, day, leave, place, year
i found it in my back yard and i did i research on it but i cannot find grasshoppers, or caterpillars or even insects,i fed him some fruit, and also it has a broken wing but that i’m taking care of that, maybe somebody has wild birds experience. thanks, and also it’s beautiful, too bad i cannot keep it.
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Tagged back yard, Bird, broken wing, cannot, care, caterpillars, experience thanks, fruit, grasshoppers, insects, research, somebody, tanager, western tanager, wild birds, wing, yard
Please help me! I have 2 baby blackbirds in my back garden. They are not even the size of my fist. Their mother continues to feed them in the corner of my garden on the ground (they fell out of a tree). All is well, however there is a cat going around our area. The reason they fell out of the tree was because the cat attacked their nest. We tried to get them into a box lined with newspaper to keep them warm, however we were unsuccessful. They scattered, but we managed to get them into the corner together, so they can keep warm together. The mother is still feeding them, but they cannot yet fly and are under constant threat of being attacked by the cat. We were thinking of putting them into our shed in a box and feeding them ourselves so the cat won’t attack them, but is it alright to take them away from their mother? We cannot put them back into their nest because it is too high – PLEASE HELP!
