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How can I save this baby bird?!?!?! DX?

Posted on May 6, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

DX a bird with a broken wing was found inside out house next to our open Winter. It is a fledgling which means it is big enough to hop around. We put it in a box to high for it to hop out of. Hr covered the bottom of the box with some cotton, wool hats and some torn up newspaper. I gave it a worm after cutting it in half and gave it some crunched up pieces of apple and some pieces of black berries. We read to put it next to the nest but we don’t know where that is and we think cats might get to it…: gonk AND CUTE THINGS CANT DIE!…although it seems to be very alive so far.
-,-….it’s not that bloody bad..and I wrote it really fast because I needed an answer right away…and like I said it will be hard to put it outside because there are alot of cats around.

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How can I save this baby bird?!?!?! DX?

Posted on May 6, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

DX a bird with a broken wing was found inside out house next to our open Winter. It is a fledgling which means it is big enough to hop around. We put it in a box to high for it to hop out of. Hr covered the bottom of the box with some cotton, wool hats and some torn up newspaper. I gave it a worm after cutting it in half and gave it some crunched up pieces of apple and some pieces of black berries. We read to put it next to the nest but we don’t know where that is and we think cats might get to it…: gonk AND CUTE THINGS CANT DIE!…although it seems to be very alive so far.

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I need some detailed explanations on how to care for a baby blackbird or crow. What are some suggestions?

Posted on May 1, 2012 by admin| 4 Comments

My cousin (she’s about 11 and is always taking care of some kind of critter) was at her great grandmother’s house, my nextdoor neighbor, and a baby bird fell out of a tree in the back yard of the next house over. The bird hopped it’s way into my neighbor’s backyard where her dog decided to chase it. My cousin caught the bird before the dog even touched it, so there are no physical injuries to the bird, but we need to care for it until it starts learnig to fly. It is a fledgling, it has most of it’s feathers and just a little baby fuzz left, but it’s still somewhat on the ugly side. We think it was trying to learn to fly when it ended up in my neighbors yard. The mother is nowhere to be found, and it wouldn’t be safe outside with the dog running around. So we want to raise it until it can fly and feed itself. Are there any bird experts out there who can help me? Or does anyone have any good suggestions on good websites with good care information on baby blackbirds?

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We found a sparrow fledgling in a dangerous spot and brought him home…?

Posted on March 19, 2012 by admin| 4 Comments

My brother found a baby bird at his work that was hopping around in the parking lot. He could not fly so my brother took him home in a box since he was afraid he would get hit by a car. We just got the extra cage we have setup with a water hanging on he side, some seeds in a container and sprinkled on the ground, a couple branches, a swinging perch and some newspaper. He is sitting in the corner at the moment, but he is very active. He was jumping against the cage and trying to fly but kept falling. He has all his feathers, so hes not a baby baby, but he is very tiny. We have the cage next to our bird to try and maybe calm him down and i put a towel covering one side so he feels secure. What should we do? My mom thinks we can release him in a few days since she thinks hes a fledgling and is just learning to fly. His wings down look damaged or broken or anything, so i dont think hes injured. He must have just fallen out of the nest at the wrong time.
Please tell me what we can do. Do you think he is old enough for seeds? He looks like a fledgling so I think so but not sure. And what else can we do to help him?
P.S. We will release him but my mom wants to wait till he can fully fly so he wont die. And we do not want to take him back where he was found since we are afraid he will get run over by a car or walk in the road.

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What to do with a baby bird that cant fly too well?

Posted on March 18, 2012 by admin| 3 Comments

My brother found a baby bird at his work that was hopping around . He could not fly so my brother took him home in a box. We just got the extra cage we have setup with a water hanging ont he side, some seeds in a container and sprinkled on the ground, a couple branches, a swinging perch and some newspaper. He is sitting in the corner at the moment, but he is very active. He was jumping against the cage and trying to fly but kept falling. He has all his feathers, so hes not a baby baby, but he is very tiny. We have the cage next to our bird to try and maybe calm him down and i put a towel covering one side so he feels secure. What should we do? My mom thinks we can release him in a few days since she thinks hes a fledgling and is just learning to fly. His wings down look damaged or broken or anything, so i dont think hes injured. He must have just fallen out of the nest at the wrong time.
Please tell me what we can do. Do you think he is old enough for seeds? He looks like a fledgling so I think so but not sure. And what else can we do to help him?
He didnt want to leave him there since he was afraid it would get run over by a car. He was found in the parking lot.
He didnt want to leave him there since he was afraid it would get run over by a car. He was found in the parking lot.

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How do I teach a fledgling robin to forage and fly?

Posted on July 1, 2011 by admin| 3 Comments

We were doing some yard work at our rental property and found a couple of the baby birds from the nest on the back porch, dead, on the ground. I took a look in the nest and saw two more dead. We went to throw the nest out (it really smelled) and my boyfriend noticed one of the birds was still alive. We pulled him out and put him in a box with towels. We were sure he wasn’t going to live but couldn’t just leave him there.
Now he’s doing great! He’s eating every 20 minutes and preening himself. I’m not quite sure how old he is but he has quite a few feathers, some still in the little case surrounding them. He will perch on my gloved finger and hop around inside his box, but when I put live worms in front of him he won’t even try to get them. He will only eat if I feed him by hand.
Any suggestions on how to teach him to forage for food, and when the time comes, fly?
Professionals or very knowleadgeable bird people only, please.
I should have mentioned, I have left three messages with the wildlife rehabilitation refuge here in Calgary, no calls back yet. I do hope they take the bird but would like to be prepared to care for the bird as best I can until then.

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Fledgling Western Bluebirds vs. Crows?

Posted on May 24, 2011 by admin| 1 Comment

I have western bluebirds that have left their nest box. The parent birds are still very protective of the nest box whenever I get close to it even though it’s empty. I’m assuming that the fledglings must still be close by. There are quite a few large black crows hanging around my yard. Do they eat baby birds?

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