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How do i take care of this bird that i found in the middle of the street?

i found a bird in the middle of the street today, and it cant fly and moves very little. It doesn’t look like it could’ve fallen from a nest because there were no trees from which it could’ve fallen from in the area. i have no idea what kind of bird it is, or how to help he/she. So far ive put it in a box with a towell and some birdseed, but i am at a loss as to how im supposed to give it water. any advice on what i should do?
Abandoned Fledglings

The procedure differs slightly for a fledgling bird. Fledglings are often mistaken for birds that are injured or unable to fly when, on the contrary, they’re actually learning how to fly. A fledgling will hop out of the nest to perch on surrounding branches, or flutter to the ground, where it will spend several days to several weeks being taught by the parents how to pick up seeds or catch insects. A parent bird will actually guide the fledgling into bushes during the night to hide it from predators. If you find a fledgling in a high-traffic area such as a sidewalk or a street, move it into the cover of some nearby bushes. Otherwise, leave the bird where you found it.

i think this is what im going to do with it, sometime in the morning, becuase it to dark to do it right now
when i foundthe bird it was in the middle of the street
i live in texas, and its pretty hot right now
the bird stopped breathing a few minutes ago and i have a feeling that its the heat that killed it
thank u guys for giving such good advice
i really wish this hadnt eneded this way, but i guess i can be glad that the bird didnt die by way of car

Found a featherless baby bird- what do i do?!?

My cat caught a baby bird in her mouth without actually biting it and I found it in my yard like an hour later and it was still breathing normally and everything but was obviously out of it’s nest. I have no idea where the nest is, and I cannot care for it by putting it under a box/heat lamp/etc. because I have 2 cats and do not have the necessary materials or time to care for it properly. Where can I take it? I don’t think it’s even opened it’s eyes yet and I have no idea what to do with the poor little thing. It’s currently in a small box with “nest” materials outside on my porch away from other cats and animals and bugs and it’s 85 degrees outside so it won’t freeze or anything. But where can I take it? Please help!

Is this a good idea for a nesting box?

From the advice I received, I decided to do something. What I did was..

I took a square tissue box and cut it shorter and a way for my female bird to go in. I placed shredded paper on the bottom of the box. and i took the top cage apart from the bottom and placed it behind me so my female bird didn’t see me touching her egg. I had a rubber glove on and took the egg and placed it in the tissue box filled with shredded paper carefully and put it in the place where the egg first was. I put the top cage back onto the bottom and placed the whole cage where they were and put the blanket back on top of them.

Would this help my female parakeet concentrate more on the egg and keep it warm?

What’s a fair price for 2 white faced cockatiels both a year old?

They are not tamed. I had the parents but gave them to my boyfriend who has more time for them. The father is a handsome, tame white faced pied and the mother was a white faced but with only a couple grey spots. They sucessfully raised 2 young (I couldn’t hand feed due to time constraints) but I didn’t have the time to “tame” them. I now realized it wasn’t a good idea for me to let them breed if I didn’t have the time to hand-feed them and make them into good pets.
The one is just like the dad and the other is a beautiful white faced pearl (great markings). I don’t their sex. I’ve seen test kits in the back of bird magazines, are they accurate and do they work? If one is a male and the other a female, could they breed or is not good to inbreed birds?
I don’t have time for these guys and I feel bad (although I do have them in a very large, clean cage with plenty of treats and toys and they are in a pitersque bay window) so I think I should sell them. Should I sell them as a pair? What would be a reasonable price for one or both of them? Petshops usually sell them for at least $100 (for the non-common varieties) up to $175 but then again, most of those are still babies and are somewhat tame.
Can mine still be tames at a year old? They hiss at me if I stick my hand in there? Also, they aren’t very vocal. Does this mean they are probably both females? Their dad talks and whistles tunes.
SORRY FOR SO MANY QUESTIONS!
Oh, here’s a link with what they look like:
http://www.backperch.com/images/tielBeauty.JPG (mine has much better, even markings though)
and the other looks a lot like the white faced pearl in the photo (scroll down a bit):

http://www.tieltreasures.com/gallery.htm

THANKS GUYS! And I learned my lesson now about breeding irresponsibly, I should have removed the eggs and not put a nest box in there.

What Do I Do If My Wild Bird Egg Hatches?

how do i look after a wild bird i dont have an incubator but i have made a nest and box and it is kept warm daily, i candled it and ther is sumthink inside it, i have no idea how old the egg is but im going to be really confues wen and if it hatches!!
IM FROM ENGLAND!

i have a dream that’s repeated every while,that i forget to feed my birds for two months.?

last time i saw two of these birds in the dream dead.i also saw my mom trying to feed the birds with me.their food hurt my body so much.i don’t really hve any birds.any idea??

Are bird feeders a good idea?

Bird feeders………well, they feed birds but are they a good idea? They give birds food but couldn’t they also make birds more lazy by relying on a person providing them food? There’s also the chance that younger birds won’t/have a smaller chance of being taught how to catch worms.

I’m not talking about pet birds.