Last night in my yard. I want to take it in somewhere. But I am not too sure where. It seems to be very healthy, very lively and moves a lot. Should I feed it or anything? I know that baby birds usually eat worms…should I go buy worms? I am not kidding around and love animals very much. Please don’t think I am just playing “games” Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks a lot!
It cannot fly. Its either A) injured or B) just isnt able to fly yet.
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Tagged animals, anything, baby, baby birds, Found, GREATLY, hawk, HELP, lot, love, night, playing games, worms, yard
Just curious, but I put out food and water for the squirrels on my apartment balcony. I live on the 3rd floor and they jump over from a hanging tree branch and munch away from sun up to sun down, but I never see one stop by when it’s dark.
Where do they go at night? and they don’t eat at night?
The reason I’m confused is because I know that other similar animals like apossums, racoons, skunks and such are always seen more after dark than in the daytime, so I figure that is when they come out in search of food.
So, are my squirrels just so well fed that they don’t have to bother?? LOL
Also, am I hurting the squirrels by feeding them? They aren’t tame and they would never come up to me, but I do sit in my living room and watch them throughout the day stop by and have their fill of peanuts, corn, sunflower seeds, and bird seeds…..and water too. It’s so cute to see them drinking out of the water dish….lol.
Thanks for any info you have.
Robin
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Tagged apartment, apartment balcony, balcony, Branch, floor, Food, hanging tree, Munch, night, Sun, tree, water
I found it sitting on the ground in my garage. There is a nest right outside the door which has a blue egg in it. (It’s august though so I’m not sure if that egg is just a dud.) The bird does have a lot of feathers and I don’t think it’s injured. I got it up onto a styrofoam box with towels around it and put it near the door so the mother could have a better chance of seeing it. I was at the other end of the garage for about an hour and I didn’t see or hear any other birds. Should I feed it something? Do mothers feed at night? Should I wait until morning and call some rehabilitating wildlife center? (Couldn’t find a number for this, I’m in Vermont.)
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Tagged baby, baby bird, better chance, Bird, birds, door, dud, egg, feathers, garage, ground, nest, night, night time, right, styrofoam box, time, towels, vermont, wildlife center
okay so theres a baby robin in my backyard that fell from the nest. i was going to leave it be but we had a terrible storm and the baby robin got all wet and im afraid it will freeze to death in the night. the mother is close by watching it and its very close to the nest, and ive even watched the mother feed it. but my biggest concern is that a cat or fox will come in the night and kill it. my options are that i can try to pick it back up with fresh gloves that wouldn’t leave a scent and put the bird back in its nest, or i could put it in a cardboard box and bring it in for the night. but i dont know what i should do. help!
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Tagged baby, cardboard box, Fell, fox, gloves, Got, HELP, mother, nest, night, out, RAIND, robin, terrible storm
Here’s the situation: I have two pigeons. I originally thought they were both females because they would lay eggs that would not hatch. Eventually, they laid a pair that hatched. I noticed that they weren’t sitting on one after a few days, and it was super cold, so i took it in and hand raised it. Unfortunately, the other one was not sat on during the night and died. I did not take it in with the other one because it felt very warm when i was checking the other one. ANYWAY, I started making a larger coop to house more pigeons, and they laid more eggs. My mother did not let me replace the eggs with false ones because she wanted nature to take its course :/ .The eggs recently hatched and so far the babies seem healthy. Today though, I noticed that the birds were not sitting on the eggs, they were sunning themselves, eating, and preening one another. I checked the babies to make sure they were ok, and they seemed fine, they were warm and looked healthy. In the afternoon, I saw one of the birds in the nest box with them, possibly feeding them ( i couldnt tell for sure) but later, they were both out of the box again. I’m going to check again now, but it’s getting late,and if the birds are still not sitting on the chicks, should i bring them in and hand rear? These birds have a history of negligent parenting…
I meant chicks where it says eggs.
About a week ago I noticed a bird flying in and out of a box on a shelf in my garage, sure enough there were little eggs in it. Sense then I have not disturbed it, did my best to keep the the cat away, etc.. Today i peeked in, and there were 5 tiny baby birds, looked like they very recently hatched. How long until they are able to fly out the nest and survive… im going through the moving process and there is noise and everything during the day.. we also have a cat, and to my knowledge she has not noticed the next but I’m worried she will jump on the shelf and disturb or harm them, i keep her in at night, so hopefully the mother bird is around at night more then the day? recently i have not noticed her flying in and out as much.. I know the rules, dont touch or look too much; Any helpful answers to my questions will be great!
My cat brought a hatchling in last night and I need to know how best to take care of it. It has a wound on its back that won’t heal. After I started to feed it, it has perked right up but I am not sure how to best take care of it.
