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I found a baby bird, nest destroyed and the parents are still around what should I do?

Posted on July 4, 2011 by admin| 5 Comments

During a wind storm, this dove/pigeon (baby) fell out of its nest and the nest is gone. But the Parent birds are still hanging around. I put the baby bird in a box and the mother bird went down to it, fed it once or twice, and then just watched it. I went out there a few times to check on it.
And now only the father is out there not near it just sitting in the tree. the baby hasn’t eaten for more than 8 hours. I’m scared and i dont want it to die. What should i do. i have this cage that i put it in and it doesnt have a top to it, i thought that would work that way it cant get out and the parents can still get to it. will that work.

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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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Morning Dove on my sidewalk?

Posted on May 20, 2011 by admin| 7 Comments

Last night my husband found a baby morning dove on our front patio. We put it back in the nest but the parent birds flew off and didn’t return until this morning. I put the baby in a box on a heating pad for the night and returned it to the nest this morning. To my surprise there was another baby on top of some bushes by my front door and one of the parents was there pretending to have a broken wing.

Later I checked on the nest and the baby I returned to the nest was on the patio again. An hour later both babies are under one of the parent birds in the middle of my sidewalk.

This isn’t a safe place. I live near an open space with snakes and many feral cats. Is there a way to get them all some place safer?
Thanks for the answers. I can’t move them to my back yard because I have two dogs. I have put up a sign asking people not to use the sidewalk up to my front door. The babies are under a bush with one of the parents. I will hope for the best.

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Tagged baby, box, bushes, Dove, heating pad, husband, Morning, morning dove, nest, night, parent, parent birds, parents, patio, sidewalk, surprise

My cockatiel laid 3 eggs then left nest. Is this normal?

Posted on October 25, 2010 by admin| 1 Comment

I was cleaning my birds cage when I noticed 3 eggs inside of the nest. I placed a paper towel under neath the eggs. The parent birds have not gone back inside of the box. Did I mess the laying or incubation process up by handling the eggs?

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I NEED URGENT HELP WITH HOUSE MARTINS?

Posted on September 21, 2010 by admin| 1 Comment

I was out washing my bedroom windows with a hose pipe and ive accidently sprayed a nest which i didnt no was there as doesnt look much like a nest ive seen b4, its made of mud. anyway next door say they are hous martins and the nest is now falling apart and the parent birds are goin crazy because the chicks which are inside are barley hangin on. i feel so guilty and ashamed of myself i dont no wot id do if they die.

i phoned the nuneaton wildlife charity and they said as im in rugby they cant get to me to help which is a joke as its only 15 mins on the motorway from them.
so i phoned the rspca and they said they wont come out i have to climb up with an old shoe box and transfer the old nest with the chicks into it, but have to wear gloves etc.
the problem is i dont have a ladder and my neibours dont either. plus im off work at the moment due to just havin a back operation and cant really be climbing a ladder.
does any1 no if the rspca have to come out or not, or if theres ne other charity or orginisation who will do it.
if i dont act fast im scared the parents of the chicks will leave the chicks and they will die.

someone please help me i dont wana see these poor birds suffer.
i am in the uk. rugby warickshire thanks m8

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