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Woodpecker — injured juvenile downy woodpecker?

Posted on May 13, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

We have an injured juvenile downy woodpecker and have made several calls to local avian vets, rehab facilities and wildlife sanctuaries. Thus far, no response. While I still hope to hear back from someone knowledgeable who can take him, what do we do if they don’t? He has an injured wing, but otherwise is in good spirits. If he survives his injury, but can not fly, what are the odds that we can raise him in captivity? We have managed to feed him a couple of mealworms, but after that….? Has anyone else done this or had experience with this kind of bird? Thank you in advance.

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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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what can i feed a western tanager(bird)?

Posted on March 16, 2012 by admin| 4 Comments

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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A baby bird fell off my roof! What do I feed it?

Posted on February 25, 2012 by admin| 6 Comments

A baby bird just fell off my roof! Everyone in the nest seems to be dead (how tragic…) It fell off an injured it’s wing.
What do I feed it? And how do I take care of it? I picked it up about 5 minutes ago, and it’s sitting in a cardboard box. It’s fairly warm where I live, but it can get around 70 at night or in the early morning. How do I take care of it?

The local animal control and vets wont’ answer the phone.

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My cat brought inside 2 baby birds, what should I do?

Posted on January 11, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

My cat brought in 2 baby birds, one at a time. I think they may be baby finches. They are both covered in feathers but are unable to fly. The first one seems to have a broken wing. Probably from my cat. The other has lost a bit of blood but I am unsure of whether it is serious or not. I have them both in my chicken brooding box with the light on. Here is a picture of each of them:

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The first one moved over to the corner of the box after I put its sibling in. I followed my cat to where she found them but I couldn’t find the nest. It’s night here at the moment so I don’t think I will be able to find it right now.

What should I do? What do you feed baby birds?
It’s too late at night to be able to call anyone or buy anything from the shops.
My cat is not a hunter. This is the first time she has ever caught a bird. She has only ever caught mice. At the moment it is too late to do anything. I live in Australia in a small town area, I am not sure if I will be able to get any help here =/

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Found a baby bird with a broken wing… What Now?!?

Posted on June 30, 2011 by admin| 5 Comments

i found two baby birds fall out of its nest in my backyard, so i tried to put them back but wasn’t able to. so i laid out a plastic box filled with newspaper, put them in it and set them outside away from the house. the mother comes to take care of them. then today one of the baby birds were ready to take on the real world and flew off, leaving the other one alone. i check the the bird that stayed. it seemed healthy and looked like it was ready to fly as well, but then i looked closer and saw that one of its wings weren’t growing right, so it couldn’t fly away. i’m not sure if it happened when it fell off of its nest or just a birth defect. i need some serious help of what to do. i am completely out of ideas on this one.

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