We found these little birds crying at the end of the garden, looking lost, no mother around. We put together some dried leaves and mini twigs in a bamboo basket and wooden cheese box to see if they needed nesting. Surely enough, they got right in and got comfortable.
We found this site helpful for helping birds:
http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/bwdsite/learn/top10/nestingbirds.php
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Thor is a 6 week old thrush (bird). Thor was found when his nest fell out of our big oak tree. We brought him in the house and put together a mash to try to feed him with. We weren't sure if it would work, as saving baby birds usually doesn't work.
During the summer, one can often find baby birds sitting or hopping along on the ground. Often, people assume that these babies have "fallen out of the nest" and are in need of human help.
I grew up with animals and always had a great love for birds. My parents moved to Ontario and I had to sell all my birds :(
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My son found a baby bird in the middle of the road yesterday. It's trying to fly, but still hasn't gotten it down yet. So we put it in a old bird cage for the night and will let it try to fly again today, but here's my question. What do I feed it?
By Sis from lower AL
You need to take the baby bird back outside and put it in the grass. Believe it or not, you are doing more harm then good. When people find baby birds on the ground, they think they have fallen out of the nest and need human help. They don't.
Try a formula of raw sunflower seeds, egg yolk (hard boiled) and evaporated milk. Put in food processor and make a mash of it.
Feed softened kitten food...I have done this NUMEROUS times with 100% success. Good luck
My sister found a baby robin. She fed it Alpo dog food. She had to scoop it out onto an eye dropper. Maybe you could use a stick. This robin, called Baby, used to fly all over the neighborhood and come back to my sister's back enclosed porch.
Unfortunately, there is always in a brood, the one born last and fed less, and not strong enough to fight to get enough food and that is why he is not ready to fly at the same time than the others. Once they are gone the mother bird is ready to lay new eggs in the nest. The mother bird will not go down to the ground to feed the fallen one and is never going to pick it up. It is not possible. If it was ready to fly it would not have fallen, and a take off, off the ground opposite to a take off from the nest requires strenght and muscles the bird has not yet developed. You can pick it up and give it a chance otherwise cats or rodents will eat it. The safest food to give it is boiled egg yolk. If it can't pick it up itself put the food on the tip of a match and put it in front of its beak it will naturally open its beak wide.
I found a baby bird on our steps outside and have been feeding it. I need to find a home for it. What do I do?
Gladys from Chelsea
There are wildlife rescue organizations that may be able to help or call your local humane society. I knew one woman who kept the birds and raised them (they were too injured to release--like deformed leg, etc.) Good luck and thanks for your kind heart!
Here's some possibilities to look up near you online or in yellow pages. If they can't help you directly they will advise you or refere you to a source near by.
Wildlife Sanctuary
Wildlife Rehabilitation
Local Zoo
Bird or Animal Rescue Groups
Vets sometimes know the groups and what they do as well as have refering resources.
Becareful what you feed the young ones they can't tolerate some things and actually what we sometimes end up doing is not good for them.
I know and learned the hard way.
Usually birds do better without human intervention. They can be "grounded" for a while while they learn to fly. Most times we do them much more harm than good by trying to help.
Dear Gladys!
If you are helping the bird survive, you are doing what very few people on this Earth are capable of doing. I suggest you keep doing it until the Bird learns to fly and decides to leave on it's own.
Maybe the bird will decide to stay with you. What kind of bird is it?
Congratulations on keeping the baby alive! You should be very proud of yourself. Now that it's time for Birdy to go elsewhere, please contact your local ASPCA, Humane Society or the like. They have programs in place for situations like yours. It will be fostered with a trained, licensed wild life rehaber.
Best regards-
Cheryl
When you come across an abandoned baby bird, a wildlife center may be its best chance for survival. This is a page about survivability of baby bird pushed from a nest.
