Comments on: Feeding Baby Birds

By: Sunshine Mom

Sunshine Mom — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:30:39 +0000

What a wonderful story!! I’m glad two of the babies have found a new mommy. We have a mockingbird couple who lay in our backyard every year. Last year a snake got the babies and we were devastated. This year we have four “teenage” mockingbirds.

By: shannon

shannon — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:19:47 +0000

that’s a sweet story. ron is amazing! however, your jeep needs a bath.

By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:55:41 +0000

Those little babies are so sweet! You did the right thing and I’m so glad Morgan rescued them!

By: Robin in WV

Robin in WV — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:54:49 +0000

You are totally awesome! However, if you want help beating Morgan, let me know! My stepson did the same thing to me with four newborn kittens he found under our deck. We waited for 3 days for mom, who never showed (figured she was dead or injured). However, it was a Friday and off he goes to visit his mom for the weekend and there I sat bottle feeding kittens until I could get them to the shelter on Monday. I wanted to fold, spindle and mutilate him when he returned Sunday night! I should have, because two years later he hauled home another tiny kitten (thank heavens this one didn’t need bottle fed) who owned me for years after he moved out and started his own family. And I never liked cats!

By: Estella

Estella — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:55:58 +0000

Well done!

By: RosieJo

RosieJo — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:56:22 +0000

Birds do not have a sense of smell, so they can not “smell” that humans have handled their babies!! If you had been able to put the babies in a basket of some sort and tied it up as high as possible in a tree, the Mama Bird would have continued to care for her youngens…if she was able, since the nest was destroyed, she might have also been injured…Best of Luck to you and the little ones.
Jo

By: LisaAJB

LisaAJB — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:25:12 +0000

A bird rehab specialist came and talked to my students last week. He said that it’s perfectly all right to pick up baby birds to put them back in a nest, and that the mother wont mind your scent at all. He also told the kids that if a nest has broken that you can stick a basket or something, even an egg carton, up where the nest is and the birds will start using it just as if it was their own. I’m sure you’re baby birds are just fine now, and grateful that you did so much to help them.

By: KentuckyFarmGirl

KentuckyFarmGirl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:30:39 +0000

You did a great job taking care of those babies and of course Morgan knew you would, that’s why she brought them to you!

By: Claudia W.

Claudia W. — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:28:29 +0000

I love you guys! That is exactly what I would have done. It’s sounds as though you and Morgan did the right thing. Even Mother Nature needs a little help now and then!

By: catslady

catslady — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:25:04 +0000

My hubby just chopped a big bush in half and when I went to clean up I found a nest now almost totally exposed – there was one good size bird, one that didn’t make it and two eggs. Luckily the parents were still flying around so I covered the next with leaves and watched it constantly (we have outside ferals in the back of the house). The parents kept tending the baby but the nest shifted almost vertical so I had to go in and help. The baby fluttered out of the nest but I was able to gently recover it and it stayed because I’m sure it couldn’t have gotten back on it’s own. Then we had a huge thunderstorm that night so I added more leaves. The baby would now stand on the edge of the nest and two days later it was gone. The other eggs never made it but I feel lucky that the baby did. I was lucky I didn’t have to try and feed it lol.