Poor Baby Bird....... - May 10th, 2005 at 04:42 AM
I was down watering under the birdhouse tonight and noticed one of the blackbirds tiny baby birds laying there on the mulch.....It looked hurt and wasn't moving too much, but it was breathing....I called Mark down so he could pick it up and stick it back in the birdhouse......I sure hope the little fella makes it.....
And I just did my research tonight and read that the fledlings have this happen a lot....that some days they'll be out on the ground for a few days until they can fly, and that the momma just feeds them where they are.....now that bothers me because we have tons of stray cats around and I'll be worried sick about the little babies sitting down there on the ground.....
Did we do the right thing to put it back? It was hurt and I couldn't leave it on the ground, it hurt my heart .......I'm a big softie deep down and I love my birdies.....I'll go chasing cats away in my nightgown at 5 AM looking like a wild woman to the neighbors that are watching--that's how much a love them.....I guess from now on I should just leave them on the ground, huh????? Just seems mean.....
Also interesting to note that you don't have to wear gloves when handling them.....everyone always says that the mother bird will smell you on their baby and not come back, but everywhere I've read says that it's not true....that birds sense of smell is terrible....
And I just did my research tonight and read that the fledlings have this happen a lot....that some days they'll be out on the ground for a few days until they can fly, and that the momma just feeds them where they are.....now that bothers me because we have tons of stray cats around and I'll be worried sick about the little babies sitting down there on the ground.....
Did we do the right thing to put it back? It was hurt and I couldn't leave it on the ground, it hurt my heart .......I'm a big softie deep down and I love my birdies.....I'll go chasing cats away in my nightgown at 5 AM looking like a wild woman to the neighbors that are watching--that's how much a love them.....I guess from now on I should just leave them on the ground, huh????? Just seems mean.....
Also interesting to note that you don't have to wear gloves when handling them.....everyone always says that the mother bird will smell you on their baby and not come back, but everywhere I've read says that it's not true....that birds sense of smell is terrible....