[tn-bird] Re: Bird out of nest
- From: Stephen and Julie <ssja@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 21:47:51 -0400
I had a recent experience helping out a wren family which was living in one of
those new roosting pockets you can order from catalogs. I had put the pocket in
a rhododendron bush. The baby wrens seemed awfully crowded in there, and sure
enough, one was on the ground one day as I walked by. I picked it up and
stuffed
it back into the pocket. Then I worried day and night: was it better for the
wren to be pushed out since they are crowded? did it have an injury and is
suffering in there? I needed more stuff to worry about. But finally all three
young fledged successfully. I like that gold star idea....thanks!!
Julie Adams
Athens, TN
RubyThroat@xxxxxxx wrote:
> In a message dated 7/3/02 11:08:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time, EGLEAVES@xxxxxxx
> writes:
>
> > Having watched birds all my life, I should know what to do in this
> > situation,
> > but in this case I am not sure.
> >
> > A young phoebe has fallen out of the nest on my covered back porch. He's
> > probably a week a way from flying and cannot make it on his own. The
> > parents
> > seem to ignore him while they feed the three other siblings still in the
> > nest.
> >
> > The question: Should I restore him to the nest or leave him for nature to
> > take its course?
> >
> > Ed Gleaves
> >
>
> Ed
> I suggest that you insert the baby back into the nest if it is not being fed.
> I don't think that this a genetic failure on the part of the nestling or
> that it is likely to pass on a bad "falling out of the nest" gene.
>
> By the way, Eastern Phoebes can sometimes be notorously bad parents. They
> often build several nests and sometimes forget whole clutches of eggs. Who
> knows why, but then they seem to get the job done.
>
> After handling the chick, wash your hands and arms good, this species often
> has lots of parasites on them and in their nests. I don't know the name of
> these tiny mites.
>
> The Maker of Birds notices those that tends to his helpless creatures. I
> predict a Gold Star will be placed along side your name in the Great Book of
> Deeds. I enjoy believing such things occur.
>
> Good luck.
> Bob Sargent
>
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