I saved a horned owl fledgling a few years back and now it spends at least a week a year in my backyards tree Doesn't interact with me but still feel special
Found a dehydrated fledgling crow in the middle of the street. Helped it out of the street unto some nearby grass. It was a highly trafficked area with cars and pedestrians. When it was clear that the bird was in distress, i scooped it up and brought it to a rehab. Luckily, there were 2 other baby crows there and an adult. A few weeks later, the rehab told me that the birds bonded and were released together. W00t! Erm, i mean Caw Caw!
We have a baby robin he’s a nestling. Idk wut to do. His mom is feeding him but it’s gonna be 59 degrees tonight. We have had incidents with cats and birds, and the nest is 50’ up. Idk wut to do. If u have any ideas plz give them. Thx!
If it's better to let nature take its course then I'll do everything in my power to save that bird. Sorry, but I couldn't live in good conscience knowing that I just left a bird to die if I had any way of helping him.
Agreed! I just found one like an hour ago, and I'm not going to let it bake in the 100 degree heat and die. Maybe God put me in that exact moment for a reason.....or the universe.....or whatever you believe in.
She just said right before that that they will do everything they can to help an animal. When she says sometimes it's better to let nature take it's course, she means that there's no way of helping the animal. Please consider the extreme stress the bird will experience when a human picks them up and they're hurt so they can't get away. Trying to save an animal that can't be saved will just make them suffer more. That's why you should call someone who knows enough about birds to be able to tell when it's not worth trying.
Exactly thats why I'm here trying to learn how to take care of this nestling. Someone put it in my planter no neat in sight, if i leave it it will die.. and this video gave me no information on what to do? Its cold outsidr
@@riddhisingh5466 Ah man, I raised him from raw chicken stage to huge and fluffy lol Phoenix now permanently resides all the way in Maryland at a bird sanctuary. He was the best pigeon dude ever and I’ll always be forever grateful I rescued him.
@@hanqingchai7305 Before I could get ahold of baby bird formula that I managed to find at Petsmart I used dog food kibble for the first day or so. I soaked it and would mash it in with some boiled egg yolk. Made it into a paste and looked up videos on how to successfully hand feed the specie because all birds eat differently. Pigeons for one actually suck their food up and dont open wide like typical baby birds would.
@@danieljordan2442 thank you so much! Few hours ago it didn’t want to eat but now it’s eating from my hand & quite active. It’s the first day but I hope it’ll be healthy until it’s good to release
Great advice Taylor :) The myth that the parents will smell you is certianly wide spread here in Australia! The only piece of advice I add when talking about baby birds is to figure out if the birds a ground dwelling species of not, i attendeed a rescue last year where someone had found some baby plovers in the grass (which is natural) and meaning well put the poor guys in a man made nest way up in a tree😂
She didn't mention that fledglings are likely to be eaten by feral cats and other predators when you leave them on the ground ( when they can't actually fly yet.) Maybe my mistake, but i have a hard time abandoning an animal if I know its helpless. The "nature take its course' angle doesn't work for me, and I certainly would never feel that way about a human life. Animals are Gods creatures as well and deserve all the help they can get.
There was a fledgling out front a couple days ago and I scooted him out of the road and into bushes. I wondered if I had done the right thing and thought maybe I should have brought him in or something, but this video assured me that I probably did the right thing!
I volunteered at a wildlife rehab center in Minnesota and specifically worked in the avian nursery. It was such an amazing experience, and I hope I can do something similar in the future. One great memory from y time there was getting to take a bird out and release it. Rehab centers do a lot of good for a lot of animals, and it's so rewarding to see it pay off.
WRCMN is great! Thanks for volunteering there, too! The avian nursery is finally in full gear this year, after several weeks delay due to the weird winter. It's loud up in the nursery hallway, now! When it was just squirrels and bunnies it was nice and quiet XD
I have a nestling I saved yesterday. The nest is so too far up just as a the branches are. I'm disabled and can't even begin to get this bird up. I asked neighbors and they all had an excuse or looked at me like I was insane. Well, maybe I am insane but at least I'm not a ? Hole little bit@h. I called the wildlife rehabilitation she is talking about. It's about 2 hours from my house. I would drive this little bird myself but I don't have a car and it's too far for me to drive on my medications anyway. They wouldn't even consider asking if any of their people who are close and going that way to come get the bird to take there. I was also told it was illegal for me to have wildlife. So, I said oh well I will just put it back where I found it. She said no it will die for sure if I do that. So, yesterday I watched for parents and safety until it was getting late. I brought it in and made a cat food wet food paste in a med dropper and it ate it. Now it is the next evening and I'm exhausted after all the feedings and phone calls for help. But, it's alive, pooping, active and its eyes just opened. No fluff. Red skin, wobbly and has a good appetite. I'm getting a iui worms right now for it. I don't want to do this. Yet the alternative is certain death or should I say it is nature taking her course. We can't save them all but we can care enough to do our best when possible. I have the time to care but not all the knowledge. Just what I find online. I'm in new ulm mn. And somewhat new to the area so I don't know hardly anyone. So I ask ... If any kind hearted soul out there is able to take her to the wildlife refuge it would mean the world to me and this little bird.
On the way home from school today I found a little baby bird that had fallen out of a tree and it was laying upside down in a deep puddle so I picked it up and took it home and kept it in a box full of bedding but me and my Nan found that it had many injuries so we took it to the vets in Crowthorne and they took it away and said that I had been a very kind hearted person for saving it but sadly after we got back from the vets they gave my Nan a call saying they had to get it put down because it was suffering and I am 12 years old and my parents and my Nan are very proud of me.
Thanks for this, followed your instructions and put the bird in an egg box in a tree near where the original nest was (that bush was cut down) the parents found it and started feeding again, what a relief!
Once I rescue a juvenile seagull that somehow got stuck in a recessed garden about one story down and couldn't fly out. So I took it to pass wildlife rescue. It had all its feathers and I tried to get it to fly but it would not. I'm happy to say they told me that they helped him and got him back out into the wild
I remember, when I kept a sparrow fledgling in my home for only a day. It was so cuuuttteee! After that day, I found the nest that it fell from. I know that it is its nest because I found the baby bird just under that spot. Put it back in, hid in the bushes and watched how the parents fed the babies.
Deeply appreciate your advise .. clear and to the point. I saw a small fledgling bird (now I know what this is :)) on the sidewalk and I was worried that cats would get it. So I took it back home in a warm and quite place and went out again to complete my dog walk which took another 15 min .. went back and immediately searched for advise and saw your video .. so I took it back to where I found it .. it was clinching on my finger so I had to find a small dead twig for it to hold on to, and placed it on top of high enough street box .. as I walked away a few meters I turned back and law and behold, one of the parents went down to check on it and was chirping at it :) Thank you once more .. glad you made this video and glad I found it!
Thanks for your information! My mum has once “rescued” a baby bird home from a park (a fledging one I guess), but we soon realized that the baby bird was not injured as we thought it was, it might probably be hiding from predators only (that’s why it looked lost and does not move at all). Also we had no idea about the follow up actions to help it neither. I think it’s really important to have these kinds of educational materials for urban people to understand how to interact with our nature properly, especially when the urban area is expanding and intercrossing more with the wildlife. Thanks again for your video!
Thank you for making this video! Every year I get people asking about what to do with a bird they found. I usually give them a video made by Texas parks and wildlife. We need to spread the word!
I found a baby bird that looked about a week old. I week later after we found him he was doing so well! He was opening his eyes and moving and chirping! We were so happy to see him fly! On day 7 we noticed a red bump in his neck like the one on the picture before you click on the video. Idk what it’s called but anyway. Today is day 8 and this morning he wasn’t moving and bagging for food as usual so I picked him up and he wasn’t moving at all. I saw his chest go up and down once in a while but I thought he was dead. On his lower stomach felt flat and like a deflated balloon but still had stuff in it. I cried for about ( minutes and went to tell my mom. She came out and rubbed his chest and about 5 minutes later he slowly opened his eyes. I thought he would survive! I had so much hope and was praying he would be ok. About 1” minutes later his eyes were closed again and he wasn’t breathing. I cried for so long but he was gone. We buried him. My point of this comment is was there was a piece of worm stuck to the lump on his neck and it looked a little bloody. His poop also had a tiny bit of blood once is a while. I’m not sure if the lump on his neck is natural or not? We are not sure is he was kicked out of his nest or fell out but if he was kicked out maybe his mom thought he wouldn’t make it or something was wrong with him. The mom is still going up to the nest at the top of our tree and feeding her other baby’s. Does anyone know the answer to this if you do please reply I would love to know! Thank you!
Dam i guess this “fledgling” sitting in front of me in this makeshift home I made it gon die then.. It was attacked by the neighborhood cat so I saved it’s life technically. Thas my excuse for taking it
Thank you very much! This morning I brought back a fledgling bird, but I have no idea how to take care of it. Luckily I watched your video and decided to return it back place, not about an hour the parents came.
I found a Fledgling bird in my backyard. There was another Fledgling but it was already too late. I don’t know if I should help the other or not. Even my family said to just let nature take its course.
fledglings are not abandon or in any danger unless he has a broken wing..fledgling are a stage were he's leaving the nest and the parent will feed him when ever they find food for him..you'll know a fledgling because they will be able to fly a few feet and hops around ... he;s semi full feathers, but just short... these fledgling are not birds you want to take in and raise it, because the parent is still feeding him..if you hand reared a baby bird from the wild, you better keep him til he dies or else just leave him to nature,because hand reared baby birds don;t have the knowledge to survive and gather food or knows how to protect itself from danger.. even though he's full grown and eating on his own that doesn't mean him knows how to survive in the wild..he'll just die from starvation unless you put him outside with a cage and put seed for him to eat and transition slowly to the wild, but most will not make it unless you supply it with seed or food.
Found a baby fledgling today that crashed into the window. I wish I would have found this video before hand, as I have done it completely wrong!! I caught it and put it into a box with no light and has holes. I put seeded bread and a small bowl of water. After about 45 minutes after it had calmed down, we put it into the tall grass in a field. There were other small birds it's kind, but I was a little confused on what to do. Thanks for this video. It will be handy for future reference! 🐤
I found a magpie lark fledgling 2 days ago, ushered it into a safe spot, away from the road, then left immediately. I had no idea if I did the right thing or not, it was playing on my mind since. I'm so glad, after seeing this video, I actually did exactly the right thing. (Edit: the video happened to pop up in my recommended, I didn't even search it, though it was playing on my mind).
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I once found a blackbird fledgling (back when I didn't know what a fledgling was, I just knew it wasn't an adult yet) on my way home from school, which was 2 towns over. I carefully scooped it up and put it in my bicycle basket and took it home to call a rehabilitation center for help. I knew it was very dangerous for it to stay there since I found it open and exposed on the sidewalk with only very thin bushes near. When I called the center, I was told to put it back near some foliage and I did. Sadly, a few days later, I found a dead bird that had been ran over by a car. I really hope that wasn't the bird I found.
XxGigifabulousxX I don't know about other places, but in Australia it can take 40 minutes to drive to the closest town. According to the gps on the iPhone, it would take 6 hours to walk from my school to my house, both of which are on the side of town closest to each other.
Thank you so much this quick and informative video! Found a baby bird on my walk this afternoon and learned it was a fledgling from you and because of this video I left it alone... on my way back mommy was back and 2 other fledglings with her! So cool! It went against my instinct not 5o interfere... this video kept me from making a mistake!
Most people cant reach the nest cause mosy likely really high in the tree. How about explaining what to feed and take care of the bird so it can get stronger and fly off and live a good life instead of leaving them outside for a cat to attack it
Some years ago I found a fox that seemed to have had a concussion on the side of a public street. I gathered it up in a crate and took it home after making sure it wouldn't bite. Once home I put it in a drawer with a blanket. It started to sleep so I was able to check it. The only thing I found was a small amount of dried blood on an ear and a belly full of fleas. That proceeding night I carefully collected it up and transferred it to the bathtub. It seemed to be regaining consciousness. Then it scrambled out of the tub and as I backed off it lept onto my leg...I thought, this was it. I'm about to get rabies. However it slumped onto my shin and slid down, obviously still hurt. At that point I swaddled it in a blanket then walked half a mile into the woods nearby and set it loose. The poor thing stood on shakey legs then crawled into some blackberries. It was a one off moment. I don't recommend it. I just didn't have anyone to contact at the time and felt it was the best thing to do.
Thanks! You guys helped a lot. It's spring now here in Brazil, and a couple of fledglings we're out in the open. A third one didn't make it, because of my dogs, but the other two are now safe back in their tree.
A fledgling I found was about to be eaten by some random cat. Ended up putting it in my neighbour's bushes some 100 meters away, after scaring away the cat. I hope the little guy made it
I found a fledging in our garden. He's been chirping constantly and the parents are nowhere in sight. It got dark and the chirping continued so I just got him in because there are many cats around our locality. Pretty sure they would've eaten him. Will release him tomorrow morning.
Are you awake !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pulled a fledgling out of a snakes mouth 2 hrs ago . seems smaller then a house Fench , No nest anywhere . Fed it milk from eye dropper . Will try worm n baby grasshopper in the morning . Any tips ?????? HELP me if u have time it might die .
I just found 4 baby birds this morning (fledgling) 😊..it's raining so i found them tucked in a not so deep corner near my fence in my yard. I'll just leave them alone like you've advised. I only placed a glass sheet over them to prevent heavy splashes of water. I also noticed their mum in the trees around. I hope they find strength and fly away 🙏. I'm still watching and observing. Thanks
Thank you so much i found a bird on my terrace and its not able to walk i was worried i was about to feed it but thank god u told me i should not great advice ❤
DreamGrowls saaaame! Tiny nestling my darn cat brought in. Currently got him feeding and bundled up in my drawer with a heat pad under it. Hope the little guy will be okay 🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@candijack4 Going through exact same situation right now ( baby starling I think) thanks to our cat so I dont know where the nest is..I've come here for some tips. Did your one make it?
I found a baby bluejay last month, he was a fledgling. I watched for a while and saw he could only fly a few feet. He was in a bush that was way too close to the ground and many predators.. he was having a hard time caugh in the branches.. the adults didn't yet know that he tried to fly from the nest and failed. I gently caught him, and kept him safe till my husband finished mowing the lawn. Presently, I saw that he had not two but had FOUR adult birds caring for him, and they were watching me carefully from above. Adults will always feed, protect and nurture fledglings that are on the ground but not quite able to fly. Most bluejays will help raise the offspring of other bluejays nearby (they are probably siblings - their families stick together!) They seemed to know I was not going to hurt the baby, but they watched me closely - no swooping or defensive posturing. I placed him on a branch high up and waited till i knew they saw where he was. The one Jay came very close to look at me, then the baby, then at me several times as if to say "Okay, I see him, I'll take over now!". Of course, the juveniles attempts at flying had him back on the ground right away. I followed at a distance as the adults kind of corralled him to a safe spot for the night. The next day and for days later, I recognized his little bluejay "jeer" song, so I knew he was safe with the four adults looking after him. Fast forward 3 1/2 weeks and he (or she?) is now a handsome visitor to my feeding posts. I can tell when he us nearby because his new skill - the "pumphandle" call (or the "squeaky gate" call) still needs practice before he can make the sound strong like the others! You can tell he is still juvenile because he sneeks up and right quick he greedily steals the large peanuts - while the older males are patiently choosing choice bits to store in their crops for their mates! I love the bluejays. While I had him temporarily in a shoebox, the parents made such mournful cries from the closest trees when they could not see or hear him, it just broke my heart! It was then I knew I absolutely had to put him back up somewhere safe by the adults. I though I was going to have to keep him safe, warm and fed fir at least a few days but when I saw how concerned and frantic the parents were, there was no question of keeping him longer than the time it took to mow the lawn. Thankfully, he is still with us today. When I was 17 (a very long time ago) we found a nesling robin with enough feathers that we knew he would survive. Although he was free to leave as soon as he coukd fly, he became a beloved member of the family. Every day he ventured a little farther from home, till the one day he that he never came back. We still saw him once in a while, but he kept his distance. What a sweet, smart little bird he was. My mother was his favorite person and I think it was because my mother was such a sweet and lovibg person herself. I will always love robins because of this. Anyway, my best advice - which is in agreement with this video - is to make sure the baby is uninjured, healthy and safe and that adults are indeed looking for it, and put it safely near where you found him. If it is a nestling (no flight feathers yet) then get it to an avian rehab center unless you know exactly how to feed and care for its kind. The robin we found recieved proper care because we had a neighbor who knew all about robins - what to and what not to feed them, how to keep them clean (they poop of course!) And how to safely handle them. He was a bird expert, otherwise we might have brought the nestling to the proper place. We did not have internet back then, but today, you must make sure you get your info from reliable websites. Let an expert take over! Its the best thing to do!
I would love for there to be one on kittens so people learn the difference between kittens that are in distress or kittens that people found that are being cared for by a great mom who has gone hunting for food and will be back for them. People think they should pick up every baby they find but it’s more difficult to raise orphans and if they’re taken the the pound they’re usually euthanized within a day of arrival.
Gone hunting for fledglings you mean? Cats don't belong in nature so if people find a stray cat it should be taken to some place where it can't hurt any more birdies!
I'm sorry, cats don't belong in nature? they belong in space then? I'm glad there are cats that keep the pigeon population in check and also mouses... Birds aren't more important than cats. They are food. what about those poor insects and worms they eat, should we shoo the birds away?
I think what he means is that house cats kill way too many birds and have caused many native species to go extinct. It really is better to keep them as indoor cats. Birds are not more important than cats, but when you got a non-native species that is killing off tons of native ones, then you gotta do something about it and not just pretend that it's okay. And please don't try to misunderstand what people mean when they say stuff like this. You might have a bias for cats, but native bird populations have been seriously hurt by them. Keep them indoors.
What would you do if it is a fledgling you have found and you found it because there is a cat stalking it....But the cat isn't yours and you don't know who it belongs to?
Let something something fall on the cat. Scoop the cat up gently. Place it on a nearby street. Leave the area as not to aleart the owners. It's a myth that the owners can smell your scent on the cat.
Same same same.. a neighbour's cat attacjed a nest in my back yard (or my garden as we call it in the UK). So how can i leave them on the ground while the cat is always around. I cant do anything with the cat and i can not prevent her from being in my back yard.
Well I'm sitting in my room.and I hear chirping and whistling from inside of my wall. Been like that for a couple of weeks. The other side on my wall of my room outside so dont worry.
Me and my mother found a fledgling in the middle of the parking lot,the mother of the baby put the nest in the worst spot possible. The fledgling was learning how to hunt,but my mother got worried that a car would run it over.. If we left it there it would’ve got hit by a car,no animal shelters have taken him in yet! We’ve been feeding him and taking him outside to learn how to hunt and all that kind of stuff.. I’m thinking of naming him because it seems like nobody’s gonna take him But other than that he’s really sweet,and we’re glad we can take care of him ^^
At first day one bird fell from the air condition I left it and went to school I fed it and leave unfortanetly it died because there was lot of hot. Second day I found two so I fed them and come to see this video
“ let nature take its course “ Um if you see a dying human would you say let nature take its course? No, only when you see a animal. Help the animal call animal help or something
Thank you this really helped! Me and my family found a baby bird in the middle of a main road. We had saved it and put it in a bush near to the road, as we were walking away another bird flew to him/her and we left. 😅 it was so cute!
I found an injured chick a while back, and sat with it until I could call the shelter. I felt kinda helpless and wasn't sure what to do. The injuries were really bad. I'm glad it went somewhere safe, but I'[m watching this so next time I can help a little better.
Found a little Fledgling - almost ran her over with lawn mower twice - didn't want the dogs to get to her - i put her in a box in a tree - "Not the tree where the nest was" got up this morning to see how she was doing and she had passed on. I was so very sad and decided to find out what to do next time. GOD BLESS THAT BABY BIRD - I tried. Thanks for making this video - nature took its course helped me feel a bit better but it seems I did the right thing the wrong way. Peace
Word. I loathe people who believe that their cats should be free to roam, that somehow keeping them inside is being cruel. Cats are not a natural part of the environment - they have been subjected to artificial selection, and are exactly as humans made them (though they retain elements of their natural instinct, elements that were not bred out of them because humans used/use them for pest control). They DO NOT BELONG on their own, wandering the streets. Billions of animals worldwide are killed by "outdoor cats" annually. It's not the cat's fault - they're doing exactly what their instinct is telling them to. *It is people's fault.* I support any legislation anywhere that makes it a crime to let cats wander outside without leashes or supervision. Dogs are already banned from doing this - why should cats be any different? And yet this exception to the rules of pet ownership is carved out in so many cities/municipalities. It's ridiculous, and it needs to stop.
We found a Fledgeling and we left it just like the video said and we sat here watching it from far away and we suddenly saw the parents flying down to it and we’re happy to see that we saved a baby bird!
I found a fledgling in my backyard while I had a playdate with my friends, and we don't know what to do with it so we are just waiting 24 hours until deciding its abandon. I have NO idea what i should feed it. But this video helped! 😍
Thank you so much my dog chased a baby fledgling under a peice of wood and i had it in a box to keep it safe but after watching this i put my dog away and carefully places it under a bush in my yard
When I was 9 my mom and I were walking home from the bus stop after school and we found two baby pigeons on the ground in front of our porch being devoured by ants. There was no parent of these little guys to be seen. My mom and I were horrified, thinking that both of the birds were dead. However, one of them were alive. My mom scooped the alive bird up and went inside to wash the ants off of it. We prepared a little box for it and took it to a person who knew about birds (he was rehabilitating birds or something). I'm really happy my mom looked closer and saw that one of the birds was still alive, because we probably would've left them to die if she hadn't.
here in the netherlands i always take home babys. i raise them like my own. ive saved 3 crows 1 raven 1 goose 3 pigeons and a lil blackbird. ive done this sonce i was 8. most of em flew out happy and lived near my house. yesterday ive saved an other bird. a pigeon it wasnt a real baby but he flew against a window was still really young. about 3 weeks. hes doing great. ive once called animal ambulance for a baby pigeon. about 2 weeks old. and she ended up dying. now im 14 and still helping the animals. sometimes i take my 2 pigeons out and we go feed the pigeons in the park.
Im good at this!!!you can put it in a box with grass to keep it hot. Always put feathers in the box to keep it incubated like the mother does!!! Also 1:21 is a cute cockatiel though!!
A baby bird fell out of its nest at my neighbor's house. There were three other siblings and no more room in the nest, so I found a different nest that had fallen long ago, and put that one with the baby next to the nest with the siblings. Now the baby seems stronger and I think the mother is feeding it!
I found two fledglings, one was under my dad's car and the other was on the ground. I thought they were harmed for a fall and put them in a box afraid other predators will find them and eat them but it's reliving that they are just learning how to fly. Now I'll just leave them were I last saw them, hopefully their mom can see them.
I just saved two laughing dove fledglings. Their mom wasn't around and they were on the ground. They looked too young to start flying so I put them back in the nest. I would have left them if they had been a little older. Because all the fledglings I see flying are much bigger, these ones hadn't even got their full plumage so I assumed they fell out by mistake.
I was playing catch with a football, and it bounced from my hands and into the grass. As went to grab the football, I saw a baby bird on the ground sitting right next to it. I’m not too sure what to do because it looks like it’s between the two baby bird stages. I placed it in a bush and I’m now hoping for the best. Guess it was some luck that I found the bird in that way.
I found a nestling a few years ago, was unable to get it back to its nest cause it was on a roof which was wayyy to high for me to get to so I ended up bringing it home and putting it in a box with tissues and a hot water bottle. Surprisingly the little one survived through the night but kept waking me up chirping and I took it to my local vets the day after. I get that it’s best to let nature take its course but I’m to soft and had to try and help
I have a sun conure, and a bubba budgie, the budgie was captive bred. The breeder wanted to sell it because it mother kept pushing it out the nest, and wouldn't allow it back in. It was safer for me to take it, it's nearly a fledging now. She's doing well!
I have a lost/abandoned baby fledgling bird which is not injured or sick. (We watched it for an hour (from a distance) and no parents feeding it....and it was very near a busy street which it hopped across). It is very energetic so far, but it is not gaping for food, so I cannot feed it now since yesterday. It's still energetic, but again not gaping. I tried touching it's beak and also gently stroking its head, (as someone mentioned in another video), but no luck so far. Can you offer any suggestions how to encourage it. Thank you very much. Philip Jersey Shore Area
ANY ADVICE IS APPRECIATED! We found a baby bird on the back of my brother inaws truck and we were out in town so we have no idea where it came from... it barely has its eyes opened and has some feathers but its balance isn't good .. it was very hungry obviously since it was cutting up and holding its mouth open so we looked up advice and fed it , were trying to keep it warm and it seems so content unlike the way it was found.. what should we do? Im thinking set it free after a day or so but don't wanna do more harm than good and we have no idea where the parents are..
We found a nestling at a lake. The workers there said he was hanging from his nest by his leg and they cut him free and put him back but he fell out again. (Don't tell me it was a fledgling it wasn't. His wing and tail feathers were not in at all and he was un balanced and couldn't feed himself) This was a busy lake and he almost got stepped on. We placed him at the bottom of his tree and left him and watched for an hour or so from a ways away for his mum to come help him but she didn't. By this time the lake was no longer packed and we were the only people there. We asked the workers if they had a plan and they said that they wanted someone to take him. (This is wrong but if they were going to give him to someone at least I knew I had the patience, experience and supplies to take him whereas someone might take him for a pet and end up hurting him from a lack of research. So I took him.) We got him home and discovered he had bird mites. REALLY BAD! (Mites infest the nest so thats probably the reason he kept jumping out.) cleaned his entire cage 2 times a day and bathed him gently with bird safe soap. (We put him in our sun room. Lots of sun away from our other pets. Especially our other birds. If you bring a new bird home no matter where you got it from always keep it quartined from your other birds for about a month or more to be safe.) He slowly started walking and flying and feeding himself. Now we have to realise him. We let him go he enjoyed it for about a day before we found him again under a bush near our house. His foot was hurt. We have no idea what happened to him but his foot is very swollen and hurt. One day while I was cleaning the sun room I placed him outside so he could enjoy the sun. Thats when he flew and landed on a rock and started singing and being a goof before falling into our small built in pond. I fished him out and dried him. Now he won't leave and his foot is worse. (We are in the process of becoming rehabilitators for our state but Coronavirus is making it difficult but once we can we will finish) we have decided that we are going to be building him a large outdoor cage for him to heal and learn to catch food in and get used to being outdoors. His name is Glendale and he is very clumsy so he is going to be hard to release but we are doing everything we can to help him! (Anyone have tips on what to do? We have helped animals before but he is possibly the most accident prone bird ever! Also his cage we are building is large enough for me 5' 10" to walk into and sit in. He will have all natural branches and food and water in his cage. Once he is thriving in this cage we will open it so he can leave if he wants but always has a safe place to stay in if he needs it) 💕🐦
Me and the boys found a baby bird that fell out of a 10 foot tall tree, it had minor injuries. It had feathers but can’t open eyes yet. It’s also September so it’s mother probably isn’t coming back for it anytime soon. We fed him grass seeds and homemade bird food, he drinks out of an aquafina bottle cap because he is a small fella. He nibbles his food and drinks his water. He lives in a shoebox with proper bedding from leaves and grass. Will he live? (I’m using the pronoun ‘him’ but we don’t actually know it’s gender.)
What to do if your bird falls out of your roof and you cant reach cause that happened to me and im 10 and my 8 year old sister told me about it and we found a dead one that did not survive and the another do and i feel bad because its really hungry and it keep falling me and its crying...please tell me what to do
I found a baby bird that has few baby feathers and can bearly stand on its own, but he was running inside a supermarket. He’s so smal he can’t even fly yet. I was scared someone would squish it on accident. So I grabbed him and placed him on a box while I looked for its nest but I couldn’t find it… I kept him so I could call someone who actually know something about birds and they told me they didn’t know how to treat baby birds and that I had to keep him for a month and help him grow…. He is now my child.
Who else is here because they found a lost baby bird
Me:(
Edit : Hua ... he has died :'( I can't treat him better.
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Edit reunited with parents
Mee (≧▽≦)
I saved a horned owl fledgling a few years back and now it spends at least a week a year in my backyards tree
Doesn't interact with me but still feel special
Samuel Le Calvez awwwww
Samuel Le Calvez aww
It's a hoot.
It wants to pay it forward
❤️
Found a dehydrated fledgling crow in the middle of the street. Helped it out of the street unto some nearby grass. It was a highly trafficked area with cars and pedestrians. When it was clear that the bird was in distress, i scooped it up and brought it to a rehab. Luckily, there were 2 other baby crows there and an adult. A few weeks later, the rehab told me that the birds bonded and were released together.
W00t!
Erm, i mean Caw Caw!
We have a baby robin he’s a nestling. Idk wut to do. His mom is feeding him but it’s gonna be 59 degrees tonight. We have had incidents with cats and birds, and the nest is 50’ up. Idk wut to do. If u have any ideas plz give them. Thx!
Nah they was cappin, those birds died
an injured baby bird fell from the sky and into my cousins’ hands and now we’re taking care of it, i hope it doesn’t die
How did it do :(
Update please
updatee?
Update now
Did it die?
If it's better to let nature take its course then I'll do everything in my power to save that bird. Sorry, but I couldn't live in good conscience knowing that I just left a bird to die if I had any way of helping him.
Exactly. Specially when you have stray cats like I have in my area
Agreed! I just found one like an hour ago, and I'm not going to let it bake in the 100 degree heat and die. Maybe God put me in that exact moment for a reason.....or the universe.....or whatever you believe in.
@@TangoCharlieAlpha exactly I found it and it’s 90 degrees
She just said right before that that they will do everything they can to help an animal. When she says sometimes it's better to let nature take it's course, she means that there's no way of helping the animal. Please consider the extreme stress the bird will experience when a human picks them up and they're hurt so they can't get away. Trying to save an animal that can't be saved will just make them suffer more. That's why you should call someone who knows enough about birds to be able to tell when it's not worth trying.
Exactly thats why I'm here trying to learn how to take care of this nestling. Someone put it in my planter no neat in sight, if i leave it it will die.. and this video gave me no information on what to do? Its cold outsidr
let nature take its course...well Ima change that course rq lmao brought this lil dude inside
righ
@@riddhisingh5466 Ah man, I raised him from raw chicken stage to huge and fluffy lol Phoenix now permanently resides all the way in Maryland at a bird sanctuary. He was the best pigeon dude ever and I’ll always be forever grateful I rescued him.
May I know what you fed him? I rescued one today from fire ants , don’t know what to feed it :(
@@hanqingchai7305 Before I could get ahold of baby bird formula that I managed to find at Petsmart I used dog food kibble for the first day or so. I soaked it and would mash it in with some boiled egg yolk. Made it into a paste and looked up videos on how to successfully hand feed the specie because all birds eat differently. Pigeons for one actually suck their food up and dont open wide like typical baby birds would.
@@danieljordan2442 thank you so much! Few hours ago it didn’t want to eat but now it’s eating from my hand & quite active. It’s the first day but I hope it’ll be healthy until it’s good to release
I had a baby mockingbird find me once. It kept hopping around on my shoulders, arms etc. I had no idea what to do but I enjoyed the company. ;)
Great advice Taylor :)
The myth that the parents will smell you is certianly wide spread here in Australia!
The only piece of advice I add when talking about baby birds is to figure out if the birds a ground dwelling species of not, i attendeed a rescue last year where someone had found some baby plovers in the grass (which is natural) and meaning well put the poor guys in a man made nest way up in a tree😂
Wicked Wildlife Oh no! Poor plovers 😣 Good addition, thanks!
AnimalWonders Montana any time 😊 love your work and look forward to next weeks video!
You have to admit you have a weird bunch of birds in Australia (and I'm not even going to mention NZ)
why chooose a user name ? Maybe the rest of the worlds birds are weird and ours are comparatively normal 🤔
*Wicked Wildlife* That's the spirit!!! 8-)
She didn't mention that fledglings are likely to be eaten by feral cats and other predators when you leave them on the ground ( when they can't actually fly yet.) Maybe my mistake, but i have a hard time abandoning an animal if I know its helpless. The "nature take its course' angle doesn't work for me, and I certainly would never feel that way about a human life. Animals are Gods creatures as well and deserve all the help they can get.
There’s at least two cats that live in my yard
What to do when you find a baby bird:
Go to a vet
Give the bird to them
RUN
Or the orphanage like what my parents did to me
Ummm... run?
The Walking Bread so you don’t get charged money
I could do but qurantine
What if it's lockdown
"Let nature take its course." :( Sad but true.
I thought you were supposed to chew up a worm and spit it into its beak like a momma bird would do
Christ, just use your hands or something. We're humans, we have tools lol
veterinarians exists for a reason
Or maybe every body in this section could just listen to the expert lady in the video who said exactly what Domdrok just said.. idk just guess
Oof
There was a fledgling out front a couple days ago and I scooted him out of the road and into bushes. I wondered if I had done the right thing and thought maybe I should have brought him in or something, but this video assured me that I probably did the right thing!
Lol I gotta get to you let’s find birds together xd
racoons favorite meal
@@Baldoxxx4000 hey they gotta eat too
MY favourite meal, i like the cronch
@@calliecox1814 lol
I volunteered at a wildlife rehab center in Minnesota and specifically worked in the avian nursery. It was such an amazing experience, and I hope I can do something similar in the future. One great memory from y time there was getting to take a bird out and release it. Rehab centers do a lot of good for a lot of animals, and it's so rewarding to see it pay off.
Kate what was it called? I’d like to volunteer
WRCMN, on Wildlife Rehab Center of Minnesota. It's located in Roseville. :)
WRCMN is great! Thanks for volunteering there, too! The avian nursery is finally in full gear this year, after several weeks delay due to the weird winter. It's loud up in the nursery hallway, now! When it was just squirrels and bunnies it was nice and quiet XD
I have a nestling I saved yesterday. The nest is so too far up just as a the branches are. I'm disabled and can't even begin to get this bird up. I asked neighbors and they all had an excuse or looked at me like I was insane. Well, maybe I am insane but at least I'm not a ? Hole little bit@h.
I called the wildlife rehabilitation she is talking about. It's about 2 hours from my house. I would drive this little bird myself but I don't have a car and it's too far for me to drive on my medications anyway. They wouldn't even consider asking if any of their people who are close and going that way to come get the bird to take there. I was also told it was illegal for me to have wildlife. So, I said oh well I will just put it back where I found it. She said no it will die for sure if I do that. So, yesterday I watched for parents and safety until it was getting late. I brought it in and made a cat food wet food paste in a med dropper and it ate it. Now it is the next evening and I'm exhausted after all the feedings and phone calls for help. But, it's alive, pooping, active and its eyes just opened. No fluff. Red skin, wobbly and has a good appetite. I'm getting a iui worms right now for it. I don't want to do this. Yet the alternative is certain death or should I say it is nature taking her course. We can't save them all but we can care enough to do our best when possible. I have the time to care but not all the knowledge. Just what I find online.
I'm in new ulm mn. And somewhat new to the area so I don't know hardly anyone. So I ask ... If any kind hearted soul out there is able to take her to the wildlife refuge it would mean the world to me and this little bird.
I literally have a nestling in my hand right now that I'll be taking there tomorrow morning. My husband just went to get hand warmers.
On the way home from school today I found a little baby bird that had fallen out of a tree and it was laying upside down in a deep puddle so I picked it up and took it home and kept it in a box full of bedding but me and my Nan found that it had many injuries so we took it to the vets in Crowthorne and they took it away and said that I had been a very kind hearted person for saving it but sadly after we got back from the vets they gave my Nan a call saying they had to get it put down because it was suffering and I am 12 years old and my parents and my Nan are very proud of me.
I don't even know you and I'm proud of you too.
Way to go Spot Cooper, you did the right thing.
Thanks for this, followed your instructions and put the bird in an egg box in a tree near where the original nest was (that bush was cut down) the parents found it and started feeding again, what a relief!
Once I rescue a juvenile seagull that somehow got stuck in a recessed garden about one story down and couldn't fly out. So I took it to pass wildlife rescue. It had all its feathers and I tried to get it to fly but it would not. I'm happy to say they told me that they helped him and got him back out into the wild
I remember, when I kept a sparrow fledgling in my home for only a day. It was so cuuuttteee! After that day, I found the nest that it fell from. I know that it is its nest because I found the baby bird just under that spot. Put it back in, hid in the bushes and watched how the parents fed the babies.
Today I found 3 baby nestlings that fell off of their nest. one of them died because ants were eating it. we saved the other 2😢😭
Another one just died...😢😭😭😢😢😭😭
Is the other one alright?
All is dead now`😭😭😭
Aw man... what did you do with the bodies?
Cupcake Cat we buried them
Deeply appreciate your advise .. clear and to the point. I saw a small fledgling bird (now I know what this is :)) on the sidewalk and I was worried that cats would get it. So I took it back home in a warm and quite place and went out again to complete my dog walk which took another 15 min .. went back and immediately searched for advise and saw your video .. so I took it back to where I found it .. it was clinching on my finger so I had to find a small dead twig for it to hold on to, and placed it on top of high enough street box .. as I walked away a few meters I turned back and law and behold, one of the parents went down to check on it and was chirping at it :)
Thank you once more .. glad you made this video and glad I found it!
Thanks for your information! My mum has once “rescued” a baby bird home from a park (a fledging one I guess), but we soon realized that the baby bird was not injured as we thought it was, it might probably be hiding from predators only (that’s why it looked lost and does not move at all). Also we had no idea about the follow up actions to help it neither. I think it’s really important to have these kinds of educational materials for urban people to understand how to interact with our nature properly, especially when the urban area is expanding and intercrossing more with the wildlife. Thanks again for your video!
Taylor has really great pacing and delivery in her voice in these videos! A great presenter!
How I find Taylor's insta or other social media platform ... Please help
Thank you for making this video! Every year I get people asking about what to do with a bird they found. I usually give them a video made by Texas parks and wildlife. We need to spread the word!
I found a baby bird that looked about a week old. I week later after we found him he was doing so well! He was opening his eyes and moving and chirping! We were so happy to see him fly! On day 7 we noticed a red bump in his neck like the one on the picture before you click on the video. Idk what it’s called but anyway. Today is day 8 and this morning he wasn’t moving and bagging for food as usual so I picked him up and he wasn’t moving at all. I saw his chest go up and down once in a while but I thought he was dead. On his lower stomach felt flat and like a deflated balloon but still had stuff in it. I cried for about ( minutes and went to tell my mom. She came out and rubbed his chest and about 5 minutes later he slowly opened his eyes. I thought he would survive! I had so much hope and was praying he would be ok. About 1” minutes later his eyes were closed again and he wasn’t breathing. I cried for so long but he was gone. We buried him. My point of this comment is was there was a piece of worm stuck to the lump on his neck and it looked a little bloody. His poop also had a tiny bit of blood once is a while. I’m not sure if the lump on his neck is natural or not? We are not sure is he was kicked out of his nest or fell out but if he was kicked out maybe his mom thought he wouldn’t make it or something was wrong with him. The mom is still going up to the nest at the top of our tree and feeding her other baby’s. Does anyone know the answer to this if you do please reply I would love to know! Thank you!
Dam i guess this “fledgling” sitting in front of me in this makeshift home I made it gon die then..
It was attacked by the neighborhood cat so I saved it’s life technically. Thas my excuse for taking it
Feed it blended up cat food mixed with warm water, every two hours and keep them WARM.
@@lizardholliday8519 OMG THANKS
No problem my dude
Don’t forget to get baby bird vitamins if you still have them
They’re good for adult birds too
Thank you very much! This morning I brought back a fledgling bird, but I have no idea how to take care of it. Luckily I watched your video and decided to return it back place, not about an hour the parents came.
Thanks for this, very educational! Sometimes the best thing we can do is go against our desire to help, it seems!
Taylor is doing great things at Animal Wonders! I love seeing more of the team (but I still love Jessie, too!!)
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I found a Fledgling bird in my backyard. There was another Fledgling but it was already too late. I don’t know if I should help the other or not. Even my family said to just let nature take its course.
fledglings are not abandon or in any danger unless he has a broken wing..fledgling are a stage were he's leaving the nest and the parent will feed him when ever they find food for him..you'll know a fledgling because they will be able to fly a few feet and hops around ... he;s semi full feathers, but just short... these fledgling are not birds you want to take in and raise it, because the parent is still feeding him..if you hand reared a baby bird from the wild, you better keep him til he dies or else just leave him to nature,because hand reared baby birds don;t have the knowledge to survive and gather food or knows how to protect itself from danger.. even though he's full grown and eating on his own that doesn't mean him knows how to survive in the wild..he'll just die from starvation unless you put him outside with a cage and put seed for him to eat and transition slowly to the wild, but most will not make it unless you supply it with seed or food.
Found a baby fledgling today that crashed into the window. I wish I would have found this video before hand, as I have done it completely wrong!! I caught it and put it into a box with no light and has holes. I put seeded bread and a small bowl of water. After about 45 minutes after it had calmed down, we put it into the tall grass in a field. There were other small birds it's kind, but I was a little confused on what to do. Thanks for this video. It will be handy for future reference! 🐤
I found a magpie lark fledgling 2 days ago, ushered it into a safe spot, away from the road, then left immediately. I had no idea if I did the right thing or not, it was playing on my mind since. I'm so glad, after seeing this video, I actually did exactly the right thing.
(Edit: the video happened to pop up in my recommended, I didn't even search it, though it was playing on my mind).
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I once found a blackbird fledgling (back when I didn't know what a fledgling was, I just knew it wasn't an adult yet) on my way home from school, which was 2 towns over. I carefully scooped it up and put it in my bicycle basket and took it home to call a rehabilitation center for help. I knew it was very dangerous for it to stay there since I found it open and exposed on the sidewalk with only very thin bushes near. When I called the center, I was told to put it back near some foliage and I did. Sadly, a few days later, I found a dead bird that had been ran over by a car. I really hope that wasn't the bird I found.
XxGigifabulousxX you were biking between towns?
Danae Kelly yes.
XxGigifabulousxX I don't know about other places, but in Australia it can take 40 minutes to drive to the closest town. According to the gps on the iPhone, it would take 6 hours to walk from my school to my house, both of which are on the side of town closest to each other.
XxGigifabulousxX and that's only one town apart.
Thank you for this video!! I found some nestlings on my porch! They were very weak. The bird is now attached to me..🤷🏼♀️
was able to save a nestling today because of this video! thank you so much from mexico!
Thank you so much this quick and informative video! Found a baby bird on my walk this afternoon and learned it was a fledgling from you and because of this video I left it alone... on my way back mommy was back and 2 other fledglings with her! So cool! It went against my instinct not 5o interfere... this video kept me from making a mistake!
Most people cant reach the nest cause mosy likely really high in the tree. How about explaining what to feed and take care of the bird so it can get stronger and fly off and live a good life instead of leaving them outside for a cat to attack it
Some years ago I found a fox that seemed to have had a concussion on the side of a public street. I gathered it up in a crate and took it home after making sure it wouldn't bite. Once home I put it in a drawer with a blanket. It started to sleep so I was able to check it. The only thing I found was a small amount of dried blood on an ear and a belly full of fleas. That proceeding night I carefully collected it up and transferred it to the bathtub. It seemed to be regaining consciousness. Then it scrambled out of the tub and as I backed off it lept onto my leg...I thought, this was it. I'm about to get rabies. However it slumped onto my shin and slid down, obviously still hurt. At that point I swaddled it in a blanket then walked half a mile into the woods nearby and set it loose. The poor thing stood on shakey legs then crawled into some blackberries. It was a one off moment. I don't recommend it. I just didn't have anyone to contact at the time and felt it was the best thing to do.
That was nice of you
"Sometimes is best to let nature take it's course" WAIT? you mean let the baby die??
Yes
Thanks! You guys helped a lot. It's spring now here in Brazil, and a couple of fledglings we're out in the open. A third one didn't make it, because of my dogs, but the other two are now safe back in their tree.
A fledgling I found was about to be eaten by some random cat.
Ended up putting it in my neighbour's bushes some 100 meters away, after scaring away the cat. I hope the little guy made it
Well I messed up, I took a fledgling home :( now idk how to feed it.
Dora Nunez same :’)
It can feed YOU.
I need help idk how to feed mine either 😬
@@rheeannon7886 Firecrackers!
Sameee 🥺
I found a fledging in our garden. He's been chirping constantly and the parents are nowhere in sight. It got dark and the chirping continued so I just got him in because there are many cats around our locality. Pretty sure they would've eaten him. Will release him tomorrow morning.
Are you awake !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pulled a fledgling out of a snakes mouth 2 hrs ago . seems smaller then a house Fench , No nest anywhere . Fed it milk from eye dropper . Will try worm n baby grasshopper in the morning . Any tips ?????? HELP me if u have time it might die .
I just found 4 baby birds this morning (fledgling) 😊..it's raining so i found them tucked in a not so deep corner near my fence in my yard. I'll just leave them alone like you've advised. I only placed a glass sheet over them to prevent heavy splashes of water. I also noticed their mum in the trees around. I hope they find strength and fly away 🙏. I'm still watching and observing. Thanks
Thank you so much i found a bird on my terrace and its not able to walk i was worried i was about to feed it but thank god u told me i should not great advice ❤
Lol thought that was jugs of weed in the back😂
Bird: Are you my mother?
Me: I am your last destination! (eats baby bird whole)
@@TovKafur 😁😁😁
Momin Shah like chicken
Whos watching becuse they found a baby bird I know I am :3
I got a baby myna, wrapped it in some warm cloth n put in a box for the night.. rescued if from a cat :/
DreamGrowls saaaame! Tiny nestling my darn cat brought in. Currently got him feeding and bundled up in my drawer with a heat pad under it. Hope the little guy will be okay 🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@candijack4 Going through exact same situation right now ( baby starling I think) thanks to our cat so I dont know where the nest is..I've come here for some tips. Did your one make it?
Thanks helpful good job💛🐦
I found a baby bluejay last month, he was a fledgling. I watched for a while and saw he could only fly a few feet. He was in a bush that was way too close to the ground and many predators.. he was having a hard time caugh in the branches.. the adults didn't yet know that he tried to fly from the nest and failed. I gently caught him, and kept him safe till my husband finished mowing the lawn. Presently, I saw that he had not two but had FOUR adult birds caring for him, and they were watching me carefully from above. Adults will always feed, protect and nurture fledglings that are on the ground but not quite able to fly. Most bluejays will help raise the offspring of other bluejays nearby (they are probably siblings - their families stick together!) They seemed to know I was not going to hurt the baby, but they watched me closely - no swooping or defensive posturing. I placed him on a branch high up and waited till i knew they saw where he was. The one Jay came very close to look at me, then the baby, then at me several times as if to say "Okay, I see him, I'll take over now!".
Of course, the juveniles attempts at flying had him back on the ground right away. I followed at a distance as the adults kind of corralled him to a safe spot for the night. The next day and for days later, I recognized his little bluejay "jeer" song, so I knew he was safe with the four adults looking after him. Fast forward 3 1/2 weeks and he (or she?) is now a handsome visitor to my feeding posts. I can tell when he us nearby because his new skill - the "pumphandle" call (or the "squeaky gate" call) still needs practice before he can make the sound strong like the others! You can tell he is still juvenile because he sneeks up and right quick he greedily steals the large peanuts - while the older males are patiently choosing choice bits to store in their crops for their mates! I love the bluejays. While I had him temporarily in a shoebox, the parents made such mournful cries from the closest trees when they could not see or hear him, it just broke my heart! It was then I knew I absolutely had to put him back up somewhere safe by the adults. I though I was going to have to keep him safe, warm and fed fir at least a few days but when I saw how concerned and frantic the parents were, there was no question of keeping him longer than the time it took to mow the lawn. Thankfully, he is still with us today. When I was 17 (a very long time ago) we found a nesling robin with enough feathers that we knew he would survive. Although he was free to leave as soon as he coukd fly, he became a beloved member of the family. Every day he ventured a little farther from home, till the one day he that he never came back. We still saw him once in a while, but he kept his distance. What a sweet, smart little bird he was. My mother was his favorite person and I think it was because my mother was such a sweet and lovibg person herself. I will always love robins because of this.
Anyway, my best advice - which is in agreement with this video - is to make sure the baby is uninjured, healthy and safe and that adults are indeed looking for it, and put it safely near where you found him. If it is a nestling (no flight feathers yet) then get it to an avian rehab center unless you know exactly how to feed and care for its kind. The robin we found recieved proper care because we had a neighbor who knew all about robins - what to and what not to feed them, how to keep them clean (they poop of course!) And how to safely handle them. He was a bird expert, otherwise we might have brought the nestling to the proper place. We did not have internet back then, but today, you must make sure you get your info from reliable websites. Let an expert take over! Its the best thing to do!
I would love for there to be one on kittens so people learn the difference between kittens that are in distress or kittens that people found that are being cared for by a great mom who has gone hunting for food and will be back for them. People think they should pick up every baby they find but it’s more difficult to raise orphans and if they’re taken the the pound they’re usually euthanized within a day of arrival.
Gone hunting for fledglings you mean? Cats don't belong in nature so if people find a stray cat it should be taken to some place where it can't hurt any more birdies!
I'm sorry, cats don't belong in nature? they belong in space then? I'm glad there are cats that keep the pigeon population in check and also mouses... Birds aren't more important than cats. They are food. what about those poor insects and worms they eat, should we shoo the birds away?
I think what he means is that house cats kill way too many birds and have caused many native species to go extinct. It really is better to keep them as indoor cats. Birds are not more important than cats, but when you got a non-native species that is killing off tons of native ones, then you gotta do something about it and not just pretend that it's okay.
And please don't try to misunderstand what people mean when they say stuff like this. You might have a bias for cats, but native bird populations have been seriously hurt by them. Keep them indoors.
Who the hell cares about cats? Better let em become coyote or hawk food
What would you do if it is a fledgling you have found and you found it because there is a cat stalking it....But the cat isn't yours and you don't know who it belongs to?
Let something something fall on the cat. Scoop the cat up gently. Place it on a nearby street. Leave the area as not to aleart the owners. It's a myth that the owners can smell your scent on the cat.
Cheep Cheep cats kill billions of birds every year and some birds have gone extinct so no shoo the cat away
Call your local animal control authorities.
Mohamed Akmal no one can listen to you with that profile picture
Same same same.. a neighbour's cat attacjed a nest in my back yard (or my garden as we call it in the UK). So how can i leave them on the ground while the cat is always around. I cant do anything with the cat and i can not prevent her from being in my back yard.
Well I'm sitting in my room.and I hear chirping and whistling from inside of my wall. Been like that for a couple of weeks. The other side on my wall of my room outside so dont worry.
Me and my mother found a fledgling in the middle of the parking lot,the mother of the baby put the nest in the worst spot possible.
The fledgling was learning how to hunt,but my mother got worried that a car would run it over..
If we left it there it would’ve got hit by a car,no animal shelters have taken him in yet!
We’ve been feeding him and taking him outside to learn how to hunt and all that kind of stuff..
I’m thinking of naming him because it seems like nobody’s gonna take him
But other than that he’s really sweet,and we’re glad we can take care of him ^^
yiki what happened?
Thank you, very informative. This really helps lead me in the right direction. I guess I'll just call the rehabilitation center.
If you find a baby bird, eat them.
It will strengthen the bond between you and your bird 👦🏿💙🐧
Wth🤨
I'm so confused 😂🤣
@@TovKafur Disgusting 🤮🤮🤮
Poor baby bird 😂😰😢😢
@@TovKafur WTF 😂
Well I just found a fledgling and he jumped out of the nest and my dog was out there and got some of his feathers!:( What should I do)!?
Way late but what ended up happening?
At first day one bird fell from the air condition I left it and went to school I fed it and leave unfortanetly it died because there was lot of hot.
Second day I found two so I fed them and come to see this video
I hate it when there’s a lot of hot.
My friend stole the whole nest now he wants me to help take care of them
thanks for the info because I'm a wildlife hero so I need a lot of facts about saving animals
“ let nature take its course “ Um if you see a dying human would you say let nature take its course? No, only when you see a animal. Help the animal call animal help or something
Yeah.
To your question.
Hawk Snake you would just let the human die? Someone’s edgyyyyy
Ah what do I do if my cat has a fledgling
Also it jumped up in the car
Help
Take the bird to wildlife rehab if you don't know where s/he came from.
Keep in mind for the future that cats terrorize local wildlife populations.
I have a lot of cats outside our house so there isn’t any safe spot:/
Listen! I'm here because I have found a little sparrow but it is eating nothing. I'm worried. It is not even opening it's mouth. How can I feed it?
Thank you this really helped! Me and my family found a baby bird in the middle of a main road. We had saved it and put it in a bush near to the road, as we were walking away another bird flew to him/her and we left. 😅 it was so cute!
I found a fledgling and the nest is too high and there’s no other sticks
I saw a fledgling literally go yeet outa the nest and try flying but hit the floor so left it alone
That was good I hope you didn't touch it
I just saved one bird from my cat.. Oof it was in her mouth.
Omgg
I found an injured chick a while back, and sat with it until I could call the shelter. I felt kinda helpless and wasn't sure what to do. The injuries were really bad. I'm glad it went somewhere safe, but I'[m watching this so next time I can help a little better.
Found a little Fledgling - almost ran her over with lawn mower twice - didn't want the dogs to get to her - i put her in a box in a tree - "Not the tree where the nest was" got up this morning to see how she was doing and she had passed on. I was so very sad and decided to find out what to do next time. GOD BLESS THAT BABY BIRD - I tried. Thanks for making this video - nature took its course helped me feel a bit better but it seems I did the right thing the wrong way. Peace
PLEASE remember to keep your cat's inside,there's no such thing as an outdoors cat.
Word. I loathe people who believe that their cats should be free to roam, that somehow keeping them inside is being cruel. Cats are not a natural part of the environment - they have been subjected to artificial selection, and are exactly as humans made them (though they retain elements of their natural instinct, elements that were not bred out of them because humans used/use them for pest control). They DO NOT BELONG on their own, wandering the streets. Billions of animals worldwide are killed by "outdoor cats" annually. It's not the cat's fault - they're doing exactly what their instinct is telling them to. *It is people's fault.* I support any legislation anywhere that makes it a crime to let cats wander outside without leashes or supervision. Dogs are already banned from doing this - why should cats be any different? And yet this exception to the rules of pet ownership is carved out in so many cities/municipalities. It's ridiculous, and it needs to stop.
We found a Fledgeling and we left it just like the video said and we sat here watching it from far away and we suddenly saw the parents flying down to it and we’re happy to see that we saved a baby bird!
Thanks for this video! Thank God I watched it before doing anything stupid
Thanks for this information about two types , and the correct directions.
I found a fledgling in my backyard while I had a playdate with my friends, and we don't know what to do with it so we are just waiting 24 hours until deciding its abandon. I have NO idea what i should feed it. But this video helped! 😍
Thank you so much my dog chased a baby fledgling under a peice of wood and i had it in a box to keep it safe but after watching this i put my dog away and carefully places it under a bush in my yard
When I was 9 my mom and I were walking home from the bus stop after school and we found two baby pigeons on the ground in front of our porch being devoured by ants. There was no parent of these little guys to be seen. My mom and I were horrified, thinking that both of the birds were dead. However, one of them were alive. My mom scooped the alive bird up and went inside to wash the ants off of it. We prepared a little box for it and took it to a person who knew about birds (he was rehabilitating birds or something). I'm really happy my mom looked closer and saw that one of the birds was still alive, because we probably would've left them to die if she hadn't.
here in the netherlands i always take home babys. i raise them like my own. ive saved 3 crows 1 raven 1 goose 3 pigeons and a lil blackbird. ive done this sonce i was 8. most of em flew out happy and lived near my house. yesterday ive saved an other bird. a pigeon it wasnt a real baby but he flew against a window was still really young. about 3 weeks. hes doing great. ive once called animal ambulance for a baby pigeon. about 2 weeks old. and she ended up dying. now im 14 and still helping the animals. sometimes i take my 2 pigeons out and we go feed the pigeons in the park.
I found a baby bird that survived a cat attack and we are now taking care of it 🐣🥹
Amazing care of baby bird ❤
Luv you Taylor and tysm for helping me with this kind of stuff 💓
Great info, thanks. Helped a lot.
Im good at this!!!you can put it in a box with grass to keep it hot. Always put feathers in the box to keep it incubated like the mother does!!! Also 1:21 is a cute cockatiel though!!
A baby bird fell out of its nest at my neighbor's house. There were three other siblings and no more room in the nest, so I found a different nest that had fallen long ago, and put that one with the baby next to the nest with the siblings. Now the baby seems stronger and I think the mother is feeding it!
I found two fledglings, one was under my dad's car and the other was on the ground. I thought they were harmed for a fall and put them in a box afraid other predators will find them and eat them but it's reliving that they are just learning how to fly. Now I'll just leave them were I last saw them, hopefully their mom can see them.
I just saved two laughing dove fledglings. Their mom wasn't around and they were on the ground. They looked too young to start flying so I put them back in the nest. I would have left them if they had been a little older. Because all the fledglings I see flying are much bigger, these ones hadn't even got their full plumage so I assumed they fell out by mistake.
OMG this video is SO SO SO good.
I was playing catch with a football, and it bounced from my hands and into the grass. As went to grab the football, I saw a baby bird on the ground sitting right next to it. I’m not too sure what to do because it looks like it’s between the two baby bird stages. I placed it in a bush and I’m now hoping for the best. Guess it was some luck that I found the bird in that way.
I found a nestling a few years ago, was unable to get it back to its nest cause it was on a roof which was wayyy to high for me to get to so I ended up bringing it home and putting it in a box with tissues and a hot water bottle. Surprisingly the little one survived through the night but kept waking me up chirping and I took it to my local vets the day after. I get that it’s best to let nature take its course but I’m to soft and had to try and help
I have a sun conure, and a bubba budgie, the budgie was captive bred.
The breeder wanted to sell it because it mother kept pushing it out the nest, and wouldn't allow it back in.
It was safer for me to take it, it's nearly a fledging now.
She's doing well!
You found a nestling and are freaking out
👇🏽
I have a baby bird and I’m watching this video
I have a lost/abandoned baby fledgling bird which is not injured or sick. (We watched it for an hour (from a distance) and no parents feeding it....and it was very near a busy street which it hopped across).
It is very energetic so far, but it is not gaping for food, so I cannot feed it now since yesterday. It's still energetic, but again not gaping. I tried touching it's beak and also gently stroking its head, (as someone mentioned in another video), but no luck so far.
Can you offer any suggestions how to encourage it. Thank you very much.
Philip
Jersey Shore Area
ANY ADVICE IS APPRECIATED! We found a baby bird on the back of my brother inaws truck and we were out in town so we have no idea where it came from... it barely has its eyes opened and has some feathers but its balance isn't good .. it was very hungry obviously since it was cutting up and holding its mouth open so we looked up advice and fed it , were trying to keep it warm and it seems so content unlike the way it was found.. what should we do? Im thinking set it free after a day or so but don't wanna do more harm than good and we have no idea where the parents are..
Love to you guys, so nice and precise. ❤❤❤
We found a nestling at a lake. The workers there said he was hanging from his nest by his leg and they cut him free and put him back but he fell out again. (Don't tell me it was a fledgling it wasn't. His wing and tail feathers were not in at all and he was un balanced and couldn't feed himself) This was a busy lake and he almost got stepped on. We placed him at the bottom of his tree and left him and watched for an hour or so from a ways away for his mum to come help him but she didn't. By this time the lake was no longer packed and we were the only people there. We asked the workers if they had a plan and they said that they wanted someone to take him. (This is wrong but if they were going to give him to someone at least I knew I had the patience, experience and supplies to take him whereas someone might take him for a pet and end up hurting him from a lack of research. So I took him.) We got him home and discovered he had bird mites. REALLY BAD! (Mites infest the nest so thats probably the reason he kept jumping out.) cleaned his entire cage 2 times a day and bathed him gently with bird safe soap. (We put him in our sun room. Lots of sun away from our other pets. Especially our other birds. If you bring a new bird home no matter where you got it from always keep it quartined from your other birds for about a month or more to be safe.) He slowly started walking and flying and feeding himself. Now we have to realise him. We let him go he enjoyed it for about a day before we found him again under a bush near our house. His foot was hurt. We have no idea what happened to him but his foot is very swollen and hurt. One day while I was cleaning the sun room I placed him outside so he could enjoy the sun. Thats when he flew and landed on a rock and started singing and being a goof before falling into our small built in pond. I fished him out and dried him. Now he won't leave and his foot is worse. (We are in the process of becoming rehabilitators for our state but Coronavirus is making it difficult but once we can we will finish) we have decided that we are going to be building him a large outdoor cage for him to heal and learn to catch food in and get used to being outdoors. His name is Glendale and he is very clumsy so he is going to be hard to release but we are doing everything we can to help him! (Anyone have tips on what to do? We have helped animals before but he is possibly the most accident prone bird ever! Also his cage we are building is large enough for me 5' 10" to walk into and sit in. He will have all natural branches and food and water in his cage. Once he is thriving in this cage we will open it so he can leave if he wants but always has a safe place to stay in if he needs it) 💕🐦
Me and the boys found a baby bird that fell out of a 10 foot tall tree, it had minor injuries. It had feathers but can’t open eyes yet. It’s also September so it’s mother probably isn’t coming back for it anytime soon. We fed him grass seeds and homemade bird food, he drinks out of an aquafina bottle cap because he is a small fella. He nibbles his food and drinks his water. He lives in a shoebox with proper bedding from leaves and grass. Will he live? (I’m using the pronoun ‘him’ but we don’t actually know it’s gender.)
What to do if your bird falls out of your roof and you cant reach cause that happened to me and im 10 and my 8 year old sister told me about it and we found a dead one that did not survive and the another do and i feel bad because its really hungry and it keep falling me and its crying...please tell me what to do
I found a baby bird that has few baby feathers and can bearly stand on its own, but he was running inside a supermarket.
He’s so smal he can’t even fly yet.
I was scared someone would squish it on accident. So I grabbed him and placed him on a box while I looked for its nest but I couldn’t find it…
I kept him so I could call someone who actually know something about birds and they told me they didn’t know how to treat baby birds and that I had to keep him for a month and help him grow…. He is now my child.