Posted by Paul Miller --Previous Message-- Tanya, You should definitely put it back in the nest. It is an old wive's tale that the parents will "smell" humans and reject the baby. In fact, most birds have a terrible sense of smell. If it is fully feathered, the parents were probably starting it's "flight training" and it is not uncommon for some baby birds to spend up to two days on the ground under the supervision of thier parents. It's very important to get it back to it's parents as wet bread will not provide nearly enough nutrition for a young growing bird. The parents will know better what to feed it. After putting it back in the nest, watch it for an hour or two if possible. If the bird jumps back out and there is no interaction with the parents what so ever, then you should probably take the bird to your local wildlife/bird sanctuary. Put it in a small box and place toilet or facial tissue in the bottom of it for transport. Hope this helps.
on 5/23/2005, 5:37 pm, in reply to "Re: adopt sparrow that fell out of nest"
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: I found a sparrow that was thrown
: from
: his nest still alive and I just
: could not leave the bird on the
: ground. it would have been dead. It
: is in my home with my other birds
: one cocketeil 4 parakeet, One bird
: died I feed it the same formula I
: gave my cocketeil when he was a
: baby. The sparrow keeps yelling. He
: is not always hungry but keeps
: yelling. I feed him dog food, rice,
: nuts , etc. What do I do with him
: now. He is growning to fast for me
: to keep him.
:
: I just found a baby bird that fell
: from its nest last night. It has
: most of its feathers and is alive
: and strong. I am feeding it wet
: bread. Do you have any idea of what
: else I should feed it. The nest is
: on my front patio and there is 3
: other baby birds inside that didn't
: fall. I think it is a sparrow, but
: not to sure. I am keeping it in a
: shoe box with shredded newspaper.
: Email me with what you think.
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