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Hey, lazyweb?
Jul. 14th, 2009 01:42 pm...how does one take care of a baby bird that fell out of a nest (and was picked up so it wouldn't get run over, since the nest was over a parking lot)?
ETA: I think we just made the situation worse. >_< Tried putting it back in the nest, and the other two fell out. Into the parking lot. And I haven't seen either parent return to the nest.
Closest rehab places I've found are not close enough. I've left a message with the closest. I don't know what to do. There's nowhere safe to leave the birds outside, we're sure as hell not going to try for the nest again (it was an Adventure), I'm not even sure the first one (third one? whichever; the one we put back) will make it; and argh.
Okay, they called back and said putting them in the nest was the best strategy, and the "if you handle them, the mom will reject them" thing isn't necessarily true. (I know it's true for things like bunnies, but apparently not for birds? *shrug*) I called someone with a ladder that can come over in a bit and help get them back up.
For the moment, the two are in a box with a t-shirt at the bottom, nestled in the part of the tree we can reach. I don't know if the parents know they're there. (oh, they're making a racket. so are the parents. Poor things.)
FTR, these are ... er. Scrub jays, I think.
ETA 2: Babies are safely back in nest, parents are doing a lot of swooping at anyone who gets close to the tree but otherwise things seem back to normal. \o/
ETA: I think we just made the situation worse. >_< Tried putting it back in the nest, and the other two fell out. Into the parking lot. And I haven't seen either parent return to the nest.
Closest rehab places I've found are not close enough. I've left a message with the closest. I don't know what to do. There's nowhere safe to leave the birds outside, we're sure as hell not going to try for the nest again (it was an Adventure), I'm not even sure the first one (third one? whichever; the one we put back) will make it; and argh.
Okay, they called back and said putting them in the nest was the best strategy, and the "if you handle them, the mom will reject them" thing isn't necessarily true. (I know it's true for things like bunnies, but apparently not for birds? *shrug*) I called someone with a ladder that can come over in a bit and help get them back up.
For the moment, the two are in a box with a t-shirt at the bottom, nestled in the part of the tree we can reach. I don't know if the parents know they're there. (oh, they're making a racket. so are the parents. Poor things.)
FTR, these are ... er. Scrub jays, I think.
ETA 2: Babies are safely back in nest, parents are doing a lot of swooping at anyone who gets close to the tree but otherwise things seem back to normal. \o/