Baby birds..

[Teddy001]

Update, on baby birds. Well, there were 4 babies, that hatched, and 1 little egg, still in the watering can. All 4 baby's have flown out of the watering can, and were clinging onto the side screen windows, on my outside covered patio, yesterday. The mommy bird, was going a bit bazzark, trying to get the baby's out of the porch. It was quit a loud chirping sesson going on, with 4 baby's chirping loudly, and mommy chirping back. The baby's were kind of skipping across the deck, then would try to fly up in the air, but they were very unbalenced, and sady flew into the side of the walls, then back down on the deck. I really didn't know how to help them, as they were all over the place. One managed to fly into the house, and down the stairs into the lower half of my house! It was fun trying to find the baby. Each time someone would come near, or around the area it was hiding, the baby bird would stop chirping. LOL. I was able to catch it by throwing a light weight blanket on top of it, then released it outside, where the mommy bird was right near, to guide the baby up and over a fence, into a bush. This morning, there was 1 baby still in the covered patio, chirping, and chirping. It was mostly on the floor, which I was very worried about, due to cats and dogs. so, I guided it out the screen door, and it flew, in an sideways angle down to the grass. Mommy bird must have been around, due to I saw a bird with a mouth full of worms, that flew right up to the baby bird, then off they went. . Never realized how motherly, and protective, and watchful, birds are, with their babies. It was a wonderful treat to be able to see all of this, from my back door step. LOL.

[souffle]

Sounds like those little birds have a lot to thank you for in helping them get out and safely back to mum. I have enjoyed hearing about them too teddy Thanks x

[DrKMcK]

What a great story! You did a wonderful job helping this mama raise her brood. My friend had a couple of baby birds fall out of a nest and she put them in a box on the roof of her screen house. Mama bird kept taking care of them and they did fine. Given half a chance, mama birds do an amazing job.

[amie]

I’ve really enjoyed this thread, Teddy, being a great lover of wild birds myself.

We currently have a fledged Song Thrush family in our garden here in the UK and we feel very privileged that the parent has chosen our garden to bring its fledged young to. It is lovely watching the parent so attentively feeding its 2 young.

Isn’t nature wonderful.

[Teddy001]

Thnaks, I enjoyed sharing my birdie story. Birds are AMAZING animals! I never realized how smart (not bird brains) at ALL, for the mommy bird to have such a keen sense of attention to her babies. Even when she couldn't get the last baby out of the screen porch, she never gave up, chirping to her baby. I'm convienced, they understood eachother, the variations of "chrips" from hunger, to scared, was a def difference in pitch. I enjoyed every minute of watching them.

[racinghamster]

I`ll bet they kept you busy while fledging! Really glad they managed to fly the nest safely, albeit on the dodgy side! x