Help! Baby Bird has Fallen from Nest

I would feed it chicken bacon ranch hot pockets

LOL, why bacon ranch flavor?

You need to chew the worm up and then spit it into the birds mouth. If you need info on how to eat bugs check CNN's home page.

don't touch it! it's mom will kick it out of the nest if it smells your hands!

Can someone place it back in its nest?

That's an old wives tale!

If the baby bird is sparsely feathered and not capable of hopping, walking, flitting, or gripping tightly to your finger, it’s a nestling. If so, the nest is almost certainly nearby.

If you can find the nest (it may be well hidden), put the bird back as quickly as possible. Don’t worry—parent birds do not recognize their young by smell. They will not abandon a baby if it has been touched by humans.

If the nest has been destroyed you can make a new one, place the chick back inside and watch to see if the parents come back.
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Last Edited by nutmeg on 06/08/2021 11:39 PM

9/10 it's going to die. Good luck.

We have no idea where it came from. Since the snake was trying to get it, it probably hopped out of the nest to escape it.

There's lots of really tall tree's around, so finding & getting it back in the nest would be difficult.

We killed the chicken snake tho!

If youre a clumsy ignorant oaf that doesn't really want the bother?
Gerber baby cereal for the less carnivorous birds and make it wet and wipe their beak with wet cloth so food doesn't turn to glue.
Not too warm and the crop under their beak will fill with food. You will see.
Have water there and dont freeze it with air conditioning and fans. If you can put it back in tree good? But dog food for meat and baby cereal for others does good

Yes, but I'm gonna try.

Because every creature on earth will eat a free chicken bacon ranch hot pockets

Robins eat worms. Other birds eat seed or grain.

You can cook and cool Quaker Oats or a grain. Or wet tiny pieces of bread. You have to hold the food above the bird like the mother does. The baby reaches up to get it. A baby bird has no idea how to eat off the ground or from a dish.



Last Edited by nutmeg on 06/09/2021 12:00 AM

At link below is a really good article with advice:

When You Should—and Should Not—Rescue Baby Birds

It’s not uncommon to find young birds away from their nests during spring and summer. But should you help them? That depends.....

(It also talks about when they are in danger)

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Oh thanks Wrinkled! The neighbor said it was a red bird that was raising hell on the patio so I think it's a red bird.

Hence hot pockets. It it coated it golden encrusted bread.

grind up worms and suck some into the end of a straw, then hold it above the bird's mouth and slightly blow the worm meal into its mouth.

Thank you Nutmeg!

I didn't know any better, and took in a baby bird that fell from a high tree. Picked it up carefully, put it in a shoebox with high sides, lined with a towel, carried the box inside my apt, and put the box in my bathroom, (cuz I have a cat). Put small holes in the lid of the box for air and covered the box.

After reading online... It wasn't a tiny bird, and it said don't feed it, because it's likely in distress and it won't starve overnight.

Next morning I called the wildlife rescue in our area, they came right out and took the baby bird. Can also call fish and games dept, animal control, or a veterinarian for referrals for rehabbers that will come out and take the bird in.

There's an abandoned nest on a shelf on my carport. I've stuck it in there for now.

I have alot of birds around. I wonder if it's mom will find it? I'm going to mix up the dog food sugar water now.

Thanks everyone!

Put it back in the nest, the thing about the parents not touching it is an urban legend.

Last Edited by Uncle Gintel on 06/09/2021 12:02 AM

What to feed a baby bird:

Good foods for baby birds:

Moist dog food.
Raw liver (no seasoning)
Hard-boiled eggs.
Dog biscuits (moistened)
Dog or cat kibble (moistened)

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I was wrong about bread:

What NOT to feed baby birds

Water
Bread or bread products
Whole birdseed
Milk
Pet bird food
Worms
Kitchen scraps

Tips for Feeding Baby Wild Birds
If it is necessary for you to feed a baby bird, remember:

Offer food that is spongy in texture, not dripping with water that could cause choking or drowning. All dry food should be softened before being offered to a baby bird.

Food should be offered at room temperature only, never warmed or heated, and also never refrigerated or chilled.

Keep bits of food small and in proportion to the bird's size; very small birds need very tiny bites. Cut or crush food appropriately to suit the bird's size.

While feeding the bird, handle it as little as possible to minimize the risk of additional stress or injury. Never force the bird's bill open to eat.

Last Edited by nutmeg on 06/09/2021 12:05 AM

We have no idea where the nest is. We looked around, the tree's are probably 50 foot tall or better.

So weary of it. Dumb poor quirks. Hope this goes in a short month and we find hope and relief from it.

Jays, ravens and crows eat meat dog food
Most all the rest like the grain baby cereal, its just in those insta dissolve flakes that are like oatmeal and turn to glue everywhere you dont wash off.
Feeding them is a mess and they get it all over, but their neck fills up and they go to sleep.

Yes, if they are fledglings, they jumped out of the nest and won't return (will jump back out):

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So, if that is the case try to keep your cat indoors until the baby bird makes its escape.

I always started baby animals off with those needle looking injector things with ensure, push it right in their mouths, someone else said wipe after with wetwipes, maybe a good idea but I never needed to

Kick it in the ditch,, then finish mowing.. F ag.

Best advice and exactly what the wildlife rescue will tell you to do.

1. Look for nest. Place bird in nest. Walk away.
2. If no next, put a basket or some other makeshift nest in the area and place the bird in it. Mama bird will come back to him.
3. MAKE SURE MAMA BIRD COMES BACK! If she doesn't come get him, look for your local wildlife rescue and they will nurse him back to health.

Also, the theory about mama birds rejecting baby birds after humans touch them isn't true.

Birdie seems to be resting comfortably in the "old" bird nest on my carport.

It didn't seem very interested in the mashed up dog food w/ honey mixed in(that I think dog food is corn based) but I took a tooth pick & kinda rubbed some on it's beak. It did appear to eat a tiny bit of it, but just seemed really freaked out & confused.

The birdie eye's are fully open & I left a bit of the mash stuff in a bottle cap.

My hopes are Mommy bird will find it or another bird adopt & feed it, until that happens I'll do my best to keep Birdie feed & comfortable.

Thanks everyone for the tips!