I cut down a tree in my backyard, had no idea there was a nest at the top. The parents flew out and I placed the nest with the babies in a box. What are my options now? I’d like to see these guys make it.

Fledgling in MD park. ID help?

I currently have a nest that belongs to a pair of eastern phoebes. Laid in the nest were 3 phoebe eggs, and 2 cowbird eggs. Last time I checked, two phoebes and one cowbird had recently hatched, and the cowbird was noticeably larger and hogging most of the food momma bird was bringing back. This morning, I found the cowbird chick on the pavement below the nest. It’s still alive, writhing in pain, while insects are coming and trying to eat the baby.

On one hand, I have no desire to intervene, since this is all part of nature’s cycle. The momma bird could have intentionally ejected the baby cowbird from the nest if she noticed that her other babies were suffering and going unfed, and I feel like it’s not my place to disturb what’s already happened. On the other hand, it’s terrible seeing this tiny cowbird suffering. It clearly has some fight left in it; it’s rolling around on the ground and flailing its little wings, trying to keep the insects at bay. Part of me wants to help it, part of me wants to put it out of its misery, and part of me feels like I should just leave it be.

Does anyone have any thoughts, insights, or suggestions? I probably won’t interfere, but I just feel really bad for the poor thing :(

i’ve been feeding the hummingbirds for years, and suddenly this year the house finches have discovered the sugar water. not sure how they even get to it with the tiny holes, but they must get some of it since they keep coming around. i wouldn’t mind, my yard welcomes all birds, but they seem to be keeping the hummingbirds away. they’re there constantly and i’ve barely seen any hummers at the feeder since the finches started this a few weeks ago. i cut off the plastic perch from the feeder, but the base is wide enough that the finches are still able to perch on it. so that didn’t work. i could try putting out sunflower seeds and such for them, but not sure if that would distract them from the sugar water. it’s hard to leave food out too since the squirrels get all of it before the birds can (so hard to please everyone!) does anyone have any ideas or advice??

A few months ago we had a robin build a nest on top of a flood light in our backyard and then lay her eggs in it for the season. They hatched, she had three baby birds and eventually they took off after they were old enough and the mother robin also left. Today I see a different bird in the nest and it looks like she is using it and gonna lay her eggs in there. So is it possible that a new bird could take over a vacant nest that was already built and lay her eggs there?

Anyone have advice on which Merlin bird packs to download for Greenland, Nunavut and the Ungava Peninsula of Quebec?

I posted about this Chipping Sparrow last week (see here). This bird came back to my feeder yesterday and today with a MUCH larger bump near its beak and now it's red and black.

Last week the replies were it was an abscess or tumor (and not Avian Pox as I was thinking), but now that it seems to have changed so quickly (and from an untrained eye, gotten worse), I'm getting concerned for the other birds in my yard, so once again asking for feedback from the community.

So far, the bird seems to be eating and flying fine, from what I've seen. Additionally, I haven't seen any other birds visit my Bird Buddy with any similar issues. But, I'm wondering if I should remove my feeders and bird bath (even though it's been very hot here in Georgia and so many birds are using my background for food and water).

Thank you!

Today:

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7 Days Ago:

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This gray catbird is only about a few weeks old, by the look of his juvenal feathers (red fluff under my pinky) and the evidence of a beak gape. Such an incredible experience working with a master bird bander, and I’m looking forward to banding more!

or, just any vultures in general, really.

I'm regularly watching a pair of wild collared doves and they recently had an offspring. It looks like once the babies are mature enough to leave the nest, parents start to attack them and chase them away. The same also happened last year.

The baby is flying towards the parent, it is shaking and squeaking like if it would like to be fed, but the parent attacks them and chases them away. It is a little bit heart breaking to be honest. I assume that the parents wants to protect their territory, but isn't that a bit too early?
Is this a normal behavior for collared doves? I couldn't really find any extensive information on that topic.

I was very little, maybe in the first or second grade (so like 7 or 8) and was going to church, I was always one of the earliest ones there and they had an outdoor playground where you could go before and after. I was hanging out there in late winter/early spring and I saw an injured bird, I approached it slowly and sat next to it. It kind of hobbled away, but eventually came closer. It was severely hurt and as much as I wanted to help it, I knew there was no way I could. I sat next to it for about an hour and a half and had kids and adults alike coming up. All the kids wanted to see the bird and all the adults yelled at me to get away from it. Right then I had an epiphany: Either I let this poor bird die alone (Yes, now I know that I probably made almost no difference to this bird’s suffering, but that’s not the point), or I continue to have adults mad at me. I chose to stick with the bird and eventually they gave up yelling at me because they had better things to do. I think of that bird occasionally and I know it’s stupid and it’s just a bird, but maybe that bird had comfort in knowing it wasn’t dying alone. Sorry about my childish rant about me personifying a bird almost 10 years ago, but I just think about it often and needed to get it off my chest.

So I've posted here a few months back questioning how to get some crows(after some research Australian little crows) to stop attacking the windows around the new house I have, the above work for a while but the did come back on occasion for a cheeky peck here and there..

Today however it appears one worked out two to remove the lamination over all the windows... were talking about 16 in a day..

More than open to other ideas! This is the second time they have removed covers / decals now... so I don't think that's an option any longer.

A bird (looks like an American Robin) had build its nest on our front porch and had three chicks a few days back. Yesterday, I woke up in the morning and found the nest had fallen down and the babies were on the ground. The babies couldn’t move much, eyes were closed, no feathers and one had ants climbing over it. They looked like they were barely a day or two old. I moved the three back into the nest (wearing gloves) and left them there. Mumma came back and was tending to the babies again soon. I thought about moving the nest back to a high spot but eventually decided not to (I wanted to minimize handling the nest and there was also no way for me to secure it in the original spot). I left the nest on my porch steps hoping for the best. Either way, mumma was back regularly around every hour or so with worms and goodies. This afternoon as I headed out I checked in on them and the three looked relatively chirpy and healthy, although they were still clearly too young to walk or even open their eyes. Mumma bird was also nearby. When I got back in a couple of hours I found only one in the nest. There are no signs of a predator attack and I looked around for remains of baby birds but nothing obvious. There aren’t much natural predators (I’m in Northern Colorado and garter snakes are the most common but the birds looked too big for them. Other than other large birds I can’t think of any other animal that could have gotten so close to the house at 5PM on a bright summer day without neighbors noticing or triggering our door camera). No signs of mom either for a couple of hours since I got back, which has been relatively unusual. The remaining baby looks healthy though.

At this point I’m guessing it’s a predator attack but is it possible for the mom to have moved a couple of babies to a different spot? What should I do with the remaining chick? I’m going to watch out for signs of mom and going to call wildlife rehab if there’s no signs of her until morning. Restraining myself from handling the nest for now.

I moved a decorative bird house hanging on my porch about 4 feet over and placed a hanging plant in its place. This was about a week ago. Today when I went outside I heard a chorus of chirping and found that my “decorative” bird house was full of baby birds calling for their mom. I didn’t know they were in there otherwise I would not have moved it. Do you think the mom has found their new location or should I move it back to where it was a week ago?

Found in East TN today(July).

Please tell me how to help this baby. I just found him on my deck. There are no nests near by. I contacted a rehabber but they said they would our him to sleep because he is an invasive sparrow.

I have what I think is a chimney swift that fell through a hole in the damper into our living room tonight. I have already called and left a message for a local rehabber to (hopefully) come get it in the morning. Their voicemail said it was safe to feed baby birds crushed up berries and this poor baby was SCREAMING for food. So I did give it some small crushed up pieces of blueberry with some tweezers. But then I started researching to find out what kind of bird it is and found you should not feed chimney swifts (so I’m really hoping I did not harm it). I currently have it in a plastic blueberry container with paper towels and a warm bag of water underneath it. There’s no way for me to return this baby back to its nest, because if I open the damper, its nest mates are going to fall in (I can hear them chirping away in the chimney). Is there anything else I can do to keep this baby alive until the rehabber can get here in the morning?

Found this baby robin when I was walking my dog mid-morning and wasn’t able to help at that time. By the time I made it back, s/he was no longer breathing. I did find the nest I believe it came from, and the babies in there were covered with many more feathers. Does this mean he had been on the ground/without food for a long time? Or was he potentially not developing appropriately and pushed out?

My initial instinct was mockingbird but I’m not an expert by any means! Found in coastal NC