A Nestling Fell Out of Our Tree
By michelle | June 11, 2010
UPDATE on Friday Afternoon: The baby bird is dead.
We checked the nest this afternoon, and the poor baby didn’t make it. I kept checking the nest from my window last night to see if the mother had come back, but she had not. Our neighbor said that he also had a dead nestling in his year. Poor babies….
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We arrived home this afternoon to find a mother bird sitting on the ground next a nest that had fallen from our tree. Underneath her was a tiny baby bird, a nestling*.
With my neighbor’s help, we put the nestling back in the nest and put the nest back up in the tree. At one point, the mother came back, but she sat down on the ground where the baby bird used to be. Then she jumped on to a tree limb, but after a little bit, she just flew away. She has been back, but I can’t tell if she is feeding the baby or not. She just comes and goes.
I have a bunch of photos, but I can’t get them to upload to my computer, so I’ll put those up as soon as I can.
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2 Comments
Elizabeth on June 10, 2010 at 7:19 pm.
awww poor little bird! would love to see pictures
God cares for all creatures…
Amanda on June 10, 2010 at 10:09 pm.
I moved a nest once to try and help a baby bird and the mother never came back. I was informed that once it’s moved, the mother bird usually will not return.
Hopefully this doesn’t happen to your nest, though!