A Nestling

That was very sweet of you. I live in a community that is near trees and we casually see nestlings fall out of the nest. some children would take them home or some get it back on the nest. It's really sweet when people care for nature.

hi dorannmwin I did that once with a baby robin by putting a small towel around it I managed to get it back into the nest while mama Robin was out getting food for her babies. The thing is so many times if the baby nestling has your human scent on it I am told, the mother will refuse that baby. but mama came back and fed all of them so was glad the little nestling did not die or the mom kick it out of the nest. At that time there was no rescue groups as this was in the 1930's.

aawww. ive often wondered if the mother refuses them as she does if an egg is returned? not for many years has this happened but when the kids were growing up it happened several times. we would try to keep it alive but usually it didnt work. back then i didnt know you could take it to an animal protection place.

Oh yes, I have rescued many a parrot that has fallen out of a tree. I have fed them with bird formula every few hours. If they are injured (broken wing usually) then I keep the parrot and love it. I just love birds. And they love me. The hanging basket out side of my house has a bird nest and we are longing for the babies to hatch. I am so happy that yo did what you did

Yes! My parents' neighbors have this bushy tree in the corner where it sort of overhangs into my parents' yard. You can always sparrows chirping in there, but you don't see them unless they fly out of the tree. Last year my parents heard one chirping on the ground . . . they couldn't find it (my dad has a bonsai garden). But as my little one has such an interest in birds, she and grandpa set out to find it - and they did!! My dad caught it - a teeny baby sparrow that was unable to fly yet - and my mom got out a gift bag so he could put in there - and so my daughter could adopt it for the moment. My daughter was so in awe over this tiny bird . . . she wanted to keep it, but we told her it'd be nicer to set it free. It took some convincing, but alas she helped set it free. It was nearly dark, so she and grandpa tried to find a place where it would be safe. When we saw my parents the next weekend, they told us what happened during the week. They still heard the little chirping on the ground . . . but they also heard and saw a couple sparrows chirping really loudly above in that tree. They think it was the little guy's parents looking for their baby. So that went on for a few days. Then one day the little chirping on the ground stopped, BUT they heard the familiar little chirping in the tree! Somehow it made it back up (or so my parents think) . . . so we like to think it was a happy ending to that story!

Hi,dorannmwin,You have a loving heart.Wonderful. I don't know how to take care of the tiny nestling, Maybe you can help it find it's mother. Thank you for bringing the nestling to your house and taking care of it,It will be OK. Good luck and have a nice day.

We had a big tree blow down a few years back with a nest of birds in it. It was late in the evening when we found them so we put them in a milk crate with blankets and a heating pad under the blankets. To our surprise the next morning all three baby birds were still alive, so I called a local pet store. They told me to bring the birds into them and they would have a bird rescue there to meet me. I took the little guys in and met with the rescue group. They were later able to tell me only one had survived out of the three. But at least we gave it our best shot.