Baby Starling Dilemma
Posted: 28 Apr 2008 03:45 am
This afternoon, my dad found a baby starling , that apparently , just got out of its nest...to fly. But it wasnt successful. We put the bird out where the father could see it, it was chirping out for it, but it didnt come down..during that time a second one came out of the telephone pole hole the nest was in..:\..it jumped, but instead of going up, it went down.
I think they are way too young to fly, they can barely even hop. My guess is that they came out due to the heat. I don't see the mother bird anywhere, so I assume something happened to her. Already a crow took one of the chicks earlier in the day (There were three)
Problem here is..what do I feed them..in the meantime that their wings are strong enough for them to fly up? And what do I do about water?
They have their feathers, but a bit of baby fluff, some of the feathers still have that white filmy stuff, so they havent broken out yet.
I had to bring them in for the night, because of cats, and coyotes, I will likely set them up in a tree nearby the house , thatll cover them up from possible crow attacks, though I don't know if thatll be effective. Im stuck on what to do, really..D: I want them to be free, of course, especially since the dad was looking for them, I didnt see the mom bird, so shes probably dead, or somewhere else.
^_^ Thanks for any help!
I think they are way too young to fly, they can barely even hop. My guess is that they came out due to the heat. I don't see the mother bird anywhere, so I assume something happened to her. Already a crow took one of the chicks earlier in the day (There were three)
Problem here is..what do I feed them..in the meantime that their wings are strong enough for them to fly up? And what do I do about water?
They have their feathers, but a bit of baby fluff, some of the feathers still have that white filmy stuff, so they havent broken out yet.
I had to bring them in for the night, because of cats, and coyotes, I will likely set them up in a tree nearby the house , thatll cover them up from possible crow attacks, though I don't know if thatll be effective. Im stuck on what to do, really..D: I want them to be free, of course, especially since the dad was looking for them, I didnt see the mom bird, so shes probably dead, or somewhere else.
^_^ Thanks for any help!