Urgent! Help Needed with baby bird! 1 pic *crossposted to general*

[luckies4me]

Angelique, have you called the wildlife center yet? Did they take the bird? Give us an update.

[Sevaede]

We just got through to WW a few minutes ago. The woman was very rude (and she kept cutting me off and didn't even know any of the details!) and not much help.

I explained the situation like this: I had been observing a nest. Then, a few days ago.. I noticed no activity in OR around the nest. Yesterday, I noticed the dogs harrassing something in the yard and it turned out to be the bird so I brought him in. Plus, he has a dead sibling out there that's been that way for a while.

She basically told me that I condemned the bird and that there's no way that he could have been out there as long as I said blah blah blah I'm a nest robber and whatever... So, if that is the case... where are the rest of the siblings? What happened to the dead sibling? Alex (my sister) and I have been out there A LOT and so have noticed that the mother bird simply has not been around (heck, the computer is, literally, right next to the front door which is often open to allow a breeze to flow through the house, the nest being right next to the door as well). So either he's not ready to be out of the nest, or he is and he's just injured, or any other random idea you can think of.

I've been giving him grapes for moisture and have been attempting to feed him bread crumbs. In a few minutes (after I finish this), I will be making up some food and getting him to eat that. He's rather friendly and will let you touch him but just kinda scared (understandably!). He's been dubbed Herbert (for the sake of calling him something impersonal like "the bird").

Little Herbert.. just know we're trying do the best by you that we can!

[luckies4me]

Ya she can be that way sometimes. That's why I don't work there anymore. She always seemed to have a major attitude, but everyone else there seemed very nice. The link I gave you gives a baby bird recipe, and that's the same one we used for pretty much all of them, except the crows. It's pretty much the same as Arganade posted, but with exact measurements.

I wish I could help more but I'm just not in a suitable position right now to be taking rescues. I've only took in four over the past few months and that was enough! Plus, I just found out today I will be going in next Friday to have my bag of waters broken. Finally!

He does need to be fed quite often though. They will eat until they are full, and they usually will stop talking at that time. They sure can eat a lot those little buggers.

I'm sure he'll make it and grow big and strong enough to be released. Hendrick's park is where I let all my birds go when the time comes. It's pretty secluded so if they need a little time to fly off they aren't bothered by people as much, and there aren't dogs running around all over the place like there is at Mt. Pisgah or the Butte. Plus it's so pretty there right now! hehehe.