I have a baby bird in my backyard that seems to have fallen out of tree. what should I do? My dog will eat it!

Question

I don't want my dog to eat it, and I want be humane. The parents are hanging around... Is it likely they do something?

Answer 1

These sites explain all about what to do for orphan baby birds -
http://www.crowsystems.com/rehab/babybird.html - this is an excellent article - be sure to read down the entire page!
http://www.stokesbirdsathome.com/q&a/archive/qa108.html
http://besgroup.blogspot.com/2006/02/what-happened-when-nestling-fell-out.html
http://www.projectwildlife.org/find-babysongbirds.htm
And this Yahoo Best Answer too -
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=1006050608886

I've got a lot of links to wildlife carers from a lot of countries on my site, at
http://au.geocities.com/leaswebsite/links under "Wildlife Assistance" - just click on them all, click on your country and state, have a browse, 'phone them and ask their advice.

Very very best of luck.

Answer 2

Move you dog away from there if the parents dont do anything about it then wait til they leave and put it in the nest before the parents see you dont worry most birds can smell you sent.

Answer 3

It has happened to us aswell, if it is a baby bird just pick it up and put it back on the branch until it learns how to fly properly. We done that and it was a nuisance because it fell off the branch everyday until one day it flew off! use gloves though that has bird food scent on it or something.

Answer 4

if you touch it or if anything else touches it ( like your dog) then the parents will abandon the baby bird. the best thing would be to tie up your dog for a while , and wait for the parents to pick up the baby bird.

Answer 5

If you touch it you might as well let your dog eat it if you get your scent on the baby bird its parents will abandone it, leaving it to starve to death anyway, so go get so rubber gloves, gardening gloves whatever and carefully put it back in its nest.

Answer 6

Either keep your dog away from it, and the parents will take care of it from the ground. Or, scoop it up and take it to your local bird sanctuary where it will be taken care of as well.

Answer 7

put it back in the nest
but DONT touch it with your bare hands
get gloves or something to pick it up-if you get human scent on it its parents will abandon it
for now keep your dog away from it, keep him inside or put him on a leash

Answer 8

If you leave it there, the parents will come get it. We had one appear on our street by the curb....and within 10 min or so, the bird was picked up by the parents....

Answer 9

Keep your dog away and leave that to its mother.but if you must you should put on some gloves and put it back in the tree.

Answer 10

Keep your dog away from it. It's probably trying to learn to fly.