2006-07-01 13:41:09 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Birds
I am really disappointed to a lot of the answers here, I can tell many people here have never studied anything about wild birds.
Parent Birds are sometime better the human Parents. If they have to abandon their baby bird there is a reason for it. If a baby has fallen out of the nest the Parents will watch over it for as long as they can, but if there are other babies in the nest they have to go back and care for them.
There is no truth about if you pick up a baby bird that the Parents will reject it becasue of your scent. I don't know who started that rumor.
If a baby bird was injured from the fall from the nest the parents will not care for it, only the strong survive in the wild.
Many of us who are Rescue Rehabbers of Wild Birds we see many injured/abandoned baby birds, some we have been able to save and release back into the wild, others don't survive.
If you find a Wild baby bird and you are unble to place it back in it's nest contact your local Vet for names of any State and Federal licensed Rescue groups that can step in and take over care of the bird.
I am State Licensed to care for only non migratory birds, if I can save them they will be tranined to search for food and released back into the wild once they are ready, we try to release them from the area they were found, we are always in hope they will reunite with other family members.
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2006-07-02 02:09:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on if the person disturbed the parents while they were on the nest. Some birds won't return, feeling that the human was a predator that came to eat the chicks. To them, a human disturbing the nest means the nest site is no longer safe and the parents will abandon the nest and chicks to find a safer location. Some species don't care as long as the chicks are still there and humans don't come back. In most cases humans can band the chicks and leave without fear of the parents rejecting the chicks.
Most birds have a cruddy sense of smell, so the scent of humans won't drive the parents away from the chicks. It's more of a case of how often humans harass the parents at the nest site :-) .
Hope that helps :-)
2006-07-01 14:17:00 · answer #2 · answered by white_ravens_white_crows 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on the bird... Sometimes they will come back and care for them but other times the mother is afraid the predator will return and kill her. Through a bird's eye's it is better to live than to die and the chicks not survive from lack of mother.
2006-07-01 13:45:29 · answer #3 · answered by Marissa K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard yes, because birds can't smell anything. I heard it was an old wives's tale that mothers told their kids, so they would not bring home nests...
Ok...I did a little searching on yahoo...some birds have a developed sense of smell (turkey vulture was one).
However, it appears there are some bird species that are sensitive to "intrusion" and will throw the eggs out of the nest if you mess with it, see this link:
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/gotq_birds_smell.html
Interesting!
2006-07-01 13:45:23 · answer #4 · answered by gem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends on the kind of bird, but generally speaking yes. I've saved a few baby birds in my time and I can't that I ever recall the parents not accepting the baby afterwards.
2006-07-01 13:45:08 · answer #5 · answered by l00kiehereu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow. i'm so sorry that happened to you. i'd be heart-damaged besides if I were on your shoes. per chance the in straight forward words aspect you may do is experience free that the those that extremely care about you've been there to celebrate with you. As for the others, next time you spot them say something like, "We neglected you on the toddler bathe the different day. i became fearful once you probably did not take position." they're going to likely commence having verbal diarrhea attempting to describe why they weren't there. lol you'd be the bigger individual notwithstanding by no longer making a wide deal out of it.. Their awkwardness and embarrassment would make you experience slightly extra efficient too. :)
2016-11-30 03:04:51 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most birds CANNOT smell so that bull about the mother abandoning her chicks after you have helped it back to the nest is hogwash.. I have helped so many baby birds ...one right from my cats mouth ..this week .applied stop bleed to its poor bite wound and put it back in the tree from which it came, to see with my own two eyes BOTH parents come to tend to it. danged cat needs a bell ;) bird breeder since 2004
2006-07-01 14:41:19 · answer #7 · answered by jeanene64 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...she will came back. That is an old wives tales....birds do not have much of a sense of smell...only vultures and other birds that need to smell to find food can smell.
2006-07-01 20:54:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. after the mothers scent has been earsed by a human touching the birds, thus leaving a human scent, she will not think they are hers any more and will not return.
2006-07-01 14:03:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally speaking.. yes.. she will come back.. but I do advise you NOT to be around the next ... it is not a good idea or else the mother might be frightened to return if you are there continually
2006-07-01 13:44:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋