I found a baby blue jay what can i feed him?

Answer 1

It's not easy to keep those little birds alive. My Vet said they almost always die from shock. I did have success with one little bird. I used canned cat food. The kind that looks like potted meat. I put pedilite water in it and made it real soupy, then I used a eye dropper like you give kids medicine with. I could put in way down in his throat just like momma did. I almost broke both my legs jumping off the roof trying to teach him to fly!!!! LOL I hope mine did Ok after I let him go. Good luck!!!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

It is best I found to NOT try to raise the baby if you do not know.
If you can find a wildlife care center or rescue center for wild life.
Ask your local animal shelters if they know of any in your area.
They will have people trained with care.
But until then here are a couple sites to help you.
I am not saying what your doing it wrong, many people try to help and wind up with an unattended death.
I know too sadly from my own experiences.
Also sometimes a baby bird is pushed from the nest because the mother knows it to be sick.
Bread is usually what people think to give, also try hard boiled eggs and baby food.
It should have moisture with it to give the baby needed water.
Put a little food on a stick like a chop stick or your finger tip.
When baby opens his mouth put it all the way in it is OK the mother puts her whole head almost into babies mouth.
HE will stop when he is full remember that a mother and father bird are almost always looking for food. So it is a full time responsibility.

Answer 4

How many times are people going to say the the parents will reject a baby bird if you touch it.....that is complete BULL****! Sorry to get so upset...but I don't know why people who don't know what the he** they are talking about keep answering questions like this! This is an old wives tale...not true in the least. Okay...if the bird is feathered it has probably already fledged the nest, and the parents are feeding it...this is a natural process, bird leaves nest, sits around in a bush and get fed by parents until they can fly. Put the bird back where you found it if it is fully feathered, if it is almost bald..then it probably fell from the nest...if you can locate the nest put it back in the nest. If you cannot find the nest, get it to a rehab...they will know what specialized diet the bird needs....which is NOT bread and water. Good Luck.

Answer 5

If the bird is a fledgling,you can offer it water in a very shallow saucer.Dip it's bill in and let it bathe ( it should want to,as baby birds seem to naturally love water.) It should learn to drink on it's own in a few days. Also,you need to offer it some hard boiled egg,finely chopped,and some insects.Let it go as soon as it can eat on its own and fly from the floor to the top of a window,but feed it outside for a few days to make sure it's getting enough food.

Answer 6

canned cat food( strained chicken) and they sell stuff just for baby birds at the feed store. be sure to keep plenty of fresh water handy and keep the bird warm. Just not too warm. if you take a heating pad and put a towel over the pad then put what ever the baby bird is in on it and keep it on the lowest setting it should be okay. just keep an eye on the temp. not too hot but dont let it get chilled.

Answer 7

all baby birds are feed from the food themom eats. Like the mom would eat a worm regurgitate it and puke it in the babys mouth so im guessing it doesnt have to be a worm but you can find somethinelse birds eat like bugs or tiny seeds and mush them really well and find a way to "puke" them in the babys mouth. I used one of those medicine shooters(not a needle) that they feed stuff like cough medicine or pepdo bismo in.. anyway.. and just but that in the mouth and squeezed it out.

Answer 8

I found one last year I fed it banana and a little water with an eye drop er make sure you mash up the banana good. I also got a few worms and mixed it in with the banana. Good Luck they eat every 20 min

Answer 9

Blue Jay
(Cyanocitta cristata)

Cool fact: Infamous as a destroyer of eggs and nestlings, Blue Jays actually derive only a small percentage of their annual food needs from these sources. Its diet is mostly vegetarian, including especially acorns, beech nuts, and seeds. Blue Jays also eat a variety of animal foods including grasshoppers, beetles, caterpillars, and small vertebrates. Blue Jays are intelligent and adaptable, taking advantage of almost any food resource, and will readily take to back yard bird feeders. Nonmigratory populations of Blue Jays store food such as acorns in bark crevices or in the soil.

Listen to a recording of a Blue Jay from the
Library of Natural Sounds:

Blue Jay sounds [61k]


Common, conspicuous, and noisy, Blue Jays are capable of making a wide variety of sounds. In addition to the loud and often heard jay! jay! call, a bell-like tull-ull call, a melodious whistled teekle, and a variety of chattering, harsh notes and growls may be heard. Blue Jays also produce a remarkable imitation of the scream of a Red-shouldered Hawk.

When around the nest, Blue Jays become more quiet. The nest is usually situated between 8 and 20 feet up in a coniferous, or occasionally, deciduous tree. The nests of other passerines are sometimes appropriated by these jays. The female incubates most of the eggs, and she may be fed by the male while on her nest. Both parents bring food for the hatchlings. In late summer and fall, Blue Jays travel in small flocks and family groups.

The Blue Jay's range extends throughout deciduous forests, parks, and residential areas across eastern North America from Newfoundland to central Alberta, and south to Florida and eastern Texas. Mixed woodlands with oaks and beeches are preferred. The western edge of the range stops abruptly where the arid pine forest and scrub habitat of the closely related Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) begins. Recently, the range of the Blue Jay has extended to the Northwest so that it is now a regular but still-rare autumn migrant along the northern Pacific Coast. The popularity of bird feeding is thought to have promoted an increase in the population of Blue Jays in the Northeast.

Northern populations migrate south, sometimes in large flocks of up to 250 birds. Typically, the noisy jays are quite noticeable, but Blue Jays tend to fly high and quietly during migration.

Description: Blue Jays are medium-sized (approximately 11 inches in length), colorful birds with crests. Their crown and crest are light violet-blue. Under the base of the crest and extending through the eyes across the forehead is a black band. Over the eye is a short white superciliary stripe; ear coverts, cheek, and throat are also white. Below the throat is a narrow black necklace that extends upward and connects behind the ear-coverts with the black head band. The lower breast, belly, and vent area are off-white.

The upper parts are bluish gray and brightest on the rump. The wings and tail are bright sky-blue with heavy black barring. The wings show a single, broad white wingbar as well as white-tipped secondary feathers. The corners of the tail are white also. Blue Jays are dull gray underneath the tail and wings, except for white feather tips. Their bill, legs, and eyes are all blackish. Both sexes are similar in appearance.

Steller's Jays and Blue Jays are the only North American jays with barring on their wings and tails. Both are crested, but the Steller's Jay has a dark, almost black, head and crest and lacks any white underneath.

Recording credits:
From the LNS production, Bird Songs of the Rocky Mountain States and Provinces.
Blue Jay calls recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller & Randolph Scott Little

Slides used are available from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Visual Services Department

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Blue Jay






Blue Jay with nestlings

Answer 10

You should probably put him back. He must have just left the nest and is not real good at flying yet. His parents are looking after him and are feeding him.