What's the best way to get rid of a baby seagull that's sat on my driveway sqwauking all day long?

Question

It's too young to fly.

It has been touched by a human as it landed in a back garden a few houses up from mine and the bloke picked it up and put it in the front garden and all the other seagulls were swooping down at him.

Answer 1

The answer that a mother will abandon a baby bird after it has been touched by a human is a myth.

I cant believe that most of the answers here say to kill it. If you want to do that, than fine. If it sits well on your consience. Most humane way would probably be running it over. Just make sure you hit it the first time.

Or if you want to step up and not kill a defenseless animal, you can move it to your side yard, away from the road and your driveway. Usually the mother bird will come back.

If the bird really is abandoned, I would take it into your home, put it in a box, and then get on the phone and call your local bird/wild animal rescue. Most places have them. If the infant bird is sick, then they will put it out of its misery. If it has been abandoned, they will raise it and release it into the wild.

I personally hope that you don't choose to kill it.

Answer 2

Its only a myth that the parents will reject its young if handled by humans.At this time of year many young seagulls are getting ready to leave the nest,only problem is that once on the ground they cant always take off again for a couple of days.The mother will be watching its every move which is why anyone who approaches the young will have the parents swoop on them.While on the ground the baby and parents will be communicating with each other,unless there is no evidence of any threat or danger to the baby i would leave it well alone.In a few days you will notice it has flown up to be near its parents.

Answer 3

no unfortunately the mother would have moved on by now and is probuarly looking after the baby seagulls sibling as i write. seagulls are verry protective of there babies and after the baby is gone for more than a couple of hours the mother would count it as dead and will regect it if it is put back in the nest. also the other babies would have already left the nest by now and will be walking near to the nest. also it deppends on what food and how much food it has been fed because if it is underweight it will almost certainly not survive

Answer 4

Dannnnnng, these people are VICIOUS, aren't they?
Do you have a local nature center--perhaps they can assist. Otherwise, I'm sure it's just crabbing for it's parents. Perhaps they said "get out, you can fly, you wont try, we're tired of feeding you" and he's complaining to the world.
Possibly mom and pop needed a break. If they haven't come back for it by now, try moving it out of your way GENTLY with a broom and then if you feel kindhearted, throw a piece of bread by him.

Answer 5

Seagull rescue? The native American Indians initially helped the newest settlers by providing assistance because they wanted them to keep going and settle elsewhere. If it's a baby as you say, they help him move along...

Answer 6

DId it fall from its nest or something? I'd say if you care, take it to a vet or animal shelter. Likely something has happened that has caused the mother to abandon it, and otherwise it will die.

If you don't care (and it's not illegal in your area) feed it rice, or corn mixed with crushed alka-seltzer. But be ready to clean up the mess later.

Answer 7

Send For Thunderbirds!

Answer 8

These sites explain all about what to do for orphan and injured birds -
http://www.crowsystems.com/rehab/babybird.html - this is an excellent article - be sure to read down the entire page for info on how to care.
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 these Yahoo Answers too -
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aq1GdvtmX27UJrgshR77Jersy6IX?qid=20060711181307AAZ59uh
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 9

Erm run it over?
sorry, you are not supposed to pick them up/touch them as the mother may come back and a human smell would make her reject it.
You could try ringing the RSPCA 0870 5555999

Answer 10

Throw stones at it, if it is too young to fly it will run, and give it a healthy fear of large mammals.