Last spring, I looked out the window and saw a nest on the ground, it appeared to have fallen out of a tree. Soon, I saw a robin fly down to the nest and begin picking at it rather frantically. Finally, the robin picked a moving object the size of a baby bird and flew away. Most people tell me this never happens, but a 98 year old woman tells me, yes, birds can pick up their young. Has anyone else ever seen this happen?
2006-10-04 07:22:09 · 6 answers · asked by cancelcodeyellow 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Hi. Are you sure it was not a small hawk? I think it may be possible but you would have to see the bird return to the nest.
2006-10-04 07:26:11 · answer #1 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think they can. A squirrell bird was in my yard. I thought the cats killed it and I put in a bag on my front porch. Momma came around the front, so I checked the bag and it was a baby, alive! I put it on the ground by a tree. Momma must of picked it up within two minutes. It was gone! All cats in the house..
2015-05-07 06:27:41 · answer #2 · answered by Karen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never seen it, and am pretty sure it's inmpossible. those tiny feet they have wouldn't support a chick- thats why it takes them forever to build nests they only can hold like a stick at a time... as far as I know at least...
2006-10-04 07:38:52 · answer #3 · answered by Slutlana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never seen it happen...I wish they could...many baby birds have fallen in my back yards and the mothers keep calling them.
2006-10-04 07:37:49 · answer #4 · answered by mar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so, def. not sparrows and small birds like that. Maybe big birds. I watch a lot of documentaries on animals, never heard or seen anything like that.
2006-10-04 07:32:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yea, sure. LOL
2006-10-04 07:30:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋