American Robin nest with chicks returned 07-20140602
Our granddaughters were playing in a neighbor's front yard when they saw newly hatched baby birds and an apparently intact egg which had fallen out of a nest that had been constructed atop a wreath on the front door. Somehow the wreath had been rotated 90 degrees to the right, causing its contents to empty out. They quickly gathered the chicks and covered them in a cloth and called me. I suggested that they simply return the wreath to its original position and replace the hatchlings and egg in hopes that the parent bird would care for them. They thought that two of the chicks were not moving and could be dead. One chick was larger and more advanced. Could this have been asynchronous hatching or cowbird nest parasitism? Visit rosy-finch.blogspot.com
American Robin nest with chicks returned 07-20140602
Our granddaughters were playing in a neighbor's front yard when they saw newly hatched baby birds and an apparently intact egg which had fallen out of a nest that had been constructed atop a wreath on the front door. Somehow the wreath had been rotated 90 degrees to the right, causing its contents to empty out. They quickly gathered the chicks and covered them in a cloth and called me. I suggested that they simply return the wreath to its original position and replace the hatchlings and egg in hopes that the parent bird would care for them. They thought that two of the chicks were not moving and could be dead. One chick was larger and more advanced. Could this have been asynchronous hatching or cowbird nest parasitism? Visit rosy-finch.blogspot.com