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my baby bird dilemma...I just went out the garden and there was a baby blue tit in the corner of my flower bed making hell of a noise. I have a nesting box just above and I know theres been young in there.
I havnt touched him and am trying not to bother it but im not sure what to do...will the mother come to it? Will she know its there? aww love it, its so cute...I dont wanna go out in the morning and its a dead baby bird




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Don't touch him, they are fledging at the moment and the parent will know he's there. Many a baby bird has died because well meaning people have taken them from below their nests in the belief that there is a problem. You cannot blame yourself if something does happen to it - its nature. We have just found a whole nest of baby blackbirds on our lawn and they were ok last night in the nest. Its nature I'm afraid.

31 May, 2012

 

Best to leave alone for now I would only move if a cat or if its starting to get dark and its still their pick it up and put in a bush / tree out of harms way , he/she will be fine they do all spilt up when they come out of the box so to see one by itself is normal all the noise probably calling its parents to be fed .

Gg

31 May, 2012

 

Thanks so much for your prompt replies...I have dogs and they are not bothered about it, so I dont get cats in my garden....il let u know what happens

31 May, 2012

 

Mum or dad will come and sort it out... if you touch it they wont go near though.

31 May, 2012

 

We had this problem a few weeks ago with a baby blackbird we found hiding behind one of my containers on the patio, our cat was ready to pounce and the parents were swooping down at her. I had to move it into the Ivy on top of the fence. lucky the parents carried on feeding it.Over the next couple of days i kept finding it in the border and i kept putting it back in the Ivy the parents never gave up feeding it. Eventually it made it's way into next doors garden, a safer place rarely gets cats. I was so glad it was safe my nerves couldn't take any more i felt like it was one of my own ! Hope the baby Blue Tit is survives.

2 Jun, 2012

 

I had similar with baby robins a week or so ago , and we have two cats . My nerves were in shreds , we think at least one survived , I called him Tweety-Pie , as he kept flaunting himself in front of the cats !

2 Jun, 2012

 

I went out the following morning and he was on the patio dead....awwww so sad:(

6 Jun, 2012

 

When you think that each year mum and dad robin have a clutch of 5 or 6 eggs and sometimes two clutches it is natural they do not all survive... Sad but part of nature.

6 Jun, 2012

How do I say thanks?

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