Baby Bluebirds In Or Care

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Baby Bluebirds In Or Care

by Hunter
(Dunkirk, Md , USA)

My family and I have birdhouses in our backyard. A pair of bluebirds decided to nest in one. They had four baby bluebirds but then after leaving to go get food they never came back. We think the parents either abandoned them or were eaten by something.

We watched for a full day to check if the parents would come back but they didn't so we started feeding them worms. Unfortunately every time we want to feed them we have to dig for worms.

Our local pet store won't get worms for another week and we can't keep digging holes in our lawn. I was wondering if there is an alternative food that we could give them that will still help them and keep them healthy.

Also we don't want to have to stay up at night to feed them. I don't know much about birds so if there is any information that could be useful in even the least bit please tell me.

Don't assume I know something because the chances are I don't. Please help me keep these four baby blue birds alive and healthy so they can life to be adults.

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Jun 25, 2009
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Contact the Audubon Society
by: Bonnie

Hi Hunter,

How good of you to try to rescue the baby bluebirds. You do not have to stay up all night feeding the babies because the parent birds don't feed them at night, either.

If there is not a local "birders group" that your veterinarian knows of, you might try calling the area chapter of the Audubon Society. Go to the local bait shop to get live worms there. You also might ask at your library about bird lovers to get advice from.

My sister and I once rescued a sparrow that had fallen from a nest in our school gym. We took it home and fed it grasshoppers, when we could catch some, and bread soaked in milk when we could not.

Amazingly, it survived! We made it a small cage with a real tree limb to perch on. As it grew bigger, we'd take it out to a tree, put it on a limb and then run back to the front porch.

It would fly after us as fast as it could, cheeping. This helped exercise its wings. With summer vacation, we took the bird out more often, and it began to explore the neighborhood and hunt for its own food.

Sometimes it came back and would perch on the brick ledge under our front window, and we'd bring it in for the night. Thus the little bird found its way back into Nature.

Best of luck to you and the babies, Hunter.

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