Shorty noticed a small(no feathers) chic chickadee fall out of the really high nest yesterday around 2PM. She made the mistake of showing it to me when she got back from picking kids up at school. It landed in an empty(except dirt) flower pot, which saved it's life from the fall.
After much hand wringing, arguing over borrowing a ladder from neighbors we don't like (would need a huge ladder), then feeble attempts to make a makeshift nest, where it was freezing to death in AND trying to feed it with an eyedropper - shorty finally convinced me to move it into the easily accessible robins nest. So I did, watched as the momma Robin, finally sat on it when she came back to the nest (she has 2..possibly 3 eggs couldn't see it all in her nest)....then I smoked a :m: and tried to forgetaboutit.
Well today I watched for a while (seemed like forever) and saw momma Robin, sitting on the chic, but didn't seem to feed it, even sitting on it when it mouth was wide open and getting bashed from underneath by the chic's head. When she left I climbed up and felt the chic - it was still warm at least - very warm. At least it will starve in comfort I thought...
Watched again later and the male Robin visited with a WORM! The little guy poked out his head from under her with mouth open and he fed the chic. Finally later I saw her feed the chic AND eat the poo. Golden...right?
I'm a little worried I might be screwing up the robin's nest and lowering the chances for their eggs and/or chics when they hatch.
I don't know the original reason the chic got tossed or if it fell out, that chickadee nest sure is loud though, I suspect they have too many. If I did manage to get up that high I think he'd get tossed again. From what I've read there is only a 2 day window to return him?
Anyone know about this stuff? BTW we don't have people in this city/province that will handle this stuff, like you might in some states/ provinces.
After much hand wringing, arguing over borrowing a ladder from neighbors we don't like (would need a huge ladder), then feeble attempts to make a makeshift nest, where it was freezing to death in AND trying to feed it with an eyedropper - shorty finally convinced me to move it into the easily accessible robins nest. So I did, watched as the momma Robin, finally sat on it when she came back to the nest (she has 2..possibly 3 eggs couldn't see it all in her nest)....then I smoked a :m: and tried to forgetaboutit.
Well today I watched for a while (seemed like forever) and saw momma Robin, sitting on the chic, but didn't seem to feed it, even sitting on it when it mouth was wide open and getting bashed from underneath by the chic's head. When she left I climbed up and felt the chic - it was still warm at least - very warm. At least it will starve in comfort I thought...
Watched again later and the male Robin visited with a WORM! The little guy poked out his head from under her with mouth open and he fed the chic. Finally later I saw her feed the chic AND eat the poo. Golden...right?
I'm a little worried I might be screwing up the robin's nest and lowering the chances for their eggs and/or chics when they hatch.
I don't know the original reason the chic got tossed or if it fell out, that chickadee nest sure is loud though, I suspect they have too many. If I did manage to get up that high I think he'd get tossed again. From what I've read there is only a 2 day window to return him?
Anyone know about this stuff? BTW we don't have people in this city/province that will handle this stuff, like you might in some states/ provinces.