tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484006611034371233.post6170726143390176216..comments2021-06-14T14:34:26.946+01:00Comments on Blooms and Beasties: What to do? Urgent advice needed please!Lesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908084484202064053noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484006611034371233.post-40040042055675203632011-08-06T18:16:07.047+01:002011-08-06T18:16:07.047+01:00Oh Lesley, I feel for you. Yes, it is nature'...Oh Lesley, I feel for you. Yes, it is nature's way and cruel but that doesn't offer any comfort to me. I tried to hand raise two baby rabbits with an eye-dropper and infant formula and of course they died anyway. Another time I rescued two little killdeer chicks from a drainpipe, only to have them be killed by a car in a parking lot. Nowadays I hope not to find any more little creatures in need of rescuing.Deedeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01171030223413480117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484006611034371233.post-4781293022124852862011-07-22T12:48:10.484+01:002011-07-22T12:48:10.484+01:00Thanks everyone. I've posted an update. That...Thanks everyone. I've posted an update. That was brilliant David about the baby starlings. It must have given you lots of satisfaction. :)Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908084484202064053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484006611034371233.post-3239364915373895652011-07-22T10:15:22.753+01:002011-07-22T10:15:22.753+01:00What a predicament. It seems to be reasonably fea...What a predicament. It seems to be reasonably feathered and is probably capable of making some noise so I would go for putting it in as safe a place as possible where the parents can find it and hope for the best. I've never had much success hand rearing fledglings and have mostly been left feeling I've done more harm than good so now I leave it to nature as much as possible. Well done Orchids and Nature with your starlings:)Helenhttp://www.downlandviews.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484006611034371233.post-65639252149040355502011-07-21T23:10:55.331+01:002011-07-21T23:10:55.331+01:00I do understand your predicament it's sad but ...I do understand your predicament it's sad but it's nature. It's very difficult to rear a young bird, if it survives the night all you can do is place it as near as you can the nest site and hope the parent birds will feed it but I fear it will be too cold. Several years ago I did have a success story with some young starlings that had fallen down the wall cavity from the nest in the loft, the parents were trying to feed them through an air brick down at ground level. I had to go under the floor and knock some bricks out to retrieve them. I hung them in a shopping bag with a large opening and hung them from the eves near to the entrance to the nest. They reared 3 out of the 5 chicks. After the nesting season I blocked off the hole to prevent them nesting in the same location again.Orchids and Naturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11648202058915901862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484006611034371233.post-3118680533279599842011-07-21T20:23:38.807+01:002011-07-21T20:23:38.807+01:00You are a gem. The parents will find it. If not it...You are a gem. The parents will find it. If not it will die........nature is cruel. Your kindness could be equally so.....just leave them be and sweep up.<br />The small birds have done well this year. It was horrendously cold early but there was still plenty of food about. A cold spell February makes decimation look like a minor slap on the wrist. Just keep the feeders full so the parents don't have to spend energy looking for food. They will then share it out.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.com