It's happened again. Yet another nestling has fallen out the nest from under the eaves of the roof. Luckily it is still alive, as we created a softer landing stage for them and amazingly it worked. I spotted the tiny bird shuffling about amongst the grass and cuttings. Now what to do? I'm in a quandry. I googled caring for nestlings that have fallen out their nest and some people say that you should make a makeshift nest in a box and tie iton a tree or somewhere near to the nest, so that the parents will know it is there and continue to feed it. But what if the parents don't see it? What if they're too busy feeding the ones in the nest to notice the missing one?I've already given it a tiny drop of water and sugar, placed on the outside of its beak and it accepted that. I have baby food I can feed it too. I know it would need feeding ever half-an-hour up until dark and then from sunrise in the morning. No easy task, but I'm prepared to do it if I have to. So what do I do...... place it in a box directly under the nest and risk the parents not finding it..... or do I try my best to care for it myself? Any advice would be gratefully welcome.
