An unexpected guest

[Slash27]

If a small bird has the unnatural scent of a human on it, it will be abandoned by its parents to fend on its own

I think that has been proven false. It's what I've always been told but seems to be incorrect.

[morfiend]

It was alone when we found it. Yes, we went digging for worms. Also, it appears to have lost its tail feathers (1 left) by a fight or something else. Any suggestions on where to put it to rehabilitate (no not the backyard)? Currently the bird is in a box with a little paper. Also, how many worms?

  Mtnman said it much more eloquently than I could have,follow his advice and release it asap.If it has any chance of surviving the soon it's released the better.

  I hadnt considered the legal ramifications but yes being a songbird it is illegal to posses but you'd have to get caught.

      I have a robins nest on my house,they nest every year there,I expect the babies to fledge any day now. I never bother them and often find atleast 1 thats been killed by the local cats!


     

[iron650]

Releasing it today. Named it Little One.

[100Coogn]

Wtg iron650.  I'm thinking we all need a little help now and then.
Don't hate a bird for missing a few feathers. 

  Coogan

[EagleDNY]

Take it to the vet.

I know a lot of Vets, and the rule of thumb is "a sick bird is a dead bird".

[Becinhu]

Cats gotta eat too.  It's like my parents house. They have several feeders that the local pigeons love to frequent.  So does the local sharp-shinned hawk.  He will perch on a telephone pole behind the house. Several times a year wefind a big cloud of feathers in the yard.  My dad has watched him take several.  It's like a grenade going off when the hawk hits them.