Hello everyone, it is me again.
It is that time of year when the youngsters begin to try fly.
We have a pair of house sparrows that we watch every year have their little babes under our roof awning (above the air con above the plants)
Unfortunately, today has been around 30 degrees C and one of the babies tried to fly. I saw the parents fluttering around more than usual about 7 hours ago but I thought nothing of it.
As I went out to water the roses, I kicked something that felt very fluffy off the top of the steps. I saw a bird use the momentum of the kick and land in a flowerpot. I was horrified, I thought it was the mom but she's so fast I could never get her. After investigating, I found it to be one of the babies.
It let me pick it up and almost immediately fell asleep in my hands. It won't move it's one leg at all. I've left the shoe box outside as the parents are still flapping around and put my dogs in the house.
I just don't know how to get the baby back to the nest? It is impossible to get it through the hole due to size and position. The wind is also picking up like crazy and I know that the shoe box will get blown away. I had originally wanted to put the baby on the air con in the shoe box but the wind isn't letting that happen.
I feel awful and don't want to take it away from its parents. But I don't know how to get it back to the nest especially with the leg it won't move and the parents not going to it in the box.
Please can someone help?
I feel really bad
It is that time of year when the youngsters begin to try fly.
We have a pair of house sparrows that we watch every year have their little babes under our roof awning (above the air con above the plants)
Unfortunately, today has been around 30 degrees C and one of the babies tried to fly. I saw the parents fluttering around more than usual about 7 hours ago but I thought nothing of it.
As I went out to water the roses, I kicked something that felt very fluffy off the top of the steps. I saw a bird use the momentum of the kick and land in a flowerpot. I was horrified, I thought it was the mom but she's so fast I could never get her. After investigating, I found it to be one of the babies.
It let me pick it up and almost immediately fell asleep in my hands. It won't move it's one leg at all. I've left the shoe box outside as the parents are still flapping around and put my dogs in the house.
I just don't know how to get the baby back to the nest? It is impossible to get it through the hole due to size and position. The wind is also picking up like crazy and I know that the shoe box will get blown away. I had originally wanted to put the baby on the air con in the shoe box but the wind isn't letting that happen.
I feel awful and don't want to take it away from its parents. But I don't know how to get it back to the nest especially with the leg it won't move and the parents not going to it in the box.
Please can someone help?
I feel really bad