Dear all,

I have had a family of starlings nesting in my gutter for several weeks. Now the babies are large and moving about and one seems to have gotten stuck in the wall of my apartment. It's very hard to listen to.

I have no way of getting it out and apartment management will not act, so please please send the little one prayer, that it finds it's way out. It's trying to right now.:think

The babies may make it yet, esp. if you live in a warm climate. Depending on how old they are, and when they were last fed, temperature can be the bgigest factor. My parents used to breed birds (not professionally), and I had a breeding pair of cockateils. I was often surprised by how long the babies could go, if warm.

i am so glad you got her out!! And I would not worry about the babies. they might be fine. one night shouldn't hurt them too badly. we will just have to let time tell. oh, i am so glad she is out. i thought about it all night long!!

oh Leener you are a GodSend to the Momma & Babies.. I hope they made it..

Let us know when you have a chance....

Okay, another update.

I think it might have been a fledgling, not the momma. I saw 3 "adults" come from the nest just now. The one I saved was there, I think it was a fledgling and was flying very well. They chased it out of the nest and it chirped at them on a pole and they chased it away.

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Poor thing. I hope it finds food on it's own, it must be starving.

what is a fledging?? So it was not one of thier own right?

I'm sorry about you not having closure about the birdie and I'm sorry about the long post you were trying to upload here when the site shut down. (I had something to do with that...sighs)

I hope you are ok and everything pans out. Don't worry about the birdie, just try to think it's in a very airy, blue skies, happy place.

A fledgling is a baby bird that is ready to go and try it's wings, start to learn life on their own. It was one of theirs. I wonder why they are chasing it away??

Thaks Telly. I'm a natural worrier and hard on myself, like so many of us are. I get it from my mom.

Maybe it was sick. I know that when I was a kid, my cat ate her newborn baby boy (black kitty). The doctor tells me that they can sense when one is sick and will do anything they can to ensure that the rest of the litter is not harmed by disease. Sad but perhaps it's the case. I don't really know. Or maybe they weren't chasing it. Discovery channel had a segment where a mother bird was actually trying to push her babies to get out of the nest and try to fly so maybe that is a reason.

Happy Bird News.....I love it!!! My DH and I were both thinking of the little birds last night. Don't beat yourself up Leener. You did the best you could do and the timing was just right. Don't worry about what should have happened earlier. You did the right thing!!

We had a nest of Robin fledglings (my new word...didn't know what it was either) and our kitten got into them. We were having a family cookout and everyone felt so bad b/c they ended up on the ground. My dad thought they were dead for sure. Well, my DH got an Easter basket and tied it to the tree, put the fledglings in it and the mommy came back. A day later, we watch them all make their first flight and trip away from the nest. It was heart warming to say the least. Man, can you telly I'm a sucker for animals?

so what about the hole in the wall...did ya get it patched up?

Nope, that's our weekend project..lol

Thank you all for having such kind and sensitive hearts and lending me support!

they might have chased him out cause he doesn't smell or seem right. he has been to places unknown, and touched by hands. mommas will push a baby right out of the nest when that happens.

When I was a little girl we had a baby (and I mean BABY) red robin land on our porch from an overhanging tree branch. We put it in a shoe box and lined it with cotton balls and newpaper. We were so afraid the mom would not come and clean it or feed it. We bought some baby bird food and a syringe to feed it. but no matter what it just wouldn't take it. we even tried forceful feeding. not happeneing. it was getting weak, and my mom taught me about death to prepare me. upong getting up on time i accidentally tapped the side of the box, jolting it. the baby bird just went nuts and held its wide open mouth up high. it needed that mocking of the momma landing on the nest to know it was feeding time. it ate like a champ, and we took care of it till it flew off on its own. i will remember that forever, and it was prolly one of the best ways for a kid to learn about life. it also made me fall in love with how nature works.