Taking care of baby Blue Jays | Week 1 | Raising baby birds 

Thank you for this video. I found a baby blue jay that fell from his nest and i didnt know what to do. Your video taught me how to care for him. Im grateful for this video.

Found a baby bird in the road. Younger than these, no feathers on head, face, throat, chest, belly, under wings or legs. It was hopping up and down because the asphalt was hot and burning it’s feet. No trees nearby, no parents. Rats. Had to take him home. First day it wouldn’t eat so I mixed cat food gravy with water and forced in a few drops at a time. Second day he started opening his beak but he shook so hard I missed mostly but bit by bit I figured out what to do. Turned out to be a male Cardinal. Trained him to find food for release and released him numerous times but he kept coming back to us. Finally decided he could stay and we had a huge cage in our large sunroom and each morning the cage was opened so he could come and go as he liked. So intelligent. Sadly somebody reported me and he was confiscated by the State of Florida Wildlife Commission. About to publish a book, titled ROSCOE: My CARDINAL Sin.

For anyone who does not know, DO NOT immediately pick up a baby bird if you see one. First, try to determine which stage it is at. Many fledgling birds spend time hopping around the ground before it's time for them to fly. It's natural and you should not touch them. The parents are watching and will take care of them. If there are predators around (like cats) you can try moving them to a safer place nearby like a bush, just don't go so far away that the parents might not be able to find them. If the babies have little to no feathers, they definitely aren't meant to be on the ground and you should look for their nest (it will probably be in a nearby tree or shrub) and place them back in it. Very rarely do you need to take baby birds inside and care for them yourself. I don't think the maker of this video did anything wrong, but I do want to raise awareness for other people watching that our good intentions aren't necessarily what's right for the bird. Bottom line, before you decide to impulsively adopt a baby bird, do some research and make sure you aren't accidentally interfering with nature in a harmful way.

Share this video with friends every time you notice baby birds around April and May in my area, someone could be desperately searching for what to do. This video is really helpful. 👍 I’m going to share it now with my 700 friends on Facebook and on my 50 friends on Instagram if I can figure out how to share on that app. Many thanks to this young lady who knew it may help. 🙏🙏🙏

You can use dog food or or cat food. Soak in water and express some of the water out with a napkin so they accidentally inhale it to the lungs. No need to give them water through the dropper. The water in the moistened food is be enough.

You guys have been doing a great job!! Thank you so much for rescuing the babies:) I will watch your Week 2 video in a little bit!

Thanks for sharing this video , just rescued a baby blue jay fall from his nest an hour ago DONT know what to feed that baby …. Your video is really a life saver for that baby . Thank you

Stay tuned for more cuteness to come next Sat!

We found a baby Blue Jay outside our back door this morning after a series of thunderstorms last night. Fed it some small earthworms and we put it up in the crook of the big Oak tree it had fallen under, and right now it's waiting for it's mother. I hope she comes. We have a number of them in our yard.

it was a wonderful experience to raised those cute birds!

Same situation here. Thanks for the tips !

Never give babies straight water… Give them canned dog food dog food soften with a little bit of grape juice. Never feed directly into their mouth you always feed to the side because they’re breathing tube is directly in the middle . Baby birds get all the moisture and liquid they need from the food.

Gracias por cuidar de esos pajaritos ❤️ Dios, el Universo, la Madre Naturaleza te devolverá con creces tu buena voluntad...🙏🏻🌎💚

you're amazing for doing this !!

Thank you for sharing this! And thank you for taking care of the baby birds! I know it's a lot of work! Baby birds are very demanding lol!

What a learning experience. ❤️ I see where I went wrong. Sadly mine only made it through day 3. Mine aspirated probably and passed of pneumonia. 😭 It’s very, very important that you feed your bird food with the right consistency of liquid. My food was too watery. I looked up videos and called a wildlife person and Vet but not one told me about the consistency of the food, that it should be soft but solid. No one told me about the one drop of water to the back of the throat. Mine was injured, caught by a cat but I saved him in time I feel. I think it was the consistency of the food that caused his death. So friends be careful about how you feed them, plus how often and that does take constant attention as well as you see. I read one article and it said you do feed them through the night, I thought that was odd, since birds don’t gather food at night. So I would like for the young lady to verify whether she fed them through the night as that may be important or not necessary. This is by far the best video for those of you in this position of raising a poor defenseless little one. I hope I help you NOT make the mistakes I did and you have a lovely bird experience. Can’t wait to see her next weeks video and the next so I can see them thrive. Don’t forget the consistency of the food in number 1 and that drop of water is number 2 and finally the 1/1/2 to 2 hour intervals is 3. You must do them all to save a baby bird. They also poop on you so have your napkins ready. I would figure the poop right after eating mostly. So happy the little one did not poop on the young ladies head while playing the piano. 😁🥰🥰

Ty for sharing beautiful soul

Thanks for let people known how to take care of blue jays when there is not near a wild animal rehabilitation center.

You did amazing job ❤️🕊Congratulations to you and those birds were lucky/ blessed to have u🥰

Your blue jays are so cute!

This is my favorite thing omg

Thank you for sharing. ♥️

Have you tried meal worms or crickets. You can get both at pet supply store.

I love this video ❤️

They don't need extra water and if they're a fledgling, the parents should be nearby watching them hop around learning to fly.

Job well done!

I have found success using jar baby food Apricot, mixed with Baby rice cereal until it's a thin paste. I've used this on hatchlings that have fallen out of the nest at only a few days old and while not all saves are successful, most are.

I don't know if I like the birds better or the pug

That’s how the parents teach them how to hold their own!

I’m just curious if you released them or not? We ended up with 4 baby blue jay hatchlings and curious on how it’s going to be on releasing them

As a wildlife rehabber, please don't take baby birds unless you have actively monitored them for several hrs and made sure the parents aren't around feeding them. Those babies will open their mouth when approached as an instinct, not because they are "starving" but because it's an instinct. At that age they live on the ground, their parents feed them throughout the day, they learn to find food and how to fly. Please don't take them inside.

Thank you

You are a sweet young lady. I hope much success with raising the little one's perhapps the littlest one will live. You may have to keep it in captivity because of it's injuries. It is posible to keep bluejays in captivity they live a long time. 29 years. But rare in the wild. Interestingly there feathers do not have a blue pigment they absorb all light and reflect only the blue various colors. Bluesjay are in the corvid family of birds crows magpies Ravens and such around the world they're about as smart as 7-year-old human beings. Take care. Dwight.

Awesome deed....love from pakistan😊

God bless you for taking care of God's babys

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cool!

Its called sizer beak..I get a chicken every now and again with it

PLEASE HELP: What can I feed a baby blue Jay in a pinch? I have a fledgling here at home I brought inside for the night as he was hoping around my backyard and there's cats out there. He will be hungry soon.

Hi! This is fantastic and I hope the babies are doing alright! Gonna check more vids out 👌 I have a question, I'm in a similar situation, how did you serve them the egg yoke? Did you just mix the raw egg yoke with the dog food or did you cook it? If you did cook it how much and in which way? Wanna take good care of this little guy ❤ Thanks so much!

Nice 👍

How often do you feed them in between two and three weeks old?

Youre doing a good job youre beautiful 👍💯

How did you know what to feed? Thank you for sharing.

What temperature we should maintain for fledgling baby blue jay

I have had two blue birds that keep trying to make a nest in my mailbox so I moved the nest to one of my bird houses and the parents never came. They also had three eggs in their nest that i moved and one broke. I now have two blue bird eggs in my house in a box with a washcloth around them that mimics a nest and a retile heating lamp above them. What should I do to help them grow better when they hatch?

Hi I'm new to your channel I wanted to ask what kind of dog food do you give them? and thank you

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Please help me! I'm on day two of caring for a lost baby blue Jay.

What happened to the third smaller one did he make it?

What do u feed baby blue Jay's with no feathers?

Did they need to be fed all night?

Hii just to let you know you are not supposed to give the baby brids water

We have some

Mine fell out of a tree and I feed it wet dog food and it eats a lot

Hola! Necesito ayuda con un blue eye que encontré ayer en la Calle. Lo salve de que fuera pisado por un carro.

Hey Maria, are blue jays legal to adopt? Thankks

Hoy me acabo de encontrar uno aqui en Texas donde vivo. Estaba bajo del árbol de mi patio pero no encuentro ningún nido. El hermano si está sobre unas ramas aprendiendo a querer volar, pero este es muy pequeño.

I just found one outside my house

Bro I just found one today

Think about a cage rather than a box. Ventilation is important.

“Observe intently the birds of heaven; they do not sow seed or reap or gather into storehouses, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they are?”

Wow. Some of the comments on this thread are terrible. Society sucks.

Country found a baby bluejay we now hv to raise him of course 😂😂😂😂😂😂

you're not supposed to give them water like that you drown them . they get their water from the food they eat

nice house, you appear to be fairly educated, looks like you can afford a vet for the injured bird what's up with that

Please don't eat them

I'm looking at two rn they have some feathers but they can not fly yet