What To Do If You Find A Baby Bird 

I just found a baby bird... I climbed the 🌲 and put them back in the nest!!!!!!! I AM A PROUD 12 YEAR OLD!!!

I was just pruning silk worms off one of my trees, when I cut off a branch that had a nest with three fatherless babies in it. watched this video and set them back up into three. Mama came back and seems to be caring for them just fine now. :3 thank you!!

Thank you! I found a fallen nest today and this really helped.

Thank you for posting this video. Used it yesterday when we found featherless baby doves on the ground and the basket nest totally worked!❤️

I found a baby bird who fell out of its nest i named her star and i fed and raised her until we one day i watched her fly away i was sad she left but was happy she was heathly

Thank you so much for this post. I rescued a baby bird hanging (entangled) from her nest (must have tried to fly sooner than she could - naughty one). I placed her in a shoe box and was searching the net for next steps when I came across this video. I removed some of the thread and hair she was entangled in and placed her back in the nest. Her mommy came after a while and took her back in care.

Thank you so much! When got home earlier there was a baby sparrow on the concrete on our covered patio, it turns out there was nest built on the wide raptors above & he didn't even have open eyes yet & was pink, bald, with nothing but wing feathers & a cute little fuzzy head & he was helplessly peeping for his mama bird & I felt so bad thinking that there's nothing I can do about it because of the scent myth but after seeing this video I felt confident that this baby would be okay so I got a step ladder & returned him to his nest & am happier than ever that I didn't have to leave him alone outside to suffer or be vunerable to predators while then having to go sleep feeling bummed about not being able to save him I am so grateful thank you.

Thank you for this excellent advice. We came home to discover the bird's nest above our front door had fallen to the ground and smashed. Out of 4 chicks one survived. We followed your instructions and the parents returned and are caring for the chick.

Baby birds are little angels on earth.

I like pelicans. When I was seven I found a pelican egg in my backyard, just sitting in the grass. I asked my daddy to help me look for the mama pelican. We found a nest with other pelican eggs in it and put our egg in. We were not sure if that where the egg came from, but I think we did the right thing

Thank you Texas

Had a baby bird fall out of a nest about a year go while I was heading to the movies with my mother. It took a long time to find the nest because it blended in so damn well with the tree branches. Luckily, after a couple of tries (crazy bird kept jumping out of the nest and landed on the ground) I was able to use my ladder put the baby bird back in its nest.

I had a small newborn baby bird die because my Uncle said that the smell would make the mom not want them anymore and it was too little :( it died outside because of that 😞 I'm angry that I could have saved it yet others said it wouldn't live.

I agree with you. you really did a kind job to the kids as well as the parents.

Who the actual hell dislikes this

I was always told that smell thing as well. That's really great to learn that I can make a positive difference, and even help prevent a nest from falling with a better support structure. Great post!

This is perfect! I live in Texas and yesterday I rescued a baby blue Jay right now we're taking care of it

Really helpful. Was just doing yard work and heard a bang! Realised that it was a baby bird that just hatched.

Such a great video! Thank you this is going to help me a lot because a lot of mockingbirds nest in my tree in the summer and their babies fall out of the tree and I don't want my cats to find them so now that I know what to do I won't need to worry about that 💜😊🙏🏼

THANK YOU for this excellent video. A FedEx truck brushed some low branches and a small nest with 3 birds fell to the ground; 2 birds fell out. I followed your instructions exactly, and hopefully they will be okay. I especially appreciate your note about the human touch myth, as I had just heard that myth last night on a TV show, and was afraid these birds would not be wanted...then I heard the opposite in your video. Thanks for these excellent instructions. Next project (after the birds have flown the coop)--trim off those branches.

Just want to say 'thanks'. I was about to prune a pine that had some dead branches after a particularly bad storm here in the northeast (microbursts, tornadoes, hail, etc..) and saw a nest on the ground with 2 semi-feathered robins on the ground. After a quick heart attack, I took the two and placed them back in the nest, headed to youtube, saw this video, dumped the contents of an old hanging pot I had and followed the directions. My daughter took the nest, placed it in the basket, and then took the basket and placed it inside the pine. 30 minutes later, mom was hanging with her chicks and all is well. Thanks again for providing this video.

Thank you for this GREAT idea.

Saw a nest fall while I was outside painting, nest was face down with three babies underneath. Put the nest back where it was and got some gloves and put them back in the nest. The mom watched the whole process from a distance and was back with the babies within minutes, thank you for the video!

Mission accomplished! Thanks for advice that worked! Parents now feeding baby I found on my backyard patio. Only thing I did different is make a faux nest in a clay pot and put it up as high as possible on some shelves I use outside for my plants.

I actually watched this after I rescued some Robin babies to make sure I had done the right thing. A strong storm knocked the nest from a tree in my yard. I put on gardening gloves and picked up the two babies and one unhatched egg (mom or dad Robin was actually keeping watch over them in the yard!! The nest was still intact, so I put everything back in the nest (2 babies and one egg) and braced it a little better in the tree in almost the same spot. Mom or Dad was back on it in 15 minutes or less! Whew!! Crisis hopefully averted. Lol!

I just found one today... 4 baby birds. I pray the mom takes care of them

Thank u SO much! I know this video is old but, because of u, we just saved a baby bird from our chimney! We put it up outside just like u said....and now we cross our fingers!

Ty I'm in tears. I didn't know who believe and I'm exhausted. I'll do this tomorrow. The momma bird you showed at the end, is the same as the one that is missing this little precious bundle. This started at dawn yesterday. The baby I have does not have all it's feathers. I started researching immediately on what to and when to feed it. It's asleep now and I found the nest at dusk. I'll put it back in the morning. Tysm

if it's a fledgling should you just leave it alone? I found one trying to climb up a tree back to his nest but the kept falling off, he also kept trying to fly but only made it short distances. I haven't intervened yet.

My heart is broken today. The red tailed hawks I’ve been watching fell out the nest and one died. The other is just trying to survive but wildlife was closed and the two parents are circling around.

Thanks but I can barely hear your voice even on max volume!

Thanks for posting this!!! It was a great help when we found baby bird and didn’t know what to do! 💚

Aww the baby birds are so cute

I've come across two very small baby crows on the ground in my yard over the years. The crows put their nests like at least 50 feet up in the eucalyptus trees, so the babies either got really lucky and landed on something nicer than a rock, or they're just tough suckers. Anyway, each time I could see what I assumed was the mother of the babies constantly hanging around and watching. I put the babies in a nice bird cage I had from previously owning birds (before I realized what terrible pets birds make in general). All I did was go out in the yard each day and dig for earth worms, starting with smaller ones and working up to whatever I found -- small or larger. I also had the cage outside during the day so the mamas could see their babies, and took them in at night. They eventually got quite big and I started keeping the cage door open until each finally flew away on their own. I guess earth worms do a baby birdy good. I also made it a point not to interact with the babies much more than feeding them. I didn't want them to lose any of their wild nature. Who knows if they would have or not... I didn't want to risk it anyway. So there's my cool story! Have a good one, everyone!

I found three baby birds knocked out of a tree in our front yard. Their parents weren’t there for about a whole day and I made some mushed up hard boiled egg for them to eat in case the mother doesn’t come back. So when I was done with the mixture, I saw a bird that came to the nest to “check” on them. Whenever she was done with what she was doing at least one baby bird was wiggling outside of the nest on the ground. I would put them back in because I know that they weren’t about the age to fall out of their nest. For about two days we kept on checking on them and once when me and my mom were about to start a jog around the park, we saw that when we walked to them, they would put their beaks up for food. They seemed weak and tried to give them some food for energy. Then it was nighttime and morning time. My mom woke up earlier then me, I asked if the baby birds were doing fine but she said that they died😨. They were stiff and didn’t move a bit. Mommy either thought it was because of the heat or because the mother gave up on them because they fell out of the weak tree they built the nest on. I believed them both. Shocked, I went out to say my last goodbyes but when I got there, they were gone! No where to be seen! I told my mom that I would’ve taken care of them inside if I had to chance and started to cry. My mom hugged me and said that she that we tried our best. I knew I could’ve done better, like bring them inside in the cool and have a warm lamp on them so they could feel cozy and feed every moment that I should, but we were at our cousin’s place and she didn’t want the baby birds in her house so we had to leave it outside. I was so sad and that’s why I searched this up, but I know this probably would’ve worked but I believed the mother was waiting for them to pass so after they died she could take them for food.😞😞😞 Believe me, I would’ve worked my tail off for them three sweet baby birds.

Another view and Another baby birds life saved :D thank you for posting.

i like birds very much

VERY HELPFUL! Thank you!

I found one a year ago. He wasn't that young, but young enough to still not be able to fly. We kept him for a bit and named him shadow. Sadly, he died a few months later.

Just followed your instructions. Thanks very much

Thanks to this video, I figured out how to help a little one that fell from its nest. It's all good now!

I have a nest of crows in my shed. I tried to put it back in the tree but it fell out, so I will be going back out today to find a better secure spot to put them back. This was helpful.

I woke up this morning to my mother freaking out saying there is a baby bird that fell out of a nest. The nest came out of a palm tree. It's to tall and they don't exactly have branches so we will take you advice about making a new nest but we won't be able to hang it near by

I found a baby European starling today, unfortunately there was no nest. My neighbourhood has no tall trees and the talks are small and fragile because they are new. The houses didn’t have a nest either. i brought it back to house with my friend who found the bird and nearly ran over it. It was so tired it didn’t tweet and just slept. After a while the bird wanted to eat but we had nothing like worms and all the shops closed. but i managed to feed it some boiled eggs. It’s sleeping now and still alive! I hope its alive tomorrow…

Thanks for this video. Bird nest fell onto our deck from somewhere along the roof line. Created a hanging nest as you described and the parent returned within an hour.

One time I was at Lake Ray Roberts on the trail and I saw a baby bird fallen and I am so glad I did EXACTLY what this video said

Thanks for give me the idea

Thank you for this. I just found a baby rock pigeon that fell from a nest that’s too high for me to get too. I followed your advice (actually, before I even saw the video!!). The baby bird is in a new nest, filled with grass and clippings. Hopefully the parents, who were watching all, will come to feed it. Now is the hard part....not watching over it and being patient.

Well, it’s September. Most birds are migrating to the south now, my friends found a bird that fell out of a 10 foot tree. Luckily it lived. We gave it food, water, proper bedding, and shelter. The nest is in my friends garage because his grandma won’t allow it to be in the actual house. The food was homemade extra protein dog kibble bird food, with some grass seeds. And it drinks out of an Aquafina bottle cap. It has feathers, but still can’t open its eyes yet. But it’s pretty active. Will it live or not? (We live in the northeast and it’s turning September, so it’s mother probably isn’t coming back anytime.)

I was sitting with my friends, and we heard a thud. We were in the woods and the trees are really REALLY tall, and a baby bird feel from the tree and hit the ground... It passed away.. it’s neck was broken, and all his/ her bones were shattered.. We buried it and named her heaven.. Fly high little bird.. ❤️🥺

nice and concise.

Thank you very much for your beautiful videos.

Had one fall from a nest on my fence this morning, found it under the grill barely moving. Picked it up and put it back in the nest, checked on it 4 hours later and he was doing well!

Amazing. Thank you!

Least if I came across this situation I would know what to do now.. Thank you 🌸

Thanks you so much because you helped me save I life

I live in a second level apartment and took my Ac unit out to find a nest underneath with featherless chicks in a nest. How they managed to make a nest right under my AC, i don't know. But summer's are hot here, and I just removed their shade. Not sure what to do. Please advise.

thanks so much! I found a baby mockingbird and followed your directions to make the makeshift nest out of a hanging pot. I put the baby in and the parents came back and were feeding it! Yay! thanks so much! (I couldn't find the original nest) So unfortunately the baby was dead this morning, so I guess it was too cold? or the next wasn't right or something. Sad.

I found a baby on the ground in the city & cant reach the nest , at my house I have a Robin's nest I can easily reachis it possible to put him in another birds nest?

Hi! Thank you sooo much for this post! I found a fallen nest today, put the chicks back in it and put it back on the ledge. I’m worried it will fall again. Long story short it was under our deck and a rotted board. My dog pulled it up and moved the nest. I’ve covered it so my dog can’t get to it, but should I hang a planter on the post and put the nest in there for security?! I’m worried it will fall again. Please advise so hopefully these chicks and mama can reunite safely. ♥️

Recently found a bird in the middle of the road. It was hopping around because the hot asphalt was burning its feet. Th nearest tree was 50 feet away and behind a barbed wire fence. It was probably 5 days old and only 70% covered was the feathers. Reluctantly I took it home and fed it dry cat food soaked in water. Then crickets, mealie worms and eventually seeds, grasses and flowers. After a month I released him but he comes back. I've released him about a dozen times but he wants to be with us. He's had a close call with a hawk, snake and 2 cats. The other birds attack and have hurt him. He stays the n our big sunroom and he has a huge flight cage that I open in the morning and close at night. The windows are open and he often sits in them and looks out but goes no further. I don't mind. He's good company

Good tips. It's always good 2 know what to do.

Woohoo! Just reunited a little sparrow with its parents. So happy. I was really worried as she couldnt fly eventhough she had all her feathers. Gave her some water, let her rest in my sock drawer and took her back outside after an hour. She flew just fine and her parents even stopped and chirped for a good 10 minutes. Feels great, thank God

Lots of love.. Great work..

thank you!! there’s a nest in my wreath on the front door and i saw the two baby birds had fell on the ground after a windy thunderstorm with the mom nowhere in sight. i just picked them up and put them back into their new nest that the mother had made.

We just came across a baby Cardinal , can see the mom , and they are talking to one another. Gathering materials now. Thanks for the advice. Try and let you know how it goes.

Thank you for this video my cousin that lives four houses down and she has 6 bird nests and it storms a lot so we see a lot of fallen nests

Excellent advice

Wonderful advice !!

Just found a baby bird near my garden. Mama (i believe a brown thrasher) was in the tree above chirping and hopping from branch to branch freaking out. I got a bowl and poked holes in it incase of heavy rain, filled it with some small twigs and dry grass. Placed baby inside then secured it into the tree. Mama immediately stopped squeaking and flew over to investigate as soon as i walked away. It got dark out but will check on it in the morning. Really hoping baby fledgling will be ok!

There were three fallen nests in my house.This video really helped

Excellent and great

I found a bird all pink and see through, I waited for mum but she never came and the bird was barely breathing and was on a path , I wrapped her in a leaf and took her home , i took some branches off the tree and made a nest , turned out she was a goldfinch , I fed her hourly but tried not to humanise her as I knew she had to go back to the wild , she did ! she was all grown up and she used to sit on my shoulder while I was outside, then one day she flew to next doors garage then back to me then to the big tree in the garden and she stayed there and eventually had a family , I sobbed , but was happy to see her happy , I had a budgie that I found for 21/2 years loved him , now I have a little bird not sure what it is yet but it’s chirping and eating well ,

Good info, thanks!

I found a baby bird who is scared and fell out of his nest. He only has a bit of feathers and I feel so bad for him. I am soooo glad you busted the myth that people cannot touch baby birds my mom thinks that and wont let me touch it.

Thanks for sharing this video!

We had a heavy storm last night that knocked over a lot of fences and heavy trees, found a baby dove on top of our trash can when I went out. The mother was with it and I quickly found this video but the only thing I could find was an old bucket. And I couldn’t hang it, so I decided to leave it right under where the original nest was seeing as it’s in pieces and scattered on the branches overhead. Also, I put two heavy rocks on the bottom of the bucket so it wouldn't get knocked over then layered it with as much dry material as I could find given everything was still wet. Now waiting to see if the mother returns seeing as I unintentionally scared her off when I walked by and again when I tried to help.

Great Job

So, this is my story Yesterday my dad got on my balcony and came to me telling me that there was a NEST and a MAMA BIRD *IN OUR GRILL.* I thought he was joking, but then I saw it for myself and believed him.. today we went to check on them and we found 4 baby eggs in a deep part of the nest as if the mama was trying to hide them or keep them warm. I found this video but I don’t know what to do.. anybody got any ideas? Anything would be appreciated! You don’t have to like, just please give some advice, this is my first time dealing with this and I’m honestly confused on what to do..

had to remove a nest from a vent pipe on a roof, went into the attic to do so and built a wooden box nest for a tree. took the whole pipe outside and out it in the tree. one baby, 4 eggs. Now seeing as mom and dad had no clue that they were in the pipe I took out and the old nest is now closed. What chance is there they find where I put the new nest? It's about 20 ft away

Thanks for this video

Thank you, adorable!

A tree in my backyard I just moved into has baby birds falling out every week. I try to help and they always end up dying. The fall from the tree is really high and I can’t get to it to put them back. It’s heartbreaking and not sure what else to do. I’m tired of burying baby birds and not being able to save them.

Need help: I have a blackbird nest up on a pretty tall tree, inside the nest they are FIVE, but two of them are by far smaller and more frail than the others, so I am afraid they are not going to survive at all. The other thing that worries me is that they are really far from the ground, I don’t see how they could get down without dying, also because between them and the ground there are several hard and terrible obstacles like spiky tree branches and the ground right underneat them is pure rocky soil! We’re up for a disaster, right?

Found 2 robin nestlings today,had to bring them in for the night, it was getting dark and parent no where so they’re in for the night, they’re sleeping, gonna put up the nest hanging thing tomorrow , wish me luck👍🏻👍🏻

I followed this method to fix a robin’s nest that fell from the deck rafters under the hot tub a few days ago. Two fluffy little baby robins were trapped under the inverted nest when I found it under the deck; the third Bebe was hopping on the lawn-mama and daddy robin were squaking at me like crazy, but I was able to safely get the babies back in their nest. (As the video explains, you can touch them-only downside is they you may get pooped on!) My duck tape solution is not quite as pretty as the video’s, but I’m happy to report that mama and daddy robin are back in the nest feeding their babies ❤️

I just found a baby bird without complete feathers inside my house, I think it broke one of its wings... it couldn't move much and its breathing is beginning to weaken, and I knew it was dying... its just so sad. I tried finding the nest and making an alternative nest, making it warm.... but...

Someone please advice i am from india i found a broken nest at a good height and a baby chick just below it i also observed some other chick but they can fly a little and are with the group this chick cant get its head up and dont have feathers like others yes it tries to fly its wing and cannot stand on its feet its eyes are closed too what should i do i fed him water by cotton but it is not eating eating cant stand on its feet is there a chance it has broken it neck and can i save him please reply

I found a baby bird with part of the shell stuck to his head. It had fallen out of the nest. Thought it had a possible head injury. Took 2 q tips with warm water and gently got off the rest of the shell. Amazingly enough his head was not damaged. So relieved but it's so small. I have it in a tissue box with a heating pad under it. Feeding it mashed up egg yolk, a tip I got online, every 2to3 hours. It's been over 24 hours, seems to be doing OK. I would welcome any advice for feeding tips. The nest is too high to reach, I can't seem to locate it visually. Just doing what I can for it.

😭❤️ birds ❤️

I dont know what to do, I came back from practice then I found 3 baby birds that fell out of the nest and the nest is split in half there is one baby left in the nest, I put the baby’s in a nest and hung it nearby but the birds are barely moving and it’s a cold day Edit: they didn’t make it

fascinating and educational

I told my mom about this she still won’t let me help the bird she said go in a room and don’t say anything about this anymore all I want to do is help the birds but she won’t let me and I’m crying because it’s really sad 😭😭😭

If I return a dove egg in few hours will the bird take it back. I had to take the egg that fallen from the damaged nest with me because I was not able to put the egg back and didn’t want to leave it there for predators to get it

This was super helful.

I found a nestling on the road and could not reach the nest to put him back. I put the nestling in a hanging basket, but the basket still had a few flowers in it. I figured the flowers would protect the baby from sun and wind. I hung the basket on a branch in the same tree as his nest. I didnt see the parents feed the baby, but they were definitely watching me and staying nearby the whole day. The baby was chirping and opening his mouth. This morning, I went to check on him and he appeared to be dead :( I cant help but feel horrible. I shouldve done something more. Is there anyway the mother couldnt have found the baby in the hanging basket? Like I said , the baby was chirping and the parents were nearby and seemed protective.

this video was really helpful! :) I found a nest with 3 baby birds in it, and it was kinda making me scared, cause they would come right to the edge, and almost get nocked off by each other... plus, it's not in a tree, therefore it's not attached to any branches, so it's not that stable... So, thank you! now I know what to do if they fall. Thanks!!! :)

Thank you!

Please help, a mother made her nest right outside my window. I looked out and saw something weird on the ground, it was an egg that fell out. It's raining out and I can't leave it out there long, I have no idea what to do!

The bird I found has feathers and hopping around but not flying but I took it up and place it in a box on something high enough because if it has been left on the ground the cat would've ate it. Not sure if I did the right thing but the momma came and fed him and I can't reach the nest