Call a veterinarian or pet store and they will probably know of a wildlife rehab person in the area. If it has its feathers and can hop, the bird might be ready to fledge. If not, it will need help, but the parents might just be waiting for the coast to be totally clear. It’s a tough call, and I’m sure someone will have better ideas.
You might want to go to a live cam of any kind of bird and the moderators or viewers might be able to help—also, there are bird forums.
Well, it has feathers, but some of them are very downish type feathers, not flight feathers.
And shape-wise, it seems more roundish than say, robin shaped.
The one thing I was wondering is if it was actually trying to fly and my saw startled it so much, or if it just kind jumped out of the birdhouse.
I have bags of birdseed that the adults eat all the time, but I’m not sure if a very juvenile one would even know what to do with it.
I agree with your post 100 per cent. The parents might still come back. If they don’t there are wild bird rescue groups. I would call one.
I say this because I tried to keep an abandoned martin alive. I couldn’t keep the little guy in grub, lol. I ended up taking him to a rescue group..they said he not only lived...he lived to fly away.
Yep.. Exactly. A wildlife rescue will care for it until it can thrive on its on. I had a similar situation with a couple baby robins years ago.