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Did you find a bird?
"I found a baby bird on the ground and I think it is a eagle!"Everyone has trouble identifying baby birds, I certainly do, and I have seen quite a few. So possibly, the following descriptions will help you narrow down what you have. Once you have an idea of what the baby bird is, you have a better idea of what to feed it until help arrives.
Note: The international food for birds, milk and bread is WRONG! Until a bird can milk a cow do not give it milk and bread! There are easy, safe and effective alternatives.
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Song Bird |
Description |
Age out of nest (when they jump out) |
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Blackbird (Red-winged) |
Red mouth, yellow gape, naked face, whitish down, scarlet skin, thick lower beak |
10 days |
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Bluebird |
Yellow mouth, light yellow gape, dark gray down, spotted white breast, hint of blue on wings and tail. |
15-20 days |
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Cardinal |
Pink-red mouth, cream-yellow gape, dark beak tip, orangish skin, bald bug eyes, heavy bill brown-gray down |
10 days |
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Chickadee |
Light yellow mouth, white gape, pale pink skin, dark gray down |
14-18 days |
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Cowbird |
Deep pink mouth, thin cream gape, heavy pinkish beak, pink legs and feet, sparse cream-gray down, brown feathers edged in cream, facial feathers develop late, Trill & quiver when begging. |
14 days |
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Cuckoo |
Red-pink mouth with white dots, pale thin gape, black tip on tongue, dark slightly hooked beak, large gray feet, shot legs, black and greasy looking, feather unfurl at 1 week. |
9 days |
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Dove |
Long dark rubbery beak, dark gape and skin, sparse beige or gray down |
14-15 days |
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Finch (house) (Goldfinch) |
Small box shaped bright red mouth, small gape flanges, and bald with sparse down, mottled- stripped breast. Pinkish red mouth, pale cream yellow gape, grayish down on head and body |
11-19 days 11-17 days |
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Grackle |
Pink red mouth, no gape flanges, brown to black beak, naked face, sparse beige or brown down, large gray legs. |
14-20 days |