Question: Wren chick in the back garden
Cork Soaker
family of wrens have been living there for the first time this year.
The box is right next to the kitchen window so it has been a pleasure
watching them grow up (and quickly!)
We believe there were four chicks living in the nest, but today they all
left and started looking around, and we discovered there are six.
We have been watching them trying to fly and climb walls, etc, and it
would appear that they have left the garden for good (we certainly can't
hear the noisy little buggers anymore!)
But, I could hear one in the garden, and when I finally tracked it down
it was alone, shivering on the ground. It's not at all scared of us,
perhaps because it is too young.
My question is... should we just leave the chick to fend for itself?
It's getting dark now and we can't be sure if the mother is returning.
Will the mother/father return for the chick, or is it the end for the
poor little thing? Should we bring it inside? Should we put it back in
the wren house? Should we feed it?
We really do not want to see the little chick die after watching the
whole nesting process, but we do not know what to do for the best.
Can anyone help? Thanks.
Cork Soaker
RJP
"Cork Soaker" <Thund...@Hardy.invalid> wrote:
> But, I could hear one in the garden, and when I finally tracked it down
> it was alone, shivering on the ground. It's not at all scared of us,
> perhaps because it is too young.
>
> My question is... should we just leave the chick to fend for itself?
> It's getting dark now and we can't be sure if the mother is returning.
> Will the mother/father return for the chick, or is it the end for the
> poor little thing? Should we bring it inside? Should we put it back in
> the wren house? Should we feed it?
> We really do not want to see the little chick die after watching the
> whole nesting process, but we do not know what to do for the best.
> Can anyone help? Thanks.
The best thing to do is leave it alone. The parents normally care for
young birds for a couple of weeks after they leave the nest, so if
you are not there to scare the parents off, they should return to feed
the young bird. Of course, young birds are very vulnerable during
this stage, especially to predators, but there is nothing to be done
about that (except keep your cat indoors and urge your neighbors
to do the same).
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Randy
Cork Soaker
Hi, thanks for the reply. :-)
It seems the bird has a little sense as it has hidden from the rain that
has just started... so it's not as "dumb" as I thought it might be.
The birds have literally just left the nest today (caught what I could
on camera) and it does seem as though the whole family has left except
this one. I hope the parent(s) do(es) return!
Laurence Sheldon
> We really do not want to see the little chick die after watching the
> whole nesting process, but we do not know what to do for the best.
>
> Can anyone help? Thanks.
The rescue people tell me repeatedly to leave such critters alone unles
they are injured, then to contact a rescue person for specific advice.
If you must do something, "back in the nest"} gets my vote.
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Cork Soaker
Well not long after the rain had stopped, the chick wasn't making any
more noise. I hope it's because the mother had come back, but I can't
be sure.
Luckily, there are very few cats around here (I very rarely see one).
Unfortunately, there are rats though.