Baby Bird

On Saturday we were all outback playing while Jaren cleaned the pool.  I had found a dead baby bird that had fallen out of a nest, so sad.  Being the animal lover that she is, I got rid of it before Hailey had a chance to notice.  A few minutes later Hailey found another baby bird, this one alive.  Not sure if it was from the same nest, but it could barely walk, and it's mom was panicking trying to help it.  We put a piece of bread by the mom, thinking she might feed the baby, but she didn't.  For the next few hours, we just watched the mom stand by it and fly around it.  First we put it in what we thought was it's nest, but she never went to it.  Then we looked on Youtube and it said to make a nest in a basket, and tie it to the tree.  We tried that, thinking she would go to the baby bird after that, but she still didn't.  We left it there over night.  I'm not usually that concerned when I've seen a baby bird on the ground, but you could just see the mama bird panicking, and it was so sad!  I even woke up in the middle of the night thinking it was going to be too cold for the bird, and almost went outside to get it!  Anyhow, we checked on it the next morning, and it was still okay.  We had been feeding it food through a syringe, so at least it was getting a little something.  Later that evening, Hailey said she found what she thought was it's nest in another tree.  So, Jaren got the ladder and put the baby in the nest.  He also put a big piece of bark by the nest, so it wouldn't fall out again!  Jaren's a softy, he just won't admit it...haha!  I guess that was the right nest, because before long, the mama bird flew up and started taking care of the baby!  It was SO cool!  We've been using Jaren's binoculars to check on it throughout the day, and it's still there!  Two funny things though, Hailey was BEGGING and BEGGING for us to be able to "nurse" the baby bird with a syringe.  At one point she got all mad and said "You never let us nurse any animals!"  Haha!  And then once we put it back in the nest, she cried for a good twenty minutes, because she wanted to keep it as a pet...our sweet little animal lover!

Mama and baby bird.  It had quite a few feathers already, but

they were not fully formed, and it could barely walk.

Hailey making a makeshift nest.

This was the nest we made to tie to the tree.

Jaren and Hailey trying to feed it.

Hailey giving it a try.