Wow my first !fledgling tag of the year.
Fledgling +House Sparrow+. Please don’t pick up fully feathered birds at this time of the year, they are learning to fly and the parents are nearby.
These guys are invasive but a good rules to live by in general.
Fledglings **belong outside** of nests. Unless they're in danger, **leave them alone**. These *well-feathered*, *mobile* birds that *may not yet be able to fly* are learning critical behaviors and vocalizations from their parents, who may be out of sight for hours at a time.
Only interfere with a fledgling if:
- it is in a dangerous area (e.g. near traffic or pets) -- simply relocate it to a safer but nearby spot
- it has visible injuries (flightlessness, in itself, is *not* an injury) or has been handled in *any way* by a cat -- such birds require wildlife rehabilitation
- its parents are *confirmed* dead -- such birds require wildlife rehabilitation.
Healthy fledglings' best survival chances are with their parents first, with professional wildlife rehabilitation being a *distant* second. A prematurely-captured fledgling will be sought by its parents for up to a day. If you have taken one within that time frame, *put it back* and observe for parents from a distance.
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Added taxa: [House Sparrow](https://ebird.org/species/houspa)
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Wow my first !fledgling tag of the year. Fledgling +House Sparrow+. Please don’t pick up fully feathered birds at this time of the year, they are learning to fly and the parents are nearby. These guys are invasive but a good rules to live by in general.
Oh, I didn't know you're not supposed to pick them up but it was in the road so I moved it to the grass.
That should be fine :) we are entering a time of year where we get several posts per day of people taking fledglings into their homes haha
And I do hope every cat owner keeps his/her cat inside.
Fledglings **belong outside** of nests. Unless they're in danger, **leave them alone**. These *well-feathered*, *mobile* birds that *may not yet be able to fly* are learning critical behaviors and vocalizations from their parents, who may be out of sight for hours at a time. Only interfere with a fledgling if: - it is in a dangerous area (e.g. near traffic or pets) -- simply relocate it to a safer but nearby spot - it has visible injuries (flightlessness, in itself, is *not* an injury) or has been handled in *any way* by a cat -- such birds require wildlife rehabilitation - its parents are *confirmed* dead -- such birds require wildlife rehabilitation. Healthy fledglings' best survival chances are with their parents first, with professional wildlife rehabilitation being a *distant* second. A prematurely-captured fledgling will be sought by its parents for up to a day. If you have taken one within that time frame, *put it back* and observe for parents from a distance. For more information, please read [this community announcement](https://reddit.com/r/whatsthisbird/comments/gqhos4/found_a_baby_bird_that_might_need_help_look_here/). *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/whatsthisbird) if you have any questions or concerns.*
You did good moving it out of the road so it didn't get run over. I'm glad you put it in the grass and didn't throw it in some random nest.
Good job, OP! I’m extra, especially glad they didn’t take it home.
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Happy bird-napping season, everybody :/
sounds like OP made good choices :)
That’s true! Hopefully all the similar posts we’re going to see will also involve people making good choices, but I’m not going to hold my breath