Baby bird fell out of nest

[AmandaF]

Not sure this is where to put this, but I'm kinda worried about this baby.

We have a nest of 4 baby birds in our patio. well, earlier today, one fell out and he's hopping around the yard. I tried to put him back but he went through our gate, and his mom (who has been watching him) was screeching and yelling at me. But I mean, he can't fly yet and it's not like his mom can help him or anything. Should I go get him and put him back in the nest?

[leon-b]

im not to knowledgable on this but i fear that now you have touched him he will have your scent on him and the mother will not go near him
but saying this we put one that fell out of the net in a box and the mum continiued to feed it
leon

[Bramble]

I don't know much about this either, but I remember handling a baby starling and mummy loved him just the same afterwards I suppose it depends on how young and what kind of cover there is.

[Lincs Yellowbelly]

What type of bird is it?? and how old? it could be ready to leave the nest, Blackbird young always seem to young to be out, but it's natural for them to be

[Lance Morgan]

Just leave him and the parents will continue to feed on the ground. They won't give up on him at fledgling stage.

[SparklySarah]

We had this problem too, but we had no choice but to save them really. The nest completely disintegrated, and it was beginning to pelt it down. Raised them and freed them, was a great privilage.
There is always the problem of the mothers rejecting them if they smell of humans, sometimes gloves help, but I suppose someone will have better information than I do! :P

[Vixen]

just a note to say birds don't have a sence of smell.

if you see a baby bird unless it in danger, please leave it alone.

[mrs fish]

I took a baby blackbird in this week, it was by a road and it sibling had been run over, it was pouring of rain and looked in a sorry state, it wasn't even calling mum.
I fed it lots of worms, it was very hungry and kept it for the night, in the morning 5.15am it started calling very loudly so I put it out the front of the house after a big breakfast of worms, by lunchtime mum was back feeding it, we were so pleased
I had to put it out and take a chance, I had thought about turfing the bottom of the cage and placing worms on the turf if I kept it

[Wild-Woman]

The biggest worry when fledglings are first out of the nest, is predators. The continual calling from the chick attracts cats and the like. So I would say just keep an eye out for the local moggies and foxes and shoo them off as much as poss.
There's not a lot else can be done other than turning a patch of soil over as close as possible so that the parents have nice easy access to worms and grubs, enabling them to feed the chick up quickly and get it flying.

[birdgirl]

giving baby bird just worms isn't good.
I've had three starlings ( which is VERY similar to blackbirds when it come to worms and that.) that I fed worms, and they all died.
my latest ones have been a success giving them cat biscuits and small quantities of worms.