Rescued a baby bird, can anyone help? (1 Viewer)

Hi let me start off by saying I've no idea what I'm doing. I found a bird outside my house, who was stuck to his dead brother. Strange I know, however I believe he was born attached to his brother by adjoining feathers on his left foot. After confirming it I made the choice to cut the feathers and now he is free, without a left leg.it appears that the leg did not fully develop however he can still move about. I believe he is a fledgling since he does have feathers. His nest is too far out of reach for me to return him and I don't want him to die from the bugs outside. So what should i do? I'll try to get pictures up soon.

Try putting it in a padded empty hanging basket and hang it from a limb in the tree that the nest is in. This happens a lot and hopefully the parents will realize it is theirs in the basket and continue to feed it. Otherwise, if that doesn't work than I would call a local wildlife rehabber and bring the fledgling to them.

Hi there and a warm welcome to you from those of us on staff here at BirdForum :t:

Hi ftmanglona and a warm welcome from me too.

We have some general guidelines here for the care of injured and baby birds. Please let us know how you get on.

Hi, hopefully by following KC's suggestion will work.