This is my first year of FINALLY having a bird family move into one of my birdhouses. The Chickadees are about 1-2 weeks old. Yesterday I found a deceased baby Chickadees in the same yard as the nest but a good distance away. This morning I found another one also a good distance from nest. They obviously didn't fall out or get pushed out. Do you know what happened? Do BlueJays or Crows go after nests? What can I do to help prevent this. Also as of recently I have an issue with some rats. I do have an exterminator working on that but could they be the culprit? Any advice would be appreciated
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Dead Chickadees (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter alimiller
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That's too bad. It sounds like something have taken them out, sometimes I think they do fall out on their own. If a predator took them, you would think they would have eaten them. I've read that sometimes mites and lice are so bad it can cause baby birds to fall out of the nest.
BTW - if you hired an exterminator in the US you want to make sure they're not using anti-coagulant poison. Ideally no poison bait at all. You probably already knew that, just thought I'd mention it.
BTW - if you hired an exterminator in the US you want to make sure they're not using anti-coagulant poison. Ideally no poison bait at all. You probably already knew that, just thought I'd mention it.
