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  1. delia todd

    Blue tit nestling out of box, parents not seen for 5 hours.

    LOL not sure I was too much help really... playing devil's advocate. It's not easy when you're faced with this situation is it.
  2. delia todd

    Blue tit nestling out of box, parents not seen for 5 hours.

    I don't know. The adults will be bringing smaller caterpillars for the younger ones, but they're likely to feed the bigger gape of the older one. So it's a big risk really. It's just possible though, that a couple of days extra feeding may improve his condition and allow him to fledge. On the...
  3. delia todd

    Blue tit nestling out of box, parents not seen for 5 hours.

    Birds can't count though, so it might work. ;)
  4. delia todd

    Blue tit nestling out of box, parents not seen for 5 hours.

    Hi Tom and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators. No don't feed it seeds, they eat smallish caterpillars at this age. We have some general guidelines here for the care of injured and baby birds. You're really best to leave it to nature, hard though that can be sometimes. I'm...
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