sarahmay73
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I will try to make this short. I found a hatchling on the sidewalk yesterday morning, I believe it had been placed there from the strong winds we had the night before. I could not find a nest anywhere, so I was going to bring it into the wildlife rescue center but both locations were an hour away, and the drive was bumpy. I didn’t want to risk the baby rolling around and suffocating or something. So eventually, I found the nearest nest. It was completely empty, no siblings or anything. But I put the baby in there and hoped mamma would come back. I checked on it an hour later and I saw an adult bird in the nest with baby, I thought this was good news! However, I went back to check today and poor baby was dead. There was another adult bird in the nest when I went to check, and the baby’s body had obviously been moved by something. I’m torn up by this, and I’m just wondering what y’all think might’ve happened? Could mamma bird have killed or something else? Thank you