Comments on: Diverse Family: Bratt Mockingbird Is Raising Baby Blue Jay

By: Denise stover

Denise stover — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 22:18:54 +0000

What are (were) you feeding the babies? We bought a horse trailer from a guy that was 1.5 hours away. After we got home we found a nest of 5 VERY young mockingbird babies. We have no experience with birds what so ever. We fed them fishing worms for 2 days and then we got some kind of supplemental powder for intermittent use but the birds are hungry about 20 minutes after we have fed them we use syringe to give the food….is this right? How often do we need to feed them? What do we need to feed them???? Any help would be so much appreciated! How should we keep them? We bought a large bird cage with a large door so we can get to them….thank you for any help! :0)

By: Kim Godwin

Kim Godwin — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:06:20 +0000

Hey it was a great experience to save a blue jay and for an another bird to save him.I was about five at the time and I have never touched such a tame little bird but now I know what it feels like because I had made a best friend.I am nine years old now and I still remembered him because he’s was my best friend.Shelby Godwin

By: Mistie Lanterman

Mistie Lanterman — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:18:53 +0000

I found what I believe to be a baby jay last night. He has not fully fledged and when I put him back into the nest he climbs out. I am afraid he is going to hurt himself. When I came to work this afternoon, he was still on the ground crying for food like last night. What should I do to feed him, as I think he has been abandonded, and being a bird lover could not possibly let him die. I am familiar with parrots but not wild birds.
I found a story that told of some people who fed a baby milk and bread. Will this work. This is an emergency so please answer as soon as possible. HELP!!!

By: judi devinci

judi devinci — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:14:54 +0000

I ran across this story while researching information to identify a baby bird that my husband rescued from the middle of the road (busy main road) he almost got run over by an angry motorist that was upset that my husband was in the road-once he saw that he had a baby bird the man was no longer upset. Anyway it is a blue jay and there was no way that this little guy would have survived. He is a good eater and has seemed to thrive well on egg, milk and potatoe bread I’ve also been giving him mulberries. We’ve had him for almost a week and he is in a large cage that we had cockatiels in at one time and he seems happy as a lark (no pun intended) He likes playing with the bird toys that are in the cage and purches on the different types of bird purches in the cage (very large cage).
He has also become very interactive, sits on my finger and seems to like being held. This seemed unusual to me that he has thrived so well because any other time that we’ve found baby birds that have been abandoned (in the road) they usually die after a day or two. Now that this story has helped me identify what type of bird it is I will be able to provide the correct food for it.
Our property is loaded with stray cats from nearby farms so I would not release him here when it is able to fly.
I did raise and have two cockatiels for over twelve years until they died and never replaced them, maybe this is some type of weird karma. If it doesn’t work out we will probably take him to a nearby nature center.
This was an excellent story and informative. Great job that the girls did. I also read that blue jays robbed nests of other birds which gave me the idea to feed it the raw egg (I did suspect that it could be a bluejay because of blue wing feathers).

By: crystal

crystal — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:39:18 +0000

we have found two baby blue js in a abandion nest what should you do

By: Miranda

Miranda — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:22:06 +0000

Hello,

We found a baby Blue Bird tonight that our dogs were playing with.
We looked in all possible trees for the nest and parents,but we did not see any sign of them or the nest. So we brought it inside wrapped up in a rag and put it in a box. I looked here and i saw a post from some one named Elena. If she/he is still interested please contact at joeandmiranda94@yahoo.com or post another comment. Please help us save this baby Blue Bird!

Thanks alot,
Miranda

By: Kim Godwin

Kim Godwin — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:15:47 +0000

Maxwell, Great Job!! Saving an animals life gives me a feeling of great accomplishment. It sounds like you not only got that good feeling but you also have gained a companion……. Keep up the good work……..

By: maxwell vonKlein

maxwell vonKlein — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:12:16 +0000

Hey Folks, Anyone reading this story of the ultimate kindness in the animal world should only hope and pray that ‘humans’ could only be as savvy. Pardon my tears on the keyboard, as I and my siblings(5 total) were eventually placed with families other than our parental group. On April 14 last, I was able to save a day or so old mockingbird from imminent death by hypothermia. The nest containing this critter and an egg was disturbed by hedge trimming. Fortunately, someone pointed out the nest to me and 1-2 hrs. later I took another look at the nest and decided to pull it out of the hedge and carry the lot down the block to the vet, who saved “Ditto’s” life by rewarming her. She sits on my head as I type this. I am a 60 y.o. caveman, working and living out of a garage, sleeping in my van every night, and loving every moment I can spend with this incredible being. Both her feet/talons are crippled(turned inward, one on top of the other) , but all other functions of this animal are intact. And what a character… I will never abandon this bird. I do think she has helped me change my life for the better.

Thanks for listening, Maxwell

By: mizmattie

mizmattie — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:33:33 +0000

I’m a firm believer that sometimes we should interfere with mother nature to save God’s creatures. I think He expects it of us. Kudos to Kim and her family!

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:08:46 +0000

This was a beautiful story! It was so refreshing to read. Sure beats the heck out of all the negativity going on everywhere. Too bad humans can’t take examples liek this from the animal world. We’d sure fare a lot better if we did.