Baby bird whose nest blew out of a tree in last night's thunderstorm.
We left this one and its sibling at the base of the tree last night hoping the parents would come back. This morning they were still there...one was dead and this little one was still alert and breathing. I was afraid a magpie would eat it because they are just hell on baby birds around here and it is 100 degrees again today and I knew he had to be dehydrated. So, I picked him (her?) and warmed him....even in our heat, he didn't feel warm.
I held him until he perked up and gave him a little water. I put him in my pocket at drove to Petsmart to get a container of crop milk replacement and he's already had two meals today. The internets say that he will eat 4 times per day and graduate to seeds and berries when he fledges. I believe this chick (the babies are called squabs) is a Eurasian Collared Dove. Non native and invasive in some areas. However, I just couldn't leave him to die by that tree.
I have a pet Conure and am keeping him well away from this dove in case there are any diseases to worry about.
He won't win a beauty contest but he is quite a fighter!! Wish him luck. I have a video of him eating his first meal...but I don't know how to post videos here on DU.
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I couldn’t leave him (or her) there to die, either!
A few years ago a baby bird fell out of a nest in our backyard... we looked all over the internets about what to do and everything we found said leave it alone. I was beside myself because so,e stray cats occasionally enter our yard and I knew if that happened he’d be toast. We have hawks around here, too.
For two days we left him there until I couldn’t stand it any more, and my husband and I went out there and gave him some water with an eye dropper. He greedily swallowed it down and seemed to want more. I hoped we weren’t doing something bad.
I believe it was the next day, we were greatly relieved to see the two parent birds hanging around nearby. FINALLY! They were taking food to him and feeding it to him. It was amazing to see.
Eventually the little bird started hopping around, and, after that, we didn’t see that bird family any more. I was so relieved that their little one survived.
I hope your little bird makes a full recovery!
I wanted to leave this little thing...but with the sibling already dead, I knew it wouldn't be long for the world. The magpies in my neighborhood are constantly raiding the nests of songbirds and eating their chicks. Magpies also steal the eggs out of my chicken coop so I'm at war with them this time of year.
I hope to get this guy fledged and eating what he's supposed to be eating and off on his way. I read that these doves can have has many of 6 clutches per season!! They are prolific breeders but their mortality rate in their first year of life is 75%.
Thanks for your kind words.
Any opposite sex member of his/her species would agree !!! 
but thanks anyway. 
I am on the board of Raptors of the Rockies. I don't do the hard rehab work...I just help decide how to get grants and spend the money within the program. Rehabbing is hard work!
It was a guess because of the shape of its beak. If it lives, it will look like this:
You did a good thing! Too many birds are dying off for too many reasons. I absolutely believe we should do whatever we can to save them. And butterflies. And bees. When they're gone, so are we.
A parakeet??? I hope you're able to get him/her. If it has a bluish tint where the nostrils are, its a boy. If it is pinkish, its a girl. If its mature anyway. Best wishes and thank you for trying to save him. I have a parrot here at the house. He's a handful but I cannot imagine life without him.
