What kind of food should i feed this baby bird i found in my back yard?
You should feed it nothing at all! Baby birds fledge (leave the nest) several days before they start to fly. They hop around on the ground, and they climb on low branches until their wings are strong enough for them to fly. The parent birds continue to feed and care for the fledglings until they are self-sufficient. If you see a baby bird on the ground, and the bird has most of his feathers, leave him alone. Do not think that he needs to be “rescued.” If you see a baby bird on the ground, and the baby is naked or he has mostly fuzz, he is a nestling and is not ready to fledge. Try to put him back in the nest. Do not worry about your scent being on him. It won’t bother the mother. Birds do not have an acute sense of smell, and the parents will not detect your scent on the baby. Wildlife biologists and bird banders handle baby birds all the time – they are licensed to do so – and the parent birds never abandon their babies because of this. If you can not get the nestling back into his ow
