Frequent Flying Should Only Be For Birds

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The first thing to do is to figure out if it's a nestling or a fledgling. If it's sparsely feathered and not capable of hopping, walking, flitting, or gripping tightly to your finger, it's a nestling. If so, the nest is almost certainly nearby. If you can find the nest it may be well hidden , put the bird back as quickly as possible.

Don't worry—parent birds do not recognize their young by smell! If the bird is feathered and capable of hopping or flitting, and its toes can tightly grip your finger or a twig, it's a fledgling. Fledglings are generally adorable and fluffy, with a tiny stub of a tail.

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It's easy to jump to the conclusion that the bird has been abandoned and needs you. But fledglings need a special diet, and they need to learn about behavior and vocalizations from their parents--things we can't provide. Fortunately, the vast majority of "abandoned" baby birds are perfectly healthy fledglings.

Their parents are nearby and watching out for them. The parents may be attending to four or five young scattered in different directions, but they will most likely return to care for the one you have found shortly after you leave. When fledglings leave their nest they rarely return, so even if you see the nest it's not a good idea to put the bird back in--it will hop right back out.

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Usually there is no reason to intervene at all beyond putting the bird on a nearby perch out of harm's way. Fledglings produce sounds that their parents recognize, and one of them will return and care for it after you leave. If you have found both parents dead or are otherwise absolutely certain that the bird was orphaned, then your best course of action is to bring it to a wildlife rehabilitator. Some people think birds go to their nests to sleep at night just like we usually sleep in our beds, but birds usually only use their nests when they are raising babies in the spring.

In some species, like the Rock Pigeon, the male and female will both sit on the nest and incubate the eggs, to keep them warm and protected while the chick inside the egg grows and develops. Usually the male pigeon sits on the nest during the day so the female can go look for food when its easier to find food. She spends more total time on the nest because she will sit there all night, as well as in the early morning and late evening.

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The time for incubation varies widely from species to species. You can get this information for any of our focal species you're interested in by going to its page in our bird guide , or by visiting AllAboutBirds. It's to some young birds' advantage to leave the nest as soon as they can. People tend to think of nests as safe, cozy little homes.

But predators have a pretty easy time finding a nest full of loud baby birds, and nests can be hotbeds for parasites. Every August, the common swift leaves its breeding site in the northern reaches of Europe and makes the long journey to the rainforests of central Africa. They return the following June.

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At home, large flocks of the birds are commonly seen roosting in trees or on buildings, but along their nearly 6,mile flight plan, no one has ever found a sign of even a temporary resting place. But the common swift appears to have gone all-in on its aerial lifestyle. Their long, narrow wings and streamlined body shape generate minimum drag. Swifts eat on the go, nibbling on moths or other insects and spiders swept into the air by the wind. They molt feather by feather, so they're never rendered flightless like other birds.

During the day, they save energy by gliding on rising currents of warm air.

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The birds only really land to lay their eggs. The swifts nest in tree holes bored by woodpeckers, rock cavities or in the eaves of houses and buildings. As the species adapted to feeding on prey in the air, they compromised more of their land-based abilities.