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We once had a bird's nest in an overhand of our front porch. The baby birds fell out and were obviously too young to be fledglings. We looked up what to do, but the vast majority of sources said there was nothing we could do. Once the baby birds died, the mother would start over, maybe even in the same place. We finally found one source that said we could try feeding the birds by hand several times a day with an eyedropper using creamy peanut butter mixed/diluted with corn oil. We mixed up a batch and I hand fed the birds (which we had put back in the nest) the peanut butter corn oil mixture with an eye dropper on a regular schedule. The birds appeared to be doing well. After a couple of days, the mother came back and resumed feeding her babies. Eventually they all flew away and the mother did too. I then cleaned out the area where the nest had been. Downside: I think three or four generations of those birds built a nest in the exact same spot. Eventually, the family memory of this being a "good spot" faded and that spot on the front porch has remained nest free.
We have had bird nest, eggs, and babies every year since moving to this house.We once had a bird's nest in an overhand of our front porch. The baby birds fell out and were obviously too young to be fledglings. We looked up what to do, but the vast majority of sources said there was nothing we could do. Once the baby birds died, the mother would start over, maybe even in the same place. We finally found one source that said we could try feeding the birds by hand several times a day with an eyedropper using creamy peanut butter mixed/diluted with corn oil. We mixed up a batch and I hand fed the birds (which we had put back in the nest) the peanut butter corn oil mixture with an eye dropper on a regular schedule. The birds appeared to be doing well. After a couple of days, the mother came back and resumed feeding her babies. Eventually they all flew away and the mother did too. I then cleaned out the area where the nest had been. Downside: I think three or four generations of those birds built a nest in the exact same spot. Eventually, the family memory of this being a "good spot" faded and that spot on the front porch has remained nest free.
Have seen a few of those around Columbia.
There are now 5 eggs in the nest.