What bird is this?

[Abigal7]

I found this baby bird but do not know what type it is. I haven't touched the bird because I do not know if it is sick or not but am hoping the parents are keeping a eye on the baby. Here is a picture.

 

[MikeyTN]

That looks like a baby morning dove to me!

 

[DallyTsuka]

yep, baby mourning dove.


he's a fledgling, so its normal to see him on the ground right now. keep watch for a few hours for his parents. if by the end of the day you don't see his parents come for him, then yes, get him and bring him to a wildlife rehab.

 

[Mayden]

Poor baby! Looks so vulnerable and like 'hey, okay... guess ill stay here a while then'.

Keep an eye out, but looks like he's good for nest leaving with all those feathers!

 

[Birdman666]

Find the nest and put him back! Otherwise this bird is dead!!!

The whole, humans handling the bird will cause it to be rejected is a myth. Put it back and the parents will be overjoyed to have their baby back...

 

[WannaBeAParrot]

Abigail, So how did the situation wind up?

 

[MikeyTN]

Find the nest and put him back! Otherwise this bird is dead!!!

The whole, humans handling the bird will cause it to be rejected is a myth. Put it back and the parents will be overjoyed to have their baby back...

Unless they're rather young and haven't fledged yet they will stay in the nest, but once they left the nest, they won't stay in it! Plus I highly doubt the nest is anywhere near by, mourning doves makes very flimsy nests that consists of twigs. If his parents is around, they will come to care for him, but never stand too close or anywhere they can see you, as long as the parents can see you, they will not come down to care for the baby.

 

[Birdman666]

More often than not, they are a sitting duck for predators... and don't get enough food.

 

[DallyTsuka]

More often than not, they are a sitting duck for predators... and don't get enough food.

but it is nature. its sad, but that is how it works. however, it is fully feathered and fully normal to start leaving the nest right now. putting it back in the nest would be a wasted effort as it will just leave again lol if the bird seems it is in immediate danger, then it should be moved, otherwise it's best left where it is found because more often than not, the parents are around finding food for it and know just where they left their baby. first few days of fledging, wild baby birds are on the ground and the parents go to them and feed them (could you imagine having to follow around up to like 6 kids to feed them all one by one??? kudos to those birds who do it well lol)

 

[Abigal7]

Abigail, So how did the situation wind up?

Sorry for the late reply. The parents came for the baby bird. Anyways, I did not see any nest (it may have blown away even).

 

[MikeyTN]

I used to study wild birds and that's how they work. They leave the nest when they're able and stay close to the ground like above post says and wait for the parents to come down to feed them, they will soon learn to fly into trees and follow their parents to learn how to feed, that's when their tail feathers will grow out some more, that's usually how you can tell their approximate age. Then they leave their parents to be on their own.