Robins Nest and the Fallen Birds

Last week the boyz and I went to Shaynas apartment. We discovered this birds nest in a tree right outside her door.





Yesterday we returned to find the nest overturned, empty, and the birds cold and nearly dead on the ground.
We gathered them up, took them indoors and attempted to warm them with our hands.





I have an excellent veterinarian. I called her office requesting information. She gave me a number of a woman who does wild bird rescue.

I called the bird lady. She told me to warm them until they were at least as warm as our hands. We should make a birdie heating pad by placing a damp paper towel in a zipper plastic bag, warm it in the microwave, wrap in a dry paper towel (to buffer the heat) and place this under the birds while we continue to hold them.

She recommended that when the birds were thoroughly warm we reheat the birdie heating pad and place it in the bottom of the next, cover it with shredded paper towel and put the birds back in the nest. Then we were to observe the nest for an hour or so to see if the mother came back to care for her babies





We followed her instructions by creating a heating pad and the birds started moving around a little bit after about 10 minutes of warming.

We had plans for dinner so when the birds were thoroughly warmed I set the nest upright and arranged the branches to support it. Then we placed the birds in the nest and headed off to dinner instead of watching for the mother.





When we finished dinner we came right back to check on the birds. They were warmer than when we left them!

We needed to get groceries so we headed off to the store.

When we came back the birds were still in the nest and warm. We waited for about 35 minutes until mother robin came to feed her babies. When she left the nest we checked the ground to be sure none of the babies had fallen back out.
They were fine.

Later that evening my daughter reported that they were still warm and in their nest.