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By John Trott
The Virginia Naturalist
cardboard over the top until the occupant quiets down which it invariably does in darkness.
An attempt to place the young bird back in the nest, should you know its location, won’t work. The bird has been genetically programed to get out and leave the place where it has nestled, been fed and kept warm for two weeks or less. It’s a bit like teenagers who decide to test the limits of authority and revolt in varying degrees, nothing is going to halt the progression to adulthood.
On occasion a wind or rain storm — or predator — may cause the nest to tip over and spill out featherless birds. If that is the case, there is not much you can do though I will attempt to supply some guidance later in this piece.
If you have found a fledgling Blue Jay or Mockingbird and attempted to pick it up, most likely you have been attacked by the adults which are invariably around whether you have seen them or not. The impulse to protect young is highly developed in some birds. It’s best to leave them where they
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