Trois jeunes Merles noirs sauvés avec l’aide de leurs parents

We receive numerous e-mails annually, notably in May and June, regarding baby or young birds people have found. It is very important to determine if the bird is truly orphaned or abandoned before they are rescued. Indeed, the adults are often still around, ready to continue to raise them ans soon as you leave.
This is particularly the case for fledglings (first stage of leaving the nest and are feathered, sometimes with downy tufts) that are learning to fly, a process that may take several days: they should be left alone to practice hopping around and flying from low shrub branches to the ground and back. The parents still care for these young birds and will be close by; you may not see them, but you can probably hear them calling to their young from a nearby tree or shrub. But under particular circumstances, for example if the young birds are in imminent danger of predators, you can help and save them.
In May 2009, Elizabeth Floriant saved successfuly 3 young Blackbirds Turdus merula from the cats by installing them in a cage, in front of a window. Their parents feeded their young through the bars of the cage.