Nest Description. A House Finch’s nest is a cup made of fine stems, leaves, rootlets, thin twigs, string, wool, and feathers, with similar, but finer materials for the lining. If baby birds are clearly injured or in imminent danger, contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitator. If you have encountered a baby perching or songbird who you suspect has fallen or been abandoned, you must first identify whether the baby is a nestling or a fledgling. Many birds eat a variety of seeds and hummingbirds even drink nectar, but that doesn't mean that is all they eat. If you’ve observed wild baby birds in their nests – calling continually for food and greedily gulping down whatever their parents bring, this may be hard to believe…seems most would be very easy to satisfy. Hand-rearing a bird that seems abandoned is an extremely difficult process. Human care is typically only needed if the chicks are orphaned or if the parents reject them. Baby birds may look stranded when in fact their parents are hiding close by. Most animal lovers have seen a wild baby bird that appears to be abandoned and alone on the ground. Baby birds fall into two categories: fledglings and nestlings. Nestlings are baby birds who are too immature to leave the nest, as they have not fully developed their feathers and may not have opened their eyes. The Help Baby Birds campaign aims to provide information about the normal stages of development in common bird species, so that people know when to give babies a hand, and when to steer clear. But that’s not always the case. Sure enough, we saw four beautiful little blue eggs in … Helping Birds. This is especially true for baby birds that are still growing in size and/or still growing feathers and so need to be fed mostly protein (even hummingbirds). Home Care and Feeding for Baby Birds. Do not feed tofu or wet bread or dry bird seed or milk* to baby birds. Once you get the bird home, the basic rule is always to keep the bird in an environment that's warm, dark, and quiet, says Luevano. In fact it's very common for young birds to leave the nest before they're ready to hit the skies. A nestling doesn’t yet have feathers – just a down covering or even bare spots. Thousands of abandoned chicks die at Madrid's airport 01:16 (CNN) About 23,000 baby chicks have died after being abandoned in transit at Madrid Barajas airport in Spain . Help Baby Birds - What Should I Do if I Find Birds in an Abandoned Nest? They’re still totally dependent on the parent birds. What to do with abandoned baby birds A few weeks ago, a robin built a nest on an electrical box on the side of the house. If you wish to persist in hand-raising these baby birds, I suggest you contact a local licensed wildlife rehabilitator who has been trained to care for sick, injured, and abandoned birds for more information or assistance. Baby birds. The following information from Cornell University provides further information. If featherless or nearly featherless baby birds have fallen from their nest but appear unharmed, put them back in the nest if you can do so without danger to yourself. Occasionally House Finches use the abandoned nests of other birds. Finch owners breeding young birds at home should generally let the family interact as they would in the wild, because, as long as the parents are healthy, the babies should be also.