When spring begins to end and summer begins The high temperatures cause the chicks to jump out of their nests, even if they are not yet ready to fly.There are other reasons why a bird can jump before the nest, such as the attack of a predator.
Most of us have found a little bird when we were walking down the street, we have taken it home and tried to feed with bread and water or even milk and cookies.But after a few days it has died.Has this ever happened to you? sad situation?
Even if it is not so, but you want to be prepared, pay attention to this article of Animals and Pets Online, you will discover how to feed a bird correctly, what to do with a wounded newborn bird or what to do if you find an injured bird that can't fly , among other situations.
Bird development
The time that elapses from egg hatching to maturity varies between different bird species.The smaller ones usually mature faster and pass from small newborn chicks to young adventurers in a few weeks.on the other hand, the raptors or larger species remain in the nest with their parents for several months.
The sexual maturity , however, usually takes longer, in small birds it can It may take between one and two years, while in very long-lived large species, they may not be sexually mature for several years.The process of sexual maturation is the same in all cases.
When the young leave the eggs, can be altricial or precocial:
- Altricial : no feathers, eyes closed, totally dependent on their parents.Altricial birds are the singing birds, the hummingbirds, the crows, etc.
- Precocial : born with down, eyes open, are cape You stop walking almost immediately.Ducks, geese, quails, etc.are precocial birds.
During their first days of life after hatching, all chicks need a lot of care by their parents , even precocial birds.The parents give heat, protection, food or guide them to food and defend them from predators.
At first, the chicks eat several times per hour.The altriciales are clumsy, weak and cannot move much, to ask for food they open the beak .As they grow and strengthen, they develop the first feathers.The precocial offspring are from the beginning more independent , they can walk or swim immediately, but get tired easily and stay much closer to their parents.
As the altricial birds grow, the feathers develop, they open the eyes and get bigger, gain weight and can move more.In the end, they are covered with feathers, but there may be areas, such as the head and face, without feathers.At the same time, precocial birds become larger and stronger and develop more mature feathers.
One Once the chicks have reached adult size , several things can happen.In some species, the young stay with the parents until the next breeding season.In other cases, families can stay together all life.In other species, parents abandon their young chicks at the time they are self-sufficient.
Bird feeding
When we find an abandoned bird, the first thing we want to do is feed it, so we try to give it bread or biscuits dipped in water or milk.By doing this, we are making several mistakes that will mean the death of animal .As much the bread as the cookies that normally consume the humans, are ultraprocessed foods, rich in sugar and refined oils, harmful to our health and mortal for the birds.
Mix the food with Water is not a risk, quite the opposite, because we make sure that the animal is hydrated, but using milk goes against the nature of the bird, because the birds are not mammals, the only animals that should and can drink milk are the offspring of mammals: Birds do not have in their digestive system the enzymes necessary to degrade milk, which causes severe diarrhea that kills the animal.
Each bird species has a specific feeding , some are granivorous birds (feed on grains) such as goldfinches or greenfinches, which have a short beak.Others are insectivorous birds such as swallows and swifts, which open their mouths a lot during the flight to capture to their prey.Other birds have a long beak that allows them to catch fish , such as herons.Birds with a curved and sharp beak are carnivores like raptors and finally , the flamingos have a curved beak that allows them to filter the water to take the food.There are many more types of peaks that are related to a specific type of feeding.
With this , we already know that depending on the beak that the bird we have, its feeding will be different.In the market we can find different foods specifically formulated for birds according to their feeding characteristics and we can find them in veterinary clinics of exotic animals .
What should I do if I find an injured or abandoned bird?
The most normal thing is to think that if we find a bird on the ground is that it is abandoned and needs our protection and care, but it is not always like that and, removing it from the place where we find it can lead to the death of the animal.
The first thing we should do is make sure you are not injured , if so, we must quickly contact a wildlife recovery center, if we do not know any We can talk with environmental agents or with the SEPRONA , through the number 112 .
The appearance of the bird we meet will tell us how old approximate and, according to this age, which is the best we can do.If the bird we are has no feathers and has closed eyes is a newborn, we must look for the nest from where it could fall and leave it there, if we don't find the nest we can build a small shelter near where we found it and wait for the parents s come, if after a while they have not appeared, we must call the specialized agents.
If you already have the eyes open and some feathers the steps to follow are the same as with a newborn bird.On the other hand, if the bird has all the feathers, go and try to fly, in principle we should not do anything, we are faced with a volanton.Many species of birds, once they leave the nest, before to fly, they practice on the ground, take refuge in bushes and their parents teach them to look for food, for this reason we should never take them .
If the animal is in a place potentially dangerous, we can try to place it in a somewhat safer place, away, for example, from traffic, but close to where we find it.We will move away from it but watch it from a considerable distance to see if the parents come to feed it.
If the bird we are in is injured and we don't know how to heal a bird's wound, we should always I will try to take you to a recovery center , where they will offer veterinary assistance and try to save you.
List of birds of Spain that we can find in the city
Next, we show you a list of birds that we can easily find in the cities, depending on the characteristics of the city (presence of rivers or lakes, green areas, etc.) we can see one or the other, or some that do not appear in this list:
- Anade azulon
- Common plane
- Small owl
- Cernicalo primilla
- Cernicalo vulgar
- Warblers (various species)
- Gallineta
- Cattle Egret
- Common swallow
- Swallow
- Gorrion
- Jackdaw
- Goldfinch
- White Wagtail
- Wagtail Wagtail
- Lechuza
- Common mosquito net
- Gray flycatcher
- Common swift
- Pale swift
- Verdecillo
- Verderon
This article is merely informative, at ExpertAnimal.com we have no power to prescribe treatments veterinarians or make any kind of diagnosis.We invite you to take your pet to the veterinarian in case you present any type of condition or discomfort.
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