I have a fully feathered jackdaw fledgling or almost fledgling. Nest was on a ledge 2/3rds down a chimney of an outbuilding. Parents have been feeding accessing from top of chimney but fledgling has left through the bottom of chimney into room of outbuilding. Fledgling placed in bucket outside of outbuilding but close to gable end and parents have been attending all afternoon. They’ve now stopped and haven’t seen them for a couple of hours, is this normal and have the parents just gone to roost potentially or does it sound like they’ve abandoned it? it’s a little open to elements and predator's. Am I best to put the bucket on the ground and let it hoo out and hide in undergrowth within a fenced chicken coop area or am I best to partially cover bucket to allow parents to tend at Dawn? I would appreciate and advice please. TIA
it is 8.48 pm in Northeast England
Sorry you didn't get an answer yesterday ... What's the current situation, have you taken the youngster out of the bucket and put back on the ground today so that it can find cover & parents can come to see to it? You can contact these people for expert advice ...
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Thank you for your response, fantastic outcome, I left the bucket hanging on the chicken coop entrance and put a piece of carpet partially covering overhead as an over hang but not directly on the bucket. Parents came back at dawn and have fed throughout the day, being very attentive, I’m delighted!
Pleased to hear parents are in attendance but you really should let the fledgling move around on the ground now so that it can learn from it's parents!