In reply to birdlady1:
THANKYOU FOR READING
SUE and LUCKY..just call me Mrs Early Bird.....x
Our house operate's soley for our animals and birds......Love me love my animals........
This magpie fledgling in my garden is now getting up trees and standing on them and seems better at flying, i fed it for about 4 days now, and the parents haven't seem to bother with it. Has it met the requirements to live on its own and fly away? Or should I carrying on feeding it?
Good morning seagreenspiral........if the babe is flying now then its deff on the up.....as for should you keep feeding it......if you think about it we all are feeding birds now so I wouldnt change anything at all. If it wants to eat what your putting out then it will and thats great.......if its still around and fending for itself then youve filled the gap for the parents.my thoughts are great and well done.
The sad thing about this site is...... moderator or admin wont like what I have said again.... 10 yrs ago to this very week I went to great lengths to contact the RSPB and joined here to ask for help / advice like you have and nobody actually did that at all.
The sad thing was I opened up a huge chat following for Lucky and most members who actually understood what and why I did what I did was very nice and happy to read and follow Lucky progress to a full wild release .I put on some fab little vids of feeding time,playing time that he did himself in the open fruit cage which is where we based him.he fed himself and flew off daily and it was lovely....
The sad and disappointing thing was the most snr members.ie admin etc deemed it totally wrong with what I did and eventually locked the thread which was lovely,I made lots of friends here who after reading the full story was happy with what I did.
I was surprised to get a notification last week 10 years after Luckys release which was the thread about NOT rescuing birds,chicks etc. bumped..
The whole chat,link and vids and snaps are no longer on this site......which is why I left the group.My advice will always be the same....if a chick is in danger like our 4 were.then down to one.then if there is a chance of saving it I would do it all over again in a heart beat.
Well done for caring and dont touch it,carry on with the feeding of all birds because they will come to you if they want....