Before falling asleep, most birds seek shelter from predators and weather. This is vital to their survival because a sleeping bird is more vulnerable to danger. As you might imagine, each species has a technique of locating shelter as unique as its methods of finding food, and this varies based upon options available in the […]
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Is the baby a nestling or a fledgling? Nestlings are featherless or nearly so, and their eyes are not opened, or have opened only recently. Nestlings don’t have strong muscles, and would have no chance of survival out of the nest. The best hope for a nestling that fell or was blown from its nest
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There’s a bald bird at my feeder. What happened to it? Soon after nesting season ends, many birds replace their feathers. Songbirds generally lose and regrow a few feathers at a time, so molt is hardly noticeable. But some birds, especially northern cardinals and blue jays, can lose all their head feathers at one time—a catastrophic
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Just like you and me, birds need water to survive. Most birds drink some water every day, but they don’t drink the way we mammals do. Their anatomy is obviously quite different from ours. For one thing, they don’t have cheeks and lips! With a few exceptions, birds lack the ability to suction liquid into
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