Fledglings
My local vet / friend gave me a quick call yesterday to go and identify a recently fledged bird that someone had taken into the practice. As you can see the 'baby' in question was a young Blackbird.
![Fledgling](/assets/images/blog/fledge 1.jpg)
He was given the exact location of the 'pickup' so we ventured down and released it, within 5 minutes of the youngster calling the adult female was at its side with a big juicy worm!
![Fledgling](/assets/images/blog/fledge 3.jpg)
Please, if you come across recently fledged birds leave them alone, 99.9% of the time the adults won't be far away. If you feel the youngster is in huge danger (sat at the side of a busy road for example) you could move it back into cover very close to were you find it.
![Fledgling](/assets/images/blog/fledge 2.jpg)
Please, please, please do not take home or to the vet, there is very little they can do.