10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The Aldea Birding Group that spearheaded this project placed 70 nest boxes in our open spaces and pulled in volunteers to monitor them during the bird’s mating season. But a Bewick’s Wren did build a nest, which it promptly abandoned before laying any eggs. Well, as a birder, how can you resist getting involved?

2017 160

2017 New Mexico Groups Abandon 160

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

If you cannot find the nest or it’s too destroyed, do not try and raise a chick this young. It’s illegal to raise wild birds (even orphaned ones) without state and federal permits. When that isn’t possible, many raptor rehabbers keep tabs on nests and will place an abandon chick in a foster nest.

Birds 266

Birds Fox Raised Ducks 266

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2011

As a youngster of 10-weeks old, it is abandoned by its parents and left to fend for itself. After mating, a single egg is laid and incubation duties are shared by both parents. You have got to admire the Manx Shearwater. While one bird sits, its mate feeds out at sea for a week or so.

United Kingdom 161

United Kingdom Brazil Eggs Abandon 161