Re: Food replacer -FAST


"diddy" <diddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> in thread news:3kkkmrFuuei5U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx: "Christina Websell"
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>> "diddy" <diddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:Xns969E8312082C7danny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Last night 3 chimney sweeps had fallen through our chimney and were
>>> stuck in the fireplace lodged between a wood burning insert.
>>> We freed them, then put them out in the hedges beside the chimney
>>> hoping their parents could find them.
>>> They are fully feathered but still dependent. Near ready to leave the
>>> nest,
>>> but obviously not a clue how to feed themselves.
>>> The parents obviously haven't claimed them. One has died (it's in the
>>> upper
>>> 90's with high humidity). I need to implement something fast. Any
>>> idea on bird care?
>>
>> I have a very little experience of birds and might be able to help if
>> I knew what chimney sweeps were. Jackdaws?
>> In the meantime syringe them with water slowly and carefully into
>> their beaks one drop at a time.
>> I cannot give you any more advice until I know exactly what birds they
>> are.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Very similar (if not the same as) a barn swallow. I'm calling these
> chimney
> sweeps because of their location, and they seem to be slightly differently
> colored from the barn swallow babies that hatched and fledged, and flew
> away in the barn.
> These are completely dark, but that maybe because they are sooted from the
> chimney.
> <http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/barnswallow.htm>
> <http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i6130id.html>
> I just took pictures of them and put them at
> <http://aad.lomag.net/diddy/chimney-swifts/cs.jpg>

Hmm, not so easy then. Swifts are insect eaters. Try a tiny piece of
cat/dog food offered on tweezers and in the meantime try and get hold of a
local wildlife group to advise you better and maybe take them off your
hands.
Or if you wanted to catch some insects..

Tweed



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