Re: Food replacer -FAST

In article <Xns969E8943196BFdanny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
diddy <diddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> in thread news:3kkkmrFuuei5U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx: "Christina Websell"
> <spamfree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> whittled the following words:
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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>

Yep.
Those are baby chimney swifts all right!
They are normally solid black on top......

Purely being insect eaters makes their rehabbing needs problematic.

This might help:

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/contactN.htm

Or this:

http://www.massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/wildlife/index.php?subject=B
irds:%20Nests%20and%20Young&id=47

http://jamesedmunds.com/poorclio/OnePhotoClioFromAll.cfm?item_id=128

Cheers and good luck!

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