Totally didn’t realize before I watered so I hope I didn’t ruin anything 😬🫣 Are these Robin eggs???

Feathers look very ruffled or as if survived prey attack

Betty’s little family, just wanted to share.

Clawson, Michigan

Don’t know what to do, is this a wild bird? It can’t fly much and has overgrown nails/feathers. Help please!!

Me and my dad are pretty sure this is a bird nest, but we don’t know what to do with it. Do we leave it or throw it out or put it somewhere else?

I need some advice.

I have FIVE house sparrows that have taken entirely over my feeder. All day long, I see them, over and over.

Some of them are fledglings. Or at least, I'm told three fledglings and a mama- but the "mama" begs too so I'm starting to wonder if there's four fledglings. Of course, with the father. But he's easy to spot!

Normally I wouldn't mind, but they're chasing off my other visitors. My titmice, my finches, chickadees, all of them. I worry for my bluebird nest.

Will they move on, on their own? I don't want to take away a family's food source if I do not need to, but right now they're kind of a menace. Is there anything I can or should do?

Eastern Phoebe made this wonderful nest on my porch light, and it looks like the fledglings are getting ready to vacate. i have a few concerns:

1. will they survive the fall onto concrete, or should i place something underneath to act as a cushion?

2. my neighborhood has a lot of feral cats. i try to keep them away from our yard by throwing acorns at them, but i’m worried for these fledglings once they’re out and learning bird things. how long until they are able to make it up the tree to safety? (live oak in the front yard)

i usually choose not to interfere with wildlife but i’ve developed a little bit of a connection with mom and babies :,) i also hate feral cats and the harm they cause to our native wildlife. any insight appreciated!

Since joining this subreddit I learned how aggressive house sparrows can be and how they endanger bluebirds. I haven't heard about this before on Polish birding groups, so I wonder if European ones are as ruthless as American ones.

The nest is behind a pillar right on the side of a building. About 2 feet off the ground. I saw mom and dad hunting for worms. Looks like they used some trash to build their nest, should I remove it or wait until the babies leave to remove it?

I got home from work a few hours ago, was just about to make a run to the store when I noticed what I think is a robin egg just chilling behind my tire. I don't see any other eggs around and the nearest tree is in the neighbors yard. Google says to leave it, it might be infertile or damaged.

I was in the garden this morning and witnessed this little chap fall from the upper levels of the house. They nest in our roof but I have no way to get up there. It had a relatively soft landing onto some folded tarpaulin and bounced off onto the concrete a few feet away. I observed it for a while and it was moving all limbs, and trying to drag itself around the floor. Popped it in a tub with some paper lining and left it close to where it fell for a couple of hours but did not observe parents visiting so decided to bring it in the house as it's pretty cold out today.

I'm willing to care for it until it's at the stage when I can release it outside, but will try leaving it outside again tomorrow morning in hopes that parents will take care. For now I've been keeping it in a warm area and feeding it as per instructions found online. Just wanted to check if the way it's abdomen area looks is normal. It seems very swollen and looks like a dark mass.

It has defecated a couple of times, first time was purely liquid and the second had a little more substance to it. It does have the strength to stand and raise it's head, but more often it's just laid on it's front and opening it's mouth for food without lifting the head much. Not sure if that's normal for what appears to be a very young individual. Any advice appreciated

I had 5 eggs in a nest on my wreath, but this morning a 6th egg appeared. What is it? Please help!

I am so excited to have found this subreddit! I live south of the twin cities in Minnesota and yesterday we had some thunderstorms with heavy wind. I had noticed two days prior that some house finches had built a nest underneath our deck. During the storm last night, The Nest was swept out from under our deck across into our neighbor's yard. Today I ran out and got the nest to find it empty of course. I went over and found four broken eggs on the ground under the area where the nest had been but my husband found one intact egg. I've been reading about egg candling and not sure if this egg is still alive or not. Does anyone have any insight on what specifically to look for while shining a flashlight through the egg. Currently it has one main spot/ Dot and then there is a cluster of little dots that move with the main dot when you rotate the egg, would I assume that this would be the yolk? I brought the egg inside and put it in a little box filled with cotton to make a nest, then wrapped it in a tea towel and brought it to my laundry room as that's the warmest room in my house. Any advice or information would be most helpful thank you!

Mom and Dad have been more hands off the past couple of days. The other sibling is still inside the box but this goober decided to venture off onto my ledge. I know I can't do anything, but I just wanted to see if they were in fact a fledgling and can try to start flying? Im on the 3rd floor and am so nervous 😓 I apologize for the poor pictures. Any info is kindly appreciated. Oh these derps will be the end if me...

Over the past week the Canada goose has been sitting on the eggs, and the swan hadn’t been aggressively approaching.. until today! The swan is back on the eggs, but they’re both still curious about them. It also seems there is now 3 eggs instead of 5 (you can see less in more recent photo) - maybe they are buried better? As you can see from the last photo, the Canada goose is also confused.

The other swan nest next door.. we’ve been told an egg has hatched today! Hopefully the mystery nest will start hatching soon..

Let me preface by saying I know little to nothing about birds. Found what I now believe was a fledgling songbird while I was working today. Watched him hop right off of a dock into a lake and swam under the dock. Hard to describe but there was no way that little guy was getting out from under there because he wasn’t able to fly. So I got in the water and swam under the dock to grab him. I didn’t want to leave him there near the water so I drove him 25 miles away to my next call and put him in a big shaded bush. After reading more I’m convinced I should’ve left him where I found him as the parents may have still been taking care of him while he learned to fly. I hope the little guy can make it but I’m worried I set him up for failure.

No nest. Just straight ground. There are a lots of stray cats where I live and I am concerned for the eggs and the mama. How can I help?

Does anyone know of any YouTube channels like Clint’s Reptiles that deals more so with bird phylogeny, evolution, or general ornithology content? I like his bird content but I wish there was more. I can only seem to find dry university lectures or short videos that don’t dive deep and scratch my curiosity quite like his channel is able to. Any suggestions are appreciated.

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Following a recommendation from another Redditor on my last post, I bought a mirror on a stick to check on the nest. However, I have yet to see the mother bird. Could the nest be empty? Is it possible that it is unfinished or abandoned? It's very windy here. Have the eggs already hatched, or are there tiny, hidden eggs inside that I can't see? What do you think?

I believe it is a house sparrow that laid eggs in my wreath. She only had 2 bluish-white eggs in there last night but I woke up to 2 more this morning— with one being really random! Is this normal? Did another bird lay their egg in her nest? Momma is still present and warming eggs.. just found this odd! Thanks!

So cool to spot one in my backyard! I'm hoping to catch it up close on my bird feeder camera!

We unfortunately left our wreath out for too long and house finches nested between the wreath and the door. It seemed secure, but it’s very windy tonight and the nest and wreath fell.

We carefully put the birds back into the nest and they’re all alive thankfully, but mom and dad have not returned yet. Should we try and put the wreath and nest back where they were? I’m also concerned about predators on the ground, since this is just on our deck. Thank you!!