Nest fell out of tree 7 hours ago

[simoneg]

Hi, about 7 hours ago my neighbour was cutting down some dense foliage and down fell a nest with 2 baby birds inside, they are grey crested pigeons. We put the nest back up in the remaining foliage. The baby birds are about 10cm/3 inches and are brown & fluffy.I am so worried as I have been watching from inside and have seen the mother and father return and hover around but are yet to actually sit back on the nest. It is dark now and I am concerned as what to do next. Will they survive the night? It is summer here so quite warm. If the parents dont come back what will I do?? Any help is much appreciated as I cant sleep/eat as I feel so worried for the babies. Simone

[altgirl35]

if they have most of their feathers i would leave them for now, they have each other for warmth, and luckily you have nice weather.
keep an eye out for the parents when the sun comes up

[altgirl35]

can you shine a flashlight up there and see if mom or dad are with them now??

[simoneg]

Just shined a flashlight. No mother. Their little heads stood up and the opened their eyes and looked at me. They are still alive. I think they have minor, small amounts of feathers, and fluff.

[simoneg]

Is it possible for the parents to think they have gone? Do they know they are in the nest ? They were hovering around just before dusk, flying back & forth. The babies arent chirping or making any noises thats all so how would they know where they are?

[altgirl35]

they will be looking for them when the sun rises, and the babies will become more vocal as they get hungry, and hopefully will get more squeaky when the folks show up in the morning.
stand by, i'm sure more people will be on soon with advice, in the morning you may need to go up and check their crops a couple of times to see if they have been fed and are warm

[simoneg]

When we put them back up their crops were quite full. Hopefully enough to get then through the night. Will stay up as late as I can to get advice, it's 10pm here in Australia.

[simoneg]

Thanks so much by the way. This is helping me feel a little more at ease.

[plamenh]

Hi Simoneg,
Thank you for your care for the babies. I believe that there is no problem for them to spend a night alone, but check on them in the morning. Maybe sometime you should see and feel their crops. If their parents abandoned them (it can happend because ob moving the nest) you may need to handraise them.
Are these kind of pigeons we are talking about:

[simoneg]

Yes, these are the ones. I have been up all night. I heard some rustling in the nest and went out for a look about midnight. When I got out the nest was on the ground and I could only find 1 baby nearby. I have been keeping it warm all night. It is now 5am. I am going to try and put it back out there - I kept the nest. How long will live with no food if it's crop was full yesterday afternoon. What can I feed it today if it is abandoned?

[altgirl35]

oh no! do you think a predator took the other baby???
if not.
in the morning if you have a small wicker basket or even one of those plastic containers with the holes in it that blue berries come in, you can put the nest in there and secure it to the tree with wire or nails.
i'm not sure about the diet because i am not sure about the age, or frankly what these birds eat, i'll have to look it up.
can you post a picture?

[altgirl35]

looks like they are primarily seed eaters, with some insects and greens.
if they have some feathers you can probably feed her thawed out frozen corn and peas as long as they are not to big.
pop one in her mouth at a time and let her swallow it.
wait a little while to see if someone has any better advice.
i tube my wild babies, and i have no clue about this species sorry!
i'm sure she is fine for now, so stand by

[simoneg]

i dont know if this is working can you see the photo of the bird I have uploaded?IMG_4217.jpg

[spirit wings]

who's fur is that in the pic?

[moonshadow13]

What is that he is snuggled up against, a dog??