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Baby birds in nest without Mother #334871
Asked June 21, 2016, 1:22 PM EDT
Delaware County Pennsylvania
Expert Response
The first thing you should do is determine if both parents are indeed no longer present at the nest. If the nestlings are still alive after several days, they may be getting food from another parent. If that is the case, they should be just fine.
Secondly, as hard as it may be, especially with the nest right at hand as it appears to be in your photo, abandoned nestlings and mortality are a part of life. We strongly advise against hand-raising abandoned baby birds. Not only is it extremely difficult and the mortality rate high, it is also illegal unless you have the proper state and federal licenses.
If you wish to persist in hand-raising these baby birds, I suggest you contact a local licensed wildlife rehabilitator who has been trained to care for sick, injured, and abandoned birds for more information or assistance.
The following information from Cornell University provides further information.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/attracting/challenges/orphaned/document_view
I hope this information proves useful to you and wish you the best of luck with your endeavors.