Another Baby Peewee

[farseeker]

Found another baby peewee today, this time in the garden.

It's in good feather and looks pretty healthy - perching, tail feathers are about half the length they will be when they finish coming in. It can get about thirty centimetres off the ground and maintain that for a few metres with flight, but isn't able to fully fly yet.

We've got it sitting on a cage we've hung off a tree to see if the parents (which are hanging around) will come and help it at the moment and are watching for predators.

I've called wildlife rescue but the only person who can take it is out at Slade point, which is about ten kilometres away and we're not sure about moving it that far considering that the parents are still around and obviously worried.

Any suggestions on what to do? Obviously if we don't see the parents feeding it we'll take it out to the carer, but I don't want to remove it from them when they're hanging around and obviously concerned about it...

[vankarhi]

How is the baby going and did you give it to the carers.

[silvercloud]

Just what I was gonna ask Trace.

[farseeker]

The parents settled in a tree so we rigged up a platform in it and popped the bub on it with some water - it had climbed higher within an hour or so and set itself up on a branch. The parents came and fed it regularly until a couple of days ago, when it was no longer to be found anywhere in the area - neither are the parents. Since they were feeding it and hanging around to watch over it we're pretty sure it's since figured out how to fly and headed off with them.

[silvercloud]

Yep, that's prolly what happened. You'd be surprised how many baby birds manage to survive after 'falling' out of the nest. Usually when they're on the ground it's cos they're learning to fly. Unfortunately the parents don't always show themselves even if they're around and the little one is seen as being abandoned when it isn't. It's always best to observe for a while like you did.

[vankarhi]

that is good news ;D