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Originally Posted by tkrik
Maybe Bird Support?
I always thought that if you touched them, the parents would reject them. Is that true or was that some story one of my brothers told me to stop me from bring home baby animals?
I guess since Papa made an attempt, that is a good sign Twink.
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That's not true. The myth started most likely because if the parents are in the nest when you try to put the chicks back in, they will attack your hand - they will peck anything that comes into the nest, and they may hit the chick.
Someone probably mistook that for the parents attacking the chicks.
Birds can not smell any better than humans can, so they will not smell it if we touch their babies any more than we'd smell it if somebody held our baby.
I've re-nested my share of sparrows, robins, black birds etc. Never had mom or dad pitch them back out lol.
I wouldn't try it with a blue jay without safety gear though.
