Bluebirds fledge (leave the nest) after 16-21 days. We watch the nest closely because we don't want to miss the big event, but one day we went out for the day and came home to an empty nest! (A lot like when your teenagers go to college.) After that we sometimes catch sight ...
First-timebird parents will sometimes kill their babies because they simply don't know what to do. This can happen with domestic pet birds that have been hand-fed or raised away from parents of their own. When the conditions of the nest change, new parent birds may become overly anxious, ...