I rescued 4 baby house finches from my front porch b/c I hadnt seen the mom around the nest in days....?

they had a nest on top of my wind chim and the mom had been flying back and forth constantly, then I didnt see her for a couple days and the babys were looking dehydrated its been in the 90%26#039;s here, and they wernt making any noise, so I got worried and my mom talked me into saving them so I have 4 baby finches in a bird cage- they have all their feathers and can fly just not well their feathers need to grow out more so they have control of their flight. I took them outside today (put the cage on the porch) while I was watering my flowers, 2 adult finches came down and were looking in the cage and landed on the cage now I am thinking those might be the parents and I have had them for 2 full days I dont know weather I should put the nest back up and put the birds in there or if its too late and I need to keep them I heard it was a myth that the mama bird will reject the babies after human touch but I dont know - and since I pulled the nest down with them - will the parents go back to it

I rescued 4 baby house finches from my front porch b/c I hadnt seen the mom around the nest in days....?
Put them back where they were the parents will not reject them because of your scent birds have a very poor sense of smell. The parents coming to them proves they will not reject them. It also shows they were not abandoned which is why you should not assume the parents are not around just because you haven%26#039;t seen them
Reply:Yes, they should go back to the nest if you place the nest near the same location with the babies in it.
Reply:Put these birds back immediately..you should have never removed them from the nest in the first place..you actually did more harm than good and you broke the law. If you took the nest down..you can get a basket with a handle and put the chicks in it with some soft warm %26quot;nesting%26quot; material and hang the basket up so it is in the same location as the original nest. The parents should come back to feed them You are right, it IS a myth about parents abandoning babies due to them being touched..birds have a poorly developed sense of smell and will not abandon due to this. Please..put the birds back..you are not equipped to raise them as you would not be able to teach them how to forage/survive in the wild..the parents WILL. In the future..do not interfere with wild birds nests.



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