Birding/baby robin eggs

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Expert: Bluebird Bob Walshaw - 5/4/2009


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HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!i have just found 5 robin eggs and no mother they were warm when i got them and i want to hatch them then let them them go but i dont have an Incubator  how can i hatch them someone please help!

Answer
This is impossible and even illegal in some states. Also if you were to somehow raise them they would bond to you and could never go back to the wild. Put them back where you found them, even if you have to make a nest in a little box, etc. If the mother does not come back destroy them. If the weather has been cold and wet the parents may have had to abandon them to save themselves in a food shortage. The female can lay many more eggs.

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Bluebird Bob Walshaw

Expertise

I can answer almost any question on Eastern Bluebirds and small cavity nesters such as Chickadees, Titmice, Wrens, etc. Also general questions on other songbirds. No pet bird questions please.

Experience

I have had a 100+ nestbox trail for more than 20 years, I do a lot of writing, public speaking and educational work in this field. My hands-on Bluebird talks include more than 1000 people each year.

Organizations
Oklahoma Bluebird Society, North American Bluebird Society, National Audubon Society, Oklahoma Audubon Society, Oklahoma Fur Bearers Alliance

Publications
Bluebird Magazine, Oklahoma Today, Fur-Fish-Game, Birds & Blooms, Nature Society News,Back Woodsman Magazine, Tulsa World, Broken Arrow ledger, Teaching Tolerance magazine,Trappers World, OK Hole Story, Birders World

Education/Credentials
Degree in Mechanical Engineering, an MBA, Graduate of the Home Study Course in Bird Biology from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Oklahoma Master Naturalist. I am also a pofessional speaker and writer.

Awards and Honors
Chosen as a public speaker for the North American Bluebird Society, Bluebird trail accepted as part of the Transcontinental Bluebird Trail, Chosen as a panel speaker at the 2006 NABS Convention.

Past/Present Clients
Many

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