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| Subject | Date Asked |
| dimond doves | 6/23/2011 |
| Q: if a young dove looses its tail feathers will they grow back and how long will it take, the bird was ... A: I had no idea, so I googled it an there's ton of related posts. Here's one answer I found: "Yes ... | |
| care and human feeding of hatchling cardinal | 6/2/2011 |
| Q: Mom and dad cardinal seem to be ignoring rescued baby today (feeding in past few days...since the ... A: Well, if the parents continued to tend to them after you handled them, that is no longer the issue ... | |
| Mourning Dove abandoning babes | 5/23/2011 |
| Q: I have some mourning doves that keep nesting on top of my garage door opener. We've tried to stop ... A: If the device is on the inside of a garage, then move them, because if you don't then will you leave ... | |
| Baby bluebird | 5/20/2011 |
| Q: We have been caring for an Eastern baby bluebird almost since it was hatched 6 wks ago. [The other ... A: That is an amazing accomplishment, definitely! Having cared for a chick like that is something that ... | |
| a robins nest and when they lay eggs | 4/27/2011 |
| Q: is it ok to relocate a robins nest without eggs in it if you think it is in a bothersome place for ... A: If you remove the nest the birds will probably start rebuilding it in the same place again (it is my ... | |
| Birds of Haiti | 2/23/2011 |
| Q: Could you expound on the impact the recent devastating earthquake in Haiti had on the bird ... A: Bird populations were not naturally affected by the quake, but the effect it had on humans did and ... | |
| Do owls cross breed? | 6/3/2010 |
| Q: I always wondered what a great grey/ great horned mix would look like, but I don't think owls cross ... A: I am not familiar with the case that you're stating, but there are lots of hybrids in the bird ... | |
| Robin | 3/21/2010 |
| Q: Do Robins have a belly full of eggs that they lay all at one time or do they just produce one egg a ... A: Most of the smaller birds don't have their eggs develop all at the same time inside the reproductive ... | |
| Motherless eggs in nest | 6/1/2009 |
| Q: A bird has made a nest in our newspaper box, and there are 5 blue eggs in it. Today I found a dead ... A: The only birds that I know that may brood un-related eggs are those which are either tricked into it ... | |
| Fledging? | 5/28/2009 |
| Q: A few weeks ago, I noticed a nest in a fern, then eggs, then baby birds (small). The birds have been ... A: Birds normally can't lay several eggs at the same time, so there is usually also a difference in ... | |
| Eastern Bluebirds | 5/15/2009 |
| Q: I have been feeding birds for several years and have a birdhouse for the Eastern Bluebirds. They ... A: I don't exactly know what the size difference between the two is, but if the bluebird is smaller ... | |
| Robin's Nest | 5/11/2009 |
| Q: I recently discovered a Robin's nest on one of my fences under the eave of my house. The first time ... A: Dave, I think you should stop disturbing the nest and hope for the best. It is possible that the ... | |
| Bird Nest on Porch | 5/10/2009 |
| Q: The same birds are building nests on my porch year after year. I cannot destroy the nest and scare ... A: These are almost unequivocally swallows. Swallows are considered very beneficial birds, because ... | |
| robin nesting | 5/8/2009 |
| Q: I have some robins "taking over" my deck. I am assuming that they are thinking of building their ... A: Well, the only practical way is to not alter your activities, so they´ll always feel harassed on the ... | |
| what kind of bird is this? | 5/5/2009 |
| Q: I snapped a picture of what my mom thought was a wood stork, but its beak is bent like an ibis... I ... A: Ok, this one made me go back to the field guides. It turns out that both the white and the scarlet ... | |
| Goose Eggs | 4/24/2009 |
| Q: I purchased Pilgrim goose eggs to hatch in my incubator. During the past few weeks the power has ... A: Bird rearing is totally out of my expertise, buy you can not close the egg back. I think you should ... | |
| birds | 10/15/2008 |
| Q: Why does it seem like birds roosting on power lines face the same way? A: I really wouldn't know, but I assume it's one of the following: - The birds land in the same ... | |
| dead baby bird | 7/28/2008 |
| Q: I found a dead baby cardinal (crashed into my window) ouch! It tears me up inside. We picked it up ... A: They don't mourn per se. Mourning is something that has only been demonstrated (or inferred) for ... | |
| Babies possibly in distress | 7/5/2008 |
| Q: Today is Saturday at 3:00 p.m. Early Thursday evening I went out to watch the "feeding" of the baby ... A: I guess my answer could be arriving too late, but in these cases the fate of the birds is ... | |
| Behavior while Robins Nest | 7/2/2008 |
| Q: I looked outside my side door of my home and right next to my door on the light fixture, the Robins ... A: It is possible that they would have eventually given up on the nesting site if constant people ... | |
| re cardinal | 6/10/2008 |
| Q: We have a problem every morning about am. Red cardinal is attacking the window in one room and then ... A: You could try finding stickers of birds of prey to put on the windows, just like the ones that are ... | |
| Morning doves | 6/6/2008 |
| Q: We had a pair of morning doves nesting on our front porch right next to our main door. They nested ... A: I've never heard that any, of the more than 9000 living species of birds, are able to move altricial ... | |
| Baby Sparrows | 6/5/2008 |
| Q: I believe a family of house sparrows is living in a section of siding on a house that I am to do ... A: Two weeks at the most. Nonetheless, even though I'm a bird lover, I particularly despise house ... | |
| owls | 5/15/2008 |
| Q: do they blink? A: Yes they do, and doubly so: they have eye-lids like humans do, but below these, they have another, ... | |
| Blue Bird Eggs | 4/28/2008 |
| Q: Well there is a nest above my moms AC and i looked in the nest and saw blue eggs and i didn't touch ... A: Your only shot at this is to maybe put them in an incubator. There are many places on the Internet ... | |
| common loon devouring mallard chicks | 8/25/2007 |
| Q: Two times this summer I've observed a common loon stalking, then chasing a mother mallard with her ... A: I have never heard of this before, so it is quite interesting. Probably a lack of fish in those ... | |
| morning doves | 7/11/2007 |
| Q: I have a pair of morning doves that nest in a planter every year on our veranda. this year one of ... A: There is not much you can do. This bird was probably born handicapped or suffered some illness as a ... | |
| Sparrow with broken leg | 7/10/2007 |
| Q: I rescued a sparrow from outside my apartment yesterday which seemed to be fledgling.It looks like ... A: I also live in Spain, but I know of no exact info to give you, except that you could call (or have ... | |
| Baby bird that died | 7/7/2007 |
| Q: I live in an English Tudor house that has feddors by the roof edge. Now I see that there are a ... A: It is possible, though quite hard, to raise these chicks by hand. The mother was quite possibly ... | |
| Baby Robin | 7/1/2007 |
| Q: Yesterday, as I stood in my yard a baby robin dropped from a tree. There is a robins nest in the ... A: Unlike humans, most animals will only eat as much as their body needs. The diet you're feeding him ... | |
| I too have a chichihua | 6/21/2007 |
| Q: I too have a chichihua, deer, and am worried about the hawks that are nesting in the tree to my next ... A: Well, it depends on which type of hawk it is. Anything the size of a red-tailed hawk will be a sure ... | |
| finch nest abandoned | 6/7/2007 |
| Q: we recently found a nest in a wreath on our door. we moved the wreath to a window next to the door ... A: Avoid any more harassment to the bird or it's nest for at least 3 weeks. It is possible that the ... | |
| robins nests | 5/25/2007 |
| Q: Do mother robins have to stay on eggs after she haves them? A: All bird eggs need brooding, with only one exception: The Megapodius birds of Australia and insular ... | |
| baby bird fell from tree | 5/23/2007 |
| Q: We do not know what type of baby chick it is. It fell from it's nest during high winds. Don't know ... A: Survival of the chick is not guaranteed but if there is no way to place it back on it's nest, then ... | |
| Bird Nest | 9/9/2006 |
| Q: I live in Los Angeles,Ca. and today I had a termite inspection of my house. The inspector called my ... A: Sorry, nests are not my expertise, much less so in the West Coast, but I have a feeling this is not ... | |
| Hummingbirds | 9/7/2006 |
| Q: I live in Kentucky and we feed about 20 hummingbirds.What a job keeping the feeders full but what an ... A: I'm sorry, but I am not familiarized with hummingbird migration in North America. The only thing I ... | |
| wild injured bird | 7/21/2006 |
| Q: i hope someone can help me, i found a bird about 36hrs ago sitting in the middle of the road ... A: You're saying that this bird still has baby feathers. If this is the case then there isn't much to ... | |
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Miguel Rodriguez
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Expertise
Long time enthusiast of birding, specifically of the birds of the island of HISPANIOLA (Dominican Republic and Haiti) in the CARIBBEAN. Also, some knowledge of CARIBBEAN FAUNA IN GENERAL. I also have a limited knowledge of birds of Eastern North America. I am NOT A VETERINARIAN NOR A BIRD BREEDER so can not give any information regarding bird diet, nesting habits, chick raising, etc.
Experience
Amateur ornithologist since 1992.
Organizations
Founding member of the Hispaniolan Ornithological Society.
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