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2008-07-28 dead baby bird: They don't mourn per se. Mourning is something that has only been demonstrated (or inferred) for higher mammals, like primates, dolphins and elephants. If a bird finds that it has no chick to feed, then...
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2008-07-05 Babies possibly in distress: I guess my answer could be arriving too late, but in these cases the fate of the birds is unavoidable unless you have professional staff tend to the birds full time, which is obviously unrealistic....
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2008-07-02 Behavior while Robins Nest: It is possible that they would have eventually given up on the nesting site if constant people traffic was right next to it. If they had finished it and laid eggs, it is possible that the would attack...
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2008-06-10 re cardinal: You could try finding stickers of birds of prey to put on the windows, just like the ones that are placed on transparent highway noise barriers. Also, there are some stickers that just resemble large owl...
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2008-06-06 Morning doves: I've never heard that any, of the more than 9000 living species of birds, are able to move altricial chicks from one spot to the other. The safest bet is that some predator snatched them, most probably...
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