Date: 4/12/25 3:49 am From: SCOTT WEIDENSAUL <000001343b2dd726-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Owelet outta the box! WHAT TO DO!???
Jerry,
Like any fledgling, if as you say it appears old enough to be moving on its own, I would wait until dark and put it near the nestbox in thick cover. It will vocalize and the adults will find it. This all sounds perfectly normal to me.
Scott Weidensaul
Milton, NH (formerly Schuylkill Co.)
> On Apr 11, 2025, at 10:59 PM, jerry Kruth <00000005ead0dac6-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>
> Does anybody have any advice?
> Well, we sure have Screechie making little ones. One of our neighbors found a little one on the street under the nest box this evening. We scooped it up to keep it safe from prowling varmints and have it closed up in a cardboard box with some soft cloth and a cup of water for the night.
> What should we do in the morning?
> I lent out my ext ladder last week and can't put it back up in the nestbox. It look like it is perhaps mature enough it's trying to move around on its own.
> Do I put it back on a tree branch? It's parents must be nearby I presume?
> Anybody?
> Thank you,
> Jerry Kruth
> Pgh
