Date: 4/12/25 8:53 am From: jerry Kruth <00000005ead0dac6-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Owelet outta the box! WHAT TO FEED IT???
Hi Scott, and thanks for the reply. "Wait until dark," does appear to be the timeline.
This evening I'm going to get a smaller ladder, and hope to perch the little thing on a tree limb near the nestbox where the parents can access.
Til then, we'll leave it closed in the powder room where it can move around but not bolt through the rest of the house. n.b. -- it had no intention of remaining cooped up in that closed (albeit briefly) box, so pushed its way out again, so why stress it!
Do you (or anyone) have any suggestions as to what to attempt to feed it until this evening?
We have Cesar dog treats for Maggie -- that has small bits of various meats in some jelled concoction. It's soft. We also thought of finely chopped lunch meat, or tuna?
Thoughts?
If you have any lengthy thoughts (or anyone), please feel free to phone: 412-491-6354.
Thanks for any and all suggestions.
I'll also add -- when you have nestboxes around, even if you live on an urban postage stamp, YOU TOO can still have interesting dramas with wildlife if you create the habitat (with feeders, and a water feature), and native plantings.
Jerry Kruth
Pgh
On Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 06:48:56 AM EDT, SCOTT WEIDENSAUL <scottweidensaul...> wrote:
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
