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Re(1): Scary squirrel Posted on June 20, 2020 at 03:51:32 PM by Barbara Taylor
Squirrels are opportunistic feeders, so a baby bird on the ground would be seen as an easy nutritional meal. I've seen Red Squirrels and Chipmunks raid bird nests, but so far haven't noticed any Gray Squirrels doing that. If the parent Robins can see or hear their young calling, they should still bring food, even if the baby bird is on the ground. They wouldn't be able to drive off a hungry squirrel though. I don't think there was much more you could have done - that's just part of nature. But getting one of the young birds back into the nest probably gives it a better chance of survival. Sometimes fledglings "crash land" and end up on the ground. I used to pick them up and perch them in a shrub or evergreen so they were a bit less vulnerable, but who knows if it actually helped. Now I just let them be. With Merlins, Cooper's Hawks, and marauding Crows and Blue Jays in our neighbourhood, squirrels might be the least of their worries. ;)
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