Sparrow Rescue: Growth & Development Chart

This animal rescue film documents the growth and development of a House Sparrow from Day 1 of its life, to Day 92. Found helpless and alone in a flower pot, with no nest nearby, and no parent birds tending to it, this newly-hatched bird was calling for food for hours, and we finally had to intervene to save its life.
We named him Sammy the Sparrow, and this new video more clearly shows his development over the first 90 days of his life.
Photographed & Edited by Mike Franzman

[haileyanna]

My baby is 9 days today. I feed him every hour and he sleeps from 10pm to 8am thank GOD. I hope he lives so I can release him. I prefer raising dogs not birds but here I am.

[karenbenz]

Here in Australia, sparrows are considered pests. When I found a baby that I was unable to return to the nest, I rang around all over the place and they told me just to leave it and let it die. Thank goodness for videos like yours that give instructions. I raised a beautiful, healthy bird who is now in the wild and it was one of the most joyous experiences of my life! 🥰

[tracieswanson]

Love this! We have a common startling for 3 months now-pecked her way through the ceiling of 'this old house' now taught her to say PERFECT(Her name) and PRETTY BIRD! It was January and freezing cold here-now we gotta let her go-I will be crushed😢😢😡

[ehsanrafeek]

You guys wont believe me but i am watching this video with a 20 day baby sparrow in my lap rn.

[HelenaMikas]

You know what you are doing and that matters .Most do not but want to help and also think it's cute .It's a life and needs expert handling
Also the rehabbers I know never talk to them as they say it makes a bird more inclined to be dependent .Bets tip put baby back in a nest .Chances are mum is watching :)👍

[cassidylockheart]

hello my friend i found one in the street while going grocery. as i look on your pic i think its around 10 days. i bring it home. how do i properly feed it? theres no rehab here in my place.. thank u ♥️

[patbowman]

I have a nest and 4 baby birds in it. I don't know what kind of birds they are because I am new to this area and have never seen these birds before. My question is how long after they hatch do you think the babies will fly off and never come back to the nest? The nest is so cleverly designed. It is in a terracotta pot in my gardening shed, there it's safe from predators and the weather. I really need to get into the shed for my garden supplies. I haven't been in there since I discovered the nest. thank you for any help you can give me. 🐦💜

[lektur]

Saved a baby from my dog. Now I'm emotionally invested. I tried to put it back in the nest the other little ones came out and he couldn't get in...So...Called a rehabber but haven't heard back yet. I guess I'm keeping him if I don't get a call back. Or find one who'll take a sparrow. The birds family is outside so maybe he can still learn to bird 🤷‍♀️

[ItwasLucy]

I found a baby bird yesterday, i think it's 3 day old. Dad told to throw it away bc it'll just die anyway but i rathered raise it

[hightechh]

I rescued a baby sparrow about 2.5 months ago, but for the past 1 month, its growth is constant. It is of the same size as past month. I am worried a little bit as i dont know its normal or abnormal

[PigeonsPie]

I found a fledgling in a busy parking garage! sitting on the cement pathway. It could fly a little but not well. the mother might have been somewhere but that bird would have gotten run over so I took it home. I'm going to see if Petco has baby bird formula. I believe it will be with me for the next month. I have a large cage for it. It can perch. I have it in a nest that looks like an igloo and have Kleenex inside. I am feeding it Gerber Baby Meat, egg yolk, moistened dry cat food and bread. I am using a small TB Syringe, and tweezers. Fruit. Only had it 1-full day. Finally is opening it's mouth on it's own. I dusted it with diatomaceous earth for mites. I've never done this before so I am very worried that the bird should survive. I have it in a closed spare bedroom so it can practice flying. I needed to see your video here to get a feel for keeping this baby till it can be released.

[liansangkima]

Mine have a feather but not much in the neck i mashup egg, peanut and biscuit to feed it, ia the food im giving enough

[Nerazzurri]

"Return it to it's nest" = if it hops around by itself, leave it on the ground. the parents are around and will feed it.

[despinaheyer]

how did you understand it was he from the beginning?

[kirtipathak]

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[rukhsarjkhan]

Today is the 6th day of my baby sparrow his wings are black but not completely out like you showed it should be on day 6 so I'm a little worried about what i should feed and how many times a day

[melchiorlise]

My mom and I found a baby sparrow, I don't know anything about birds but I estimate it's age between 11 and 16 days. We've been taking care if it since yesterday but we don't know what to do with it, anyone has an idea ?
I read online that you had to put it back in the best but we found it in the middle of the road and there weren't any trees in the area, we don't know where it came from...

[thomsonx]

Picked up a sparrow yesterday that may be around 20 days old. He fainted and fell because of the high temperature at the time. He wouldn't take the initiative to eat. Now I can only force-feed liquid food with a syringe.

[dacat]

That sparrow had imprinted on humans .

It did not survive in the wild

Idiots 😢