One last important consideration to make when watching baby birds is to be aware that certain species nest on the ground. If you're certain that parent bird has disappeared for good and left a nest full of offspring, call the Wildlife Rescue Hot Line . And remember, bringing up birds is often a two-parent job. If the female parent has died, the male may continue where she left off, and vice versa. In the pinkie stage, the bird is newly hatched, pink in color, and completely without feathers.
Pin feathers begin to develop in the baby stage, along with soft down on the head and back.
The final stage before adulthood is the fledgling. The bird will be fully feathered and will begin to learn how to eat on its own, although it will still receive care from the parent birds. If you happen to find a fallen pinkie or baby bird, locate the nest and put the bird back. The parent birds will usually resume care for the hatchling once it's back in the nest. It's absolutely a myth that a parent bird will reject a baby if it is touched by human hands.