Feeding baby nighthawk

One of many feedings today (December 4, 2006)at the Panamerican Conservation Association in Panama. www.panamericancon.org.
This little guy was found by a concerned citizen who thought that it had been abandoned by its parents when actually, they were most likely nearby, hunting insects to feed the little guy. This is a common mistake caring people make when they see what appears to be a helpless baby bird. Usually it's best to leave them alone and let the parents care for them. www.panamerican.org

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• birds
• nighthawk
• rescue
• tropics
• rainforest

[PantheraAtrox]

Cute, I want it. :D

[Krintok]

I just found one of these baby nighthawks by my mother's garage this morning, I thought It was near dead but when I got back from school, It was still alive.

So we took it to the zoo. It also had a broken wing. =( I'm glad My mother and I were able to get it to a rehabilitation center in time. They're so cute!

[1MPALASS]

i had one not a baby for sure he was lying in my backyard

used to feed him yogurt :) after 3 months he flies away

[Acid7Ibanez]

Do they eat insects in the wild?

[MontezumaIII]

Nighthawks aren't hawks, they're members pf the Caprimulgidae family, they're nightjars, a very unique kind of birds.

[MontezumaIII]

It's ILLEGAL to own nighthawks, they're wild animals, you do know that right?

If it was an abandoned fledgling in need of help, then you need to take it to a nature center nearby.

If you have a wildlife rehabilitation license, or there isn't a nature center that's very nearby, then you can take care of it until you find a suitable place to release it. Make sure it can survive in the wild before you release it.

Until then, feed it small insects, like what she was doing.

[originalrecoil]

cute! I live in downtown Montreal and I kept hearing strange bird calls circling above my aprtment late at night. I finally spotted it and it turned out to be a Nighthawk. there are a bunch of them nesting on top of the buildings right here

great work you are doing!

[palsaradise]

i don't know who's cuter, the bird or you feeding the bird.

SL

[carlos7771990]

haha...how cute

[pinkmints]

It was a hawk...