Baby Falls Out of Nest – Chapter 3.

Next nest box trial.

The baby Pardalote had fallen from the tissue box ‘nest box’ and was now back on 
the floor.

The parents retreated to the ledge high above the clerestory windows and were watching silently, unable to get the little almost-fledgling to fly back up to the nest hole with its immature wings.

They brought in food for the other babies, but the stray was missing out.

I figured the hole in the box was too low, so blocked up the bottom half with some cardboard and tried again.

The parents continued to show interest in the box (I had cut a hole in the top this time so they could see inside).

However, they kept on feeding the other babies in the nest hole, so I left them alone for a bit to see if they would respond to the stray calling from the nest box.

When I returned, the baby had climbed out again and was back on the floor.

The parents were hovering around again, concerned about the fallen baby, but perching on the small table and not going down to the baby on the floor.