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How do I hatch a wild bird egg?
I found a little light blue egg. I made a temporary nest out of:
Cotton
Twigs
Kleenex
I am putting it under a lamp, not a heating lamp, but a regular lamp, and I don't know what else to do! I mean, help?
What else can I use to help it hatch. I am not buying an incubator because I don't have money for it.
If you have any advice, experience, ANYTHING! That would REALLY help!
"How do I hatch a wild bird egg?"
Illegally.
In the US, all native migratory birds are protected under federal law (Migratory Bird Treaty Act). It is illegal for anyone to possess a protected bird, its nest, its eggs or even its feathers unless they have the required federal and state licenses. It is also illegal to disturb an active nest. Penalties for violating this law include fines of up to $500 and/or up to 6 months in jail for each offense.
What you must do now is put the egg back where you found it. If you can not find the nest it fell from and put it back there, put it back on the ground (there are ground nesting birds,a dn the egg may have been laid by one).
If you can not do that, you must contact the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Migratory Bird Management. They will either take the eggs or put you in touch with someone who is licensed to have the eggs, so you can surrender the eggs to them. Their local contact information can be found in your local phone book, or on the internet.
The reason you took the egg does not even matter. It doesn't matter that you did not mean to break the law: "A type of question that we commonly get involves well meaning people who want to rescue young or injured birds, secure feathers for artwork, or salvage eggs or nests for various purposes.
Anyone desiring to possess migratory birds or their parts or products should be aware that all of these are covered under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16U.S.C. 703-712), which implements a series of international treaties designed to protect migratory birds.
Some key provisions of the Act are worth keeping in mind:
Wording of the Act makes it very clear that most actions that result in "taking" or possession of a protected species or its parts or products is a violation of the Act. Specifically, the Act states:
"Unless and except as permitted by regulations, …it shall be unlawful at any time, by any means, or in any manner…to pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill, …possess, offer for sale, sell, …purchase, import…any migratory bird, any part, nest, or eggs of any such bird…"
It is a "strict-liability" law, meaning that there is no requirement for law enforcement agencies to prove "intent" to violate the law. That is, if you are found in possession of a protected species or its parts or products, you are automatically in violation of the law.
The provisions of the Act are nearly absolute; "...except as permitted by regulations ..." is the only exception. Some examples of permitted activities that do not violate the law are legal hunting of specific game birds, legitimate research activities, display in licensed zoological gardens, and bird banding under an appropriate permit.
The Act covers the great majority (83%) of all native birds found in the U.S. Many of the species not covered by the Act are covered by the Endangered Species Act , other Federal laws, or state laws, many of which are as stringent as the Migratory Bird Treaty Act . In the lower 48 states, all species except the house sparrow, feral pigeon, common starling, and non-migratory game birds like pheasants, gray partridge, and sage grouse, are protected.
Penalties upon conviction can be severe. Even if a sympathetic jury finds that you meant no harm in trying to rear an abandoned nestling or in picking a hawk feather, legal defense costs are clearly not worth the risk.
In summary: your best approach is to take a hands off approach...look but don't collect." http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/about/faqs/birds/feathers.htm
Edit - Someone commented : "Most likely you have an egg from an American Robin... and yes it is protected... but lets be honest here, if you are able to raise it and get it back to flying I think the odds of the FBI knocking on your door are less than the odds of being hit by a meteor."
You're right - the FBI won't come. In all probablility, the US Fish & Wildlife Service won't come, although when I was a volunteer for Avian Rehbilitation center, the US Fish & Wildlife Service brought us a number of birds that they had confiscated from private individuals that were attempting to raise them without licenses. But, the point is - whether they come knocing on the door or not, it is still illegal and it is illegal for good reasons.
If the egg hatches, then what do you do with the baby?
Feed it? Feed it what? When? How? How often?
And if it survives your attempts to feed it, then what? Just let it go?
All baby birds learn to recognize and find their own food by watching their parents. When a bird is raised in captivity, you do not just stop feeding it and let it go free - it will starve. A licensed rehabilitator will weigh the bird and assess its condition regularly. They will provide a flight cage for the bird, so it can exercise its wings and learn how to fly. They have a procedure for conditioning a bird to recognize and find its own food, so it can survive in the wild. There is also, depending on the species and the condition of the individual bird, an optimum time of the year, and time of the day, that it should be released, and a particular environment into which it should be released. You learn all this when you study to get your rehabber's license. This is why no untrained, unlicensed person should ever attempt to care for a sick, injured or orphaned wild bird - there is so much more to it than just "what do I feed it?"
Birds that have been "rescued" and raised by untrained, unlicensed persons are 75% less likely to survive their captive care, and 90% less likely to survive their first month after release compared to birds that get the proper diet and care from a trained, licensed individual.
That is one reason why the federal government requires that all persons who wish to care for native wild birds be licensed. That is one reason why the federal government declared it illegal to have the egg of any native wild bird unless you have been trained and licensed to care for it properly.
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