Dead baby birds....

[conuly]

A few days ago, I'm going to the store when I see a dead baby bird on the sidewalk. I don't know anything about baby birds, but this had to have been just hatched - or not even. No feathers, and the eyes looked shut. Not that I got too close.

I looked up, but I couldn't see a nest or anything. Couldn't hear a nest either, though that's not surprising. Eventually, I went on my way.

Today, around that same area, I find a dead baby bird. This one looked like it might have been a bit older - slightly. It couldn't've been the same one, anyway, because there's no way this dead baby bird was sitting on the ground in the street for several days. No trees nearby. No houses with overhanging eaves. What is going on here? Where did that bird come from?

I'm starting to get a little concerned. If it were that a cat or another bird had killed them, they'd be mauled, right? Eaten a bit? But the only thing eating the second bird was the ants, and nothing looked like it'd been on the first at all.

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[marveen.livejournal.com]

Dunno. (Logically, it might depend on the age of the hatchlings.)