I worked on a wildlife hotline for a while, so I can give you some advice.
First, since the bird can fly, it is considered to be a fledgling (has left the nest). Chances are the parents are still around looking for their baby. At this stage of the bird's life, he/she is a "teenager," still dependent on the parents, but yet wanting to be independent (like a human teen!).
My best advice is to take the bird to a wildlife rehabilitator, and they will know how to care for the bird. I've listed a link below that gives locations of rehabbers in various states.
Good luck and keep me posted on this little bird!
>>My cat was out hunting last night and was able to capture a wild dove baby. We didn't find it until this afternoon downstairs in our house. I took it outside and put it up on a tree limb but it just sat there for about 3 hours. It can fly short distances, but it still has its baby feathers so i'm not sure if it can even flly well yet. The cat didn't take away a lot of feathers or anything.
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>>Anyway, a bad storm was coming so I took it and put it in an old aquairum I had for a snake when it was younger, and gave it a bowl of water and one of bird seed and put it in my garage (it's warm enough in florida that there shouldn't be a problem, but not too hot yet.) Anyway should this be able to eat bird seed or do i need to feed it with a dropper?
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>>Thanks for any input,
>>Chris
How to locate a wildlife rehabilitator
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