It looks like a “brancher” where it is big enough to leave the nest and do some hops, but it can’t fly to really hunt anything. It still doesn’t have flight feathers, as you can see it still looks fuzzy instead of feathered like this older one:
Even the one in this picture can’t really fly. The one is the OP can’t do anything like climb back up into the tree to keep itself safe like the one in my photo likely could, that’s why placing it back up there is helpful.
It still needs its parents to provide food and safety. Even after it can fly and hunt, the parents will still keep an eye on it for a few months and basically prep it for winter and then it will finally go off and find a new home.
Aren’t fledglings supposed to leave the nest?
It looks like a “brancher” where it is big enough to leave the nest and do some hops, but it can’t fly to really hunt anything. It still doesn’t have flight feathers, as you can see it still looks fuzzy instead of feathered like this older one:
Even the one in this picture can’t really fly. The one is the OP can’t do anything like climb back up into the tree to keep itself safe like the one in my photo likely could, that’s why placing it back up there is helpful.
It still needs its parents to provide food and safety. Even after it can fly and hunt, the parents will still keep an eye on it for a few months and basically prep it for winter and then it will finally go off and find a new home.
I think that depends on the bird, no? I know robins are supposed to learn to forage before they fly but I’m not sure about birds of prey