{"id":12270,"date":"2024-02-29T10:10:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T16:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=12270"},"modified":"2024-02-26T20:54:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T02:54:14","slug":"western-kingbirds-lose-nest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/western-kingbirds-lose-nest\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Kingbirds Lose Nest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12272\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/western-kingbirds-paper-sh-20240227-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"three western kingbird nestlings stand on paper towel\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/western-kingbirds-paper-sh-20240227-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/western-kingbirds-paper-sh-20240227-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/western-kingbirds-paper-sh-20240227-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/western-kingbirds-paper-sh-20240227.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12276\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/western-kingbirds-carrier-sh-20240229-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"three western kingbird nestlings in carrier\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/western-kingbirds-carrier-sh-20240229-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/western-kingbirds-carrier-sh-20240229-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/western-kingbirds-carrier-sh-20240229-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/western-kingbirds-carrier-sh-20240229.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The following story about western kingbirds was shared with us by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandys-haven.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sandy\u2019s Haven<\/a> of Idaho.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A nest of three kingbirds were brought to Sandy\u2019s Haven when their home tree was removed. Their weights were 36 grams, 39 grams, and 38 grams (about 1.3 to 1.4 ounces) on intake.<\/p>\n<p>Staff at Sandy\u2019s Haven placed this group on a feeding regimen of <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-carnivore\/\">EmerAid Intensive Care Carnivore<\/a> according to instructions. Western kingbirds feed mainly on insects.<\/p>\n<p>Once the birds were self-feeding and ready to fly, they were transferred to another facility that had a flock of similarly aged juveniles to complete their rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>Transfer weights were as follows: 39 grams, 43 grams, and 41.6 grams (about 1.4 to 1.5 ounces).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Very young western kingbirds lost their nest to tree removal, so they were brought to Sandy&#8217;s Haven for care until they were self-feeding and ready to fly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":12276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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