Awww so beautiful ~ how very lucky you lexilu & catherinet to have spotted & photographed these treasures!!! I've only been fortunate to photograph close enough Cassanovas & Ms Speedy Gonzales but have never have seen a nest of eggs nor fledgeling jewels. Blest I thought I was, at the time to have observed an Ms Speedy tending to a very ill Cassanova (I thought was an infant) ~ at least I got to see how a lady RTH is truly caring & mothering even to another adult! Could he have been her mate, could I have been of more help ~ she didn't mind my helping out a bit?!!! (I posted in another thread) Again thank you for your pics ~ I hope you won't mind my sharing them!!!

Thank you. :-)I was hoping you would see the post soon. We did manage to get them all back in the nest. I did not observe any mites while I had the chicks waiting for DH to take apart the house. I was checking for ant bites too. One lil fella probably wll die soon as his side seemed bloated...maybe from injuring something as he fell. The birdhouse is for bluebirds and does have a slope that the chicks may have wiggled up on and then out the hole. Mom and Dad starling were there within 5 minutes feeding them again. At least one of them was. The other parent seems to have a heck of a time getting in that hole(it was designed to keep them out)and just sort of stands around looking helpless. I just hate seeing fallen chicks and since I read on a bird rescue site that the parents will usually accept the baby even if you have touched them, I now return them to their nests. So far I have had good luck observing parents returning to nests that I have returned their babies to. If it looks like I may need to handfeed any at some point I will let you know so you can help me. Don't know if I would be able to as I do work full time though. I didn't realize dogfood would be eaten by the baby starlings. I had to give my pet bird handfeeding "formula" from a syringe. Do the starling babies just eat solid foods like that right away? ~Heidi

Not really, but I found rehabber.

They don't always build their nests in the best places. I had a Carolina wren build a nest in an orchid pot and the weather suddenly became extremely hot. I had to move the orchid into the shade. Either this scared her off or she'd already seen her "mistake" and moved on because no eggs appeared. I agree you shouldn't interfere. If she built the nest in a bad place, well, it's called survival of the fittest. But they'll probably be fine. Babies' mouths are usually wide open.