We have found and adopted a baby house sparrow.

Just the other day while I was walking, I noticed a very small bird in the middle of the road. I watched him hop as cars flew by.  I walked to the edge of the road and watched the baby sparrow. He hopped towards the middle of the road just as a car was coming. I closed my eyes not wanting to see the baby get hit by the car. I felt the wind of the car as it passed. I looked into the road and saw no bird. I looked down at my feet and there it was. It managed to hop across a busy highway and end up at my feet. I reached down and picked it up and brought it home.

UPDATE : We took this baby house sparrow to a bird rehabilitation center where we ended up working as volunteers for a while. I have received lots of questions on what to feed baby birds, we used this formula at the bird rehabilitation center.

Kaytee Handfeeding Formula – EXACT HAND FEEDING FORMULA 18 OZ.

My son loves birds and when he saw this little one he asked if we could keep it and I said I think we have to until it can feed on it’s own.  So we now have what I believe to be a baby house sparrow.

I searched the web for tips on feeding a baby sparrow and came up with this site that has loads of helpful tips and recipes. http://www.starlingtalk.com/babycare.htm

We have had the bird now for four days and my son feeds it whenever it asks. The baby sparrow has really taken to him and will only feed for him.  As soon as the baby sparrow sees my son it stands tall, chirps loudly and opens it mouth wide. My son is happy to oblige and feeds the little sparrow. He has named the bird ” Tweety.”

I will post updates as he grows and hopefully in the near future we can set the baby sparrow free!