How to Save Robin Eggs If They Are Out of Their Nests
- 1). Place the eggs in a small box lined with paper towels or a T-shirt for safe keeping until you can find the nest. Do not handle the egg more than is necessary. Too much shaking will kill the chick inside.
- 2). Look for the robin's nest. The egg doesn't fall far from the nest so look directly up into a tree or to a nearby bush. Robin nests are typically on a lower limb of the tree or close to the ground in a bush and made mostly of grass or fine twigs.
- 3). Place the eggs back into the nest if the nest is within reach with a ladder. Then leave the area quickly so that the parents do not feel threatened and abandon the nest.
- 4). Take the eggs to a local wildlife rehabilitation center if you cannot find the nest. It is against federal law to keep the eggs without a proper permit, and the best chance the chicks will have is with those experienced with hatching and raising robins.
