Those birds above my front door apparently had a second.... Litter? Flock? Anyway they had 4 more babies and they just started flying last week.
Saturday, one of them flew into the house and immediately up to the little Dormer window above the front door. Wouldn't come back down to go out the door. I had to get the ladder and get him down. It was easier than I expected - no fight or trying to escape, and it immediately flew off with its siblings when I opened my hand outside. That night all 4 were back in the nest like normal.
Tonight, one of them got one leg tangled in the fluff and stuff they built into the nest, and couldn't get out of the nest. At one point he was hanging by his leg. I got up there and ripped the lining out of the nest so I could try to free him but it was seriously tangled up:
I brought him and the piece of nest into the garage so I could have a workbench and better light. My daughter and I spent almost 30 minutes trying to untangle and cut off as much of the fluff as possible, leaving a piece smaller than a pea. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure several of his toes/claws are permanently broken, maybe his foot and ankle too.
Surprisingly the bird stayed pretty calm through the whole thing, and didn't put up much of a fight. Does this look like the face of a bird that's grateful for what we just did?
I put the bird back in the nest and it sat there for a second getting its bearings, then flew right at my head and then out into the yard and across the street. Like I said, his foot is probably permanently messed up, but at least he's not hanging there starving to death.
Edit: yes the bird looks small in my glove, but he's the same size as his parents and is already flying. Plus the gloves are kinda bulky with padding, and I had a very loose grip on him - just enough to keep him from opening his wings and pushing out of my hand.