Today I went out on my front porch, where way up by the rafters, swallows have made their mud nest. Anyhow, one tiny baby had fallen out and down 10 feet onto the concrete... and was still alive! I picked it up, took some pictures, then got my ladder and standing on the top (something you aren't supposed to do) I put it back into it's nest. Now could be, I shouldn't have. Sometimes mama birds scoot out sick babies, or babies that will not survive because of physical limitations. But I couldn't just hold onto it until it died, that felt too inhumane. So what would you have done?
