R.I.P. Little One

Yesterday, as we were finishing up our day's work at a job site, we noticed a baby bird underneath our trailer. Upon noticing the huge tree overhanging the trailer we could only assume it had fallen from a nest way above. It was chirping but very much frightened and probably hurt. We placed it in some leaves with the hope that the parents would be able to find it and maybe bring food. (It should be pointed out that I am not well educated when it comes to feeding and caring for baby birds but we felt it was the best we could do in the moment.)
This morning I arrived alone at the site to find the little one still chirping and I wondered if its parents had found it during the night. I've heard that once humans become involved with certain bird species that the baby is then rejected and I certainly hoped that wasn't the case for this poor thing. I went about my work eventually but as the morning wore on, I noticed the chirping was becoming more erratic. I decided to take an early lunch with the hope that perhaps a bit of water might be of help for the bird. I tried to get it to eat some small bits of bread from my sandwich but it was either too confused or scared to eat. After repeated (but gentle) attempts to get the bird to eat, I grew increasingly nervous and felt very helpless. I decided to re-locate it to a safe shady area where it might find tiny insects in the dirt and maybe, just maybe be able to eat something. I didn't want to give up but my job demanded attention so I returned to working. A couple of hours passed and I then realized I hadn't heard the chirping in awhile. I quickly returned to the bird but what I found broke my heart. The baby bird had died. I knelt beside it feeling horrible that I couldn't save it. It may seem silly to some but I cried. I hate to see animals suffer and when I thought about how scared and hungry this poor little bird must have been...

I know that there's only so much a person can do and even though I didn't cause it to fall out of the nest I wonder if I could have gone farther in my attempts. Would it have made a difference? Maybe, maybe not but nevertheless I feel sad. I also feel sad for the parents who lost their baby. I wish I could have brought him/her home.