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A baby cardinal is ready to fly 10-11 days after hatching. 2-4 young are usually hatched at a time. When fully grown, their body length will reach about 21 cm.
It takes usually 12 weeks for the babies to fledge and they stay another month. with the parents thereafter. I don't know who the guy who posted the first part of this answer is, but he's wrong.Of course, the exact answer is going to depend on the type of bird.But your average backyard/songbird will begin learning to fly in less than two weeks. I know this for sure because as I write this I am listening to the sound or a mother wren teaching her babies to fly. The nest is on my porch.hey'll look like, and fly nearly as well as, adults in another two weeks. The only birds that MIGHT take as long to fly as the above user claims would be very large birds of prey like eagles or owls. But I really don't think even they spend that much time in the nest.