When to Save A Baby Bird (not always!)
Originally uploaded by Jane Ray’s Wildlife Rescue Series
Spring is sprung, the grass is riz.
Do you know where your kitty cat iz?
Hopefully nowhere near all the baby birds that are hatching right now! This is busy season at the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC, when over two thirds of their 3,000+ patients are admitted for rescue and rehabilitation. Many of them are baby animals.
The unfortunate thing is, too many well-meaning passers-by scoop up perfectly healthy nestlings and fledglings and bring them to the rescue centre without realizing that the baby was out of the nest for a reason, learning some very important bird thing, like hunting for food or flying, and that the parent was close by watching helplessly as their baby was taken away.
Click here to read an exciting near-rescue story and my latest Burnaby NOW column on how — and when — to rescue a baby bird!