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Too Many Dead Baby Birds

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I was out walking my two dogs this afternoon… and saw a weird lump on the sidewalk. As we got closer, my eyes and brain puzzled the lump into a shape. It was a dead baby bird. A few feet away, there was another sad little lump that turned out to be a baby bird. I looked in the landscaping nearby to see if I could find a nest, but I couldn’t. But we do have a LOT of cats roaming around the complex, both indoor/outdoor cats and feral cats. I fear that the baby birds (and the entire nest) … Continue reading →

Wild Baby Animals

So… you’ve found a wild animal that you think needs rescuing. Maybe there are no parents to be seen, and the baby is orphaned. Maybe it is injured, and needs help from a wildlife rehabilitator. But what if it isn’t a baby? Here are some tips to help you identify baby birds, mammals, and reptiles that you may encounter. Baby birds are not completely feathered. Baby birds are also wobbly when on the ground. If you find a bird on the ground who is completely feathered, it is probably a fledgling. Check the tail — no tail is probably a … Continue reading →