This spring and early summer we have had many inquires from people who have found wild birds that are injured or appear to need assistance. Wanting to help they have found Birdingguide.com seeking advice. Check our homepage and look for the injured bird column for advice and for the location of the nearest Audubon chapter or other birding groups in your area that can provide assistance. It is important to remember that many young birds spend several days on the ground after leaving the nest. They are learning to fly and have not been abandoned by their parents. The only help such birds need from humans is to keep house cats indoors until the young birds can fly. Other birds have been injured by flying into reflective glass windows, by cat attacks or being hit by cars. Check the birding group contacts on our web page for advice or us by email for contacts for wildlife care centers.
Wildlife care centers can always use your donations of money to provide for the food, medical and housing needs of these birds. Community voulnteers who can provide time are also needed. Some birds, of course, will never be able to be released back into the wild and the care centers need help in providing permanent housing for them. Here in Portland Julio, the Great Horned Owl, had his nest tree cut down and he never learned how to be an owl. The Audubon Society of Portland provides for his care as an educational bird for the public along with other non-releasable educational birds: Finnegan, the Peregrine Falcon; Syd, the Red-tailed Hawk and Hazel, the Northern Spotted Owl.
Check your local area for wildlife care and rehabilitation centers that you can contribute your money or volunteer time and help.
