What to do when you spot a baby bird on the ground – CROW
It's baby bird season and CROW has been inundated with calls about baby birds that have fallen out of their nests.
WITH baby season in full swing, the Centre for Rehabilitation of Wildlife’s (CROW) baby bird room is full of chirps at the moment.
CROW’s operations director, Clint Halkett-Siddall said the organisation has received numerous calls about baby birds that have fallen out of their nests.
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“If you can see no visible injuries, the ideal situation is to put the bird back in its nest. We really don’t want to break up the family,” said Halkett-Siddall.
However, there will be times when the nest is too high to reach or the bird is injured. The next best step is to take the feathered patient to CROW.
“Birds have different diets and it’s hard to identify which bird species they belong to if they are just tiny blobs. We have very experienced nurses who are able to tell them apart and will give them the correct, specialised diet,” he said.
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Halkett-Siddall appealed to the public to rather not feed the birds, especially not Pronutro, milk, egg or bread.
“Rather bring them in and we will feed them their correct diet.”
He added that when transporting the patient, it’s important to keep them in a warm, dark box and keep noise levels to a minimum.
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