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| Question about Pets:My sister found an abandoned baby bird? |
Since you, your sister, and her friend have all made the decision to take the bird out of its natural environment (the wrong decision in most cases), you now need to do the responsible thing and contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitator. You can find one here: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/contact....
These people have the training and the resources to care for sick, injured and orphaned wild animals. They also have the proper permits.
In the US, it is illegal to keep most native wild species unless you have these permits. Also, if you do not have the proper training, you can do more harm than good. I like the way this website explains it: "First of all, there are federal and state laws that prohibit keeping wild birds. And there are so many important but subtle elements to raising a wild bird that the job is only legally entrusted to licensed rehabilitators. Many well-meaning people raise baby birds or rescue birds from cats or after accidents, and sometimes they don't realize that the bird in their care is suffering from a serious dietary deficiency. Some of the problems aren't apparent to untrained people, but can cause death, or make the bird less likely to evade predators or to survive harsh natural weather conditions."
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/robin/f...
Please do not just go to a website and get a recipe for bird formula. One formula does not fit the nutritional needs of all species of birds. The bird has the best chance to survive and return to the wild if cared for by a trained professional.
former volunteer - Avian Rehabilitation Center
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