Anyone Know Who Helps Injured Birds?

by Floyd | Nature | 2332 Views

I found a bird this AM that might have an injured wing. I doesn’t try to move away when I approach it on my deck.

It seems to be a mature bird but on the smaller side. It is yellowish-green on top and white on the belly. The edges of the wing have a black and white pattern and it has a rather pointy beak.

It was breathing heavily I think (though maybe not?).

So my question is: Does anyone treat and try to rehabilitate injured or sick birds?
thanks

Comments | 6

  • Submitted by cgrotke on June 17, 2015 at 8:28 am

    A possibility...

    I put this out to our over 1,000 twitter followers, (helping birds is a good reason to tweet) and got this:

    “@ibrattleboro VINS has a Wild Bird Rehab Center bit.ly/1N2ACki @VINS_Tweets ”

    Which takes you to this site:

    http://www.vinsweb.org/index.php/rehab-a-release/wildlife-rehabilitation

  • Submitted by richholschuh on June 17, 2015 at 9:03 am

    Thanks and good luck

    Thank you Chris – didn’t have time to log in here at that moment, so glad the tweet did the trick. I hope things work out! Sounds like a warbler of some sort or maybe a vireo?

  • Submitted by SK-B on June 17, 2015 at 3:13 pm

    Fred Homer

    Helps birds. He is in Williamsville.

    802 348-7589

    • Submitted by Floyd on June 17, 2015 at 4:40 pm

      bird doing better

      Thanks for the replies with good ideas.

      I guess the little guy/gal really needed a few hours of rest and/or a poop. When I came back from my errands with my gloves prepared to check the bird out more thoroughly it flew off leaving a little white splotch behind.

      I wonder if it might have eaten something that left it ill for a while?

      • Submitted by Will Stomp on June 17, 2015 at 7:33 pm

        Better Bird

        It might’ve also flown into a window and been stunned,
        or the victim of the recent bout of mass avian hypnotism.

        • Submitted by rootrunner on June 19, 2015 at 3:39 am

          Try

          …Bonnvale Environmental Center up Bonnyvale Rd. West Brattleboro,(Patty Smith) or the Natural History Museum up rt. 9 in Marlboro who do rehabilitate injured birds often time with successful outcomes to eventually be reintroduce back into the wild, unless they are overwhelmed with patients right now, Not sure if local vets handle this kind unfortunate occurrence to our backyard friends, but you could call up VT/NH Veterinary Clinic if time is of the essence and the bird is starting to fail (try to keep bird calm and in subdued and dim lighting), they are so fragile (do not try to force feed right away in this condition, maybe an eyedropper of water) , I know Dr. Svec (sp.?)sometimes takes on certain types of wildlife treatment/triage, sorry do not have contact numbers on hand this morning.

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