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Spotlight: Maureen Eiger – To Intervene or Not to Intervene?

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A parent bird’s instinct to feed and protect their young is very strong, and they will not willingly abandon their babies. Ok, so you’ve rescued a bird. It is illegal to keep a wild bird. Unfortunately a bird’s nest location is not always perfect. Putting a baby bird back in its nest is not always the right thing to do.

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How To Help A Baby Bird

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It’s illegal to raise wild birds (even orphaned ones) without state and federal permits. When that isn’t possible, many raptor rehabbers keep tabs on nests and will place an abandon chick in a foster nest. At the end of the day, most of the baby birds dropped off to rehabbers do not need to be rescued.

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