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

10,000 Birds

Wild bird rehabilitators want bird parents to feed their own babies. We also try to re-nest uninjured baby birds so we don’t interfere with a bird’s breeding cycle. Putting a baby bird back in its nest is not always the right thing to do. It needs to be properly medicated and triaged. After all, “Mother knows best.”

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His Regal Grumpiness

10,000 Birds

On August 21st, Maryjane Angelo of Skye’s Spirit Wildlife Rehabilitation in Pennsylvania received a call from a man who said his nephew was standing in the middle of a rural road, guarding a Bald Eagle. She gave him pain medication, checked in with her veterinarian, then settled him into a hospital box for the night.