When should you rescue a native baby bird?

A baby bird on the ground doesn’t always need rescuing, WIRES tells us when we should intervene.

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00:00If you do find a young bird on the ground I know they can sometimes look

00:08very vulnerable but they don't always require a rescue. Some things that may

00:13help you indicate if the bird does require a rescue are if they're very

00:17small and they don't have any feathers, if their eyes are closed, if they're

00:23unable to stand up or if you can't locate any parent birds in the area. If

00:29the baby is a little bit bigger and does have its feathers coming through and is

00:33able to walk around you might want to get through to WISE first as we might be

00:37able to guide you on how to reunite the chick to its parents in the tree.