Note:  Parents will NOT reject their babies if you handle them, but be careful, babies are fragile!

Unfeathered Babies
If baby is alert, warm, and begging for food, return it toe the nest.  If it is unresponsive, cold, injured, or cannot be returned to the nest, call a rehabilitation center immediately.  Babies eat every 20 minutes.  ALL cat caught birds should be taken to rehab.  Place baby in a small cardboard box lined with unscented facial tissue and set on a heating pad set on low.  DO NOT give food or water as it is easy to aspirate a baby bird.

Feathered Babies
Baby birds hopping on the ground with adults near by have fledged and are learning to fly.  If alert, please keep cats, dogs, and people away for a few days.  If you are not sure of safety, place baby in a nearby bush and observe from inside the house.  If an adult does not come back in a few hours, call a rehabilitation center.  If baby is too young to hop around and is fully feathered, alert, and not injured, place back in nest.

Pigeons & Doves
It is difficult to return these babies to their nests.  Young pigeons stay with their parents a long time.  If you are not sure the bird needs attention, call a rehabilitation center.

Adult Birds
If an adult bird can be caught, probably something is wrong and it needs help.  Place in a small cardboard box lined with paper towels and place in a quiet, dark place until you can get help.