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Tweeting for bird advice

By adamg on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 9:09am

Trapped birdBird is the word.

Update, 10:09 a.m.: Animal Rescue League on its way.

At 8:42 a.m., butterh urgently tweeted from his Dorchester apartment:

Bird in my apt. Live adult, injured, ARL not open - What do I do?! We're freaking each other out. Need help.

Cyn Donnelly replied:

A towel or light blanket over the bird will let you pick it up and put it in a box or bin until someone can get it.

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Comments

By anon on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 9:14am.

tweeting for bird-advice... i love a good cup of irony in the morning.

hope the little thing's okay.

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By Sarcastic Sam on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 9:53am.

.....this is the time. Brilliant, lol

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By adamg on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 10:05am.

Thanks, headline adjusted.

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By anon on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 11:10am.

Why can't some people be a little more self-reliant and dare I say rational? If the poor bird was injured, it should be pretty easy to catch with a pillow case/sheet/blanket, then put it in some kind of box, preferable cardboard so you can poke holes in it for air; if not, leave a plastic bin's top partially open. Bird won't get out. If the poor creature is badly injured/in pain, do the humane thing and put it out of it's misery, bury it in the yard in a shoebox or something.

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By anon on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 12:27pm.

This person did the humane and right thing buy calling ARL. If you would kill a baby bird that may have been able to be saved and returned to the wild then you are sick and twisted person.

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By anon on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 1:36pm.

After West Nile and the Bird Flu scares, there were a ton of PSAs about being careful handling wild birds because they may transmit illnesses to humans. There are also frequent PSAs about not touching baby owls, etc., to prevent them from being rejected by their mothers when they smell of humans.

Calling the authorities for information on how to handle the bird without harming it or yourself is the responsible thing to do. After all, the bird wasn't rapidly declining for the time it took to make the phone call, right?

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By Dave on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 2:33pm.

The person misidentified a baby robin as an adult. Perhaps the bird's inability to fly well yet led to the conclusion that it was also injured.

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By anon on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 2:39pm.

So glad this bird is totally fine (thanks to someone asking for *gasp* help) and wasn't "put out of its misery" as you so callously suggested as the "humane thing" - calling animal rescue was the "humane thing".

good of you to "care" enough to troll, though, that takes courage. {massive sarcasm]

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By Dave on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 11:46am.

Live adult, injured

Baby robin

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By anon on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 10:20am.

The babies/fledglings are out there this time of year, they are not as fragile as you think. The bird people recommend that you gently (using a towel) pick up the bird and move it out of danger, under the nearest bush, the parents are probably watching you and when the coast is clear (the baby will make noise alerting them to his location) they will arrive and nudge him to safety, they continue to feed them on the ground and keep an eye on them for a while after they have left the nest. Thank you for trying to help.

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