If you have found an adult bird, follow these steps and contact your local wildlife rehabilitation facility
- Gently cup the injured bird in your hand and place it inside an unwaxed paper bag or a small cardboard box. After containing the bird, handle it as little as possible. Make sure that the bag or box is securely closed. If using a cardboard box, fold the lids shut and poke a few small holes in it.
- Scrunch clean tissues or a paper towel into a ball to serve as a perch for the bird to sit upright.
- Never give a bird food or water.
- If the bird recovers after one hour, you should hear it fluttering inside the bag or box. Take the bird to a wooded area far away from buildings. Point the bag/box in the direction of trees and slowly open the top and let the bird fly out.
- If the bird refuses to fly out of the bag or box, or shows visible signs of injury such as bleeding, swollen eyes, a damaged beak or broken bones, take it to your local wildlife rehabilitation facility
- If you feel the bird collided with a window, we encourage you to enter the report in the Global Bird Collision Mapper: birdmapper.org/app
