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May. 27th, 2019
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bird_and_moon_comic_feedLast week was mnemonics for calls from some common Eastern North American songbirds.
( For reference, here are those same calls in order - top to bottom, left to right )
Speaking of birds, yesterday I had to intervene to prevent a young starling from being "rescued" by somebody who doesn't know much about birds. If it has feathers and is happily hopping around, it is fine. Mom is literally right there. It did not fall out of its nest. Young birds in many species leave the nest as soon as they can, because they're safer on the move. Leave the poor thing alone. Even starlings don't deserve this!
(If you do intervene to rescue a baby bird, though, don't worry - you don't need to handraise it unless the parents are dead. The parents will not abandon it because they smell you. In fact, most birds don't have a very good sense of smell, because that's not a terribly useful trait when you can fly. So you can just gently and carefully pick up the young bird and put it in a safe place until its parents return. If you really, really, really think that a baby bird has been orphaned and needs to be rescued and handraised, please bring it to a wildlife rehabilitator, or at least consult with an expert.)
( For reference, here are those same calls in order - top to bottom, left to right )
Speaking of birds, yesterday I had to intervene to prevent a young starling from being "rescued" by somebody who doesn't know much about birds. If it has feathers and is happily hopping around, it is fine. Mom is literally right there. It did not fall out of its nest. Young birds in many species leave the nest as soon as they can, because they're safer on the move. Leave the poor thing alone. Even starlings don't deserve this!
(If you do intervene to rescue a baby bird, though, don't worry - you don't need to handraise it unless the parents are dead. The parents will not abandon it because they smell you. In fact, most birds don't have a very good sense of smell, because that's not a terribly useful trait when you can fly. So you can just gently and carefully pick up the young bird and put it in a safe place until its parents return. If you really, really, really think that a baby bird has been orphaned and needs to be rescued and handraised, please bring it to a wildlife rehabilitator, or at least consult with an expert.)