So the good news is, the bird did not perish while in my care. Whew! The bad news is, no, there is no procedure in place for USGS Avian Disease to care for lost baby birds, or at least not non-natives; I suspect KBCC would probably take in native birds. (Oh, baby bird is probably a Japanese white-eye actually
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I hope baby bird is already happily reunited with his family by now. :)
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Also, look at you, trying to raise little invasives. You silly person, you. ;)
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...Eh, idk, it's pretty chilly at 4000 feet, and it's been rainy... but if the birds couldn't handle it, there wouldn't be any here, so. I think it's fine.
Pfffffff, I know... BUT IT WAS A CUTE BABY BIRD, WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO? And those volunteer girls were all hopeful puppy-eyes, PLEASE SAVE THIS ADORABLE INFANT, WISE BIRD-PERSON, and I told them I'd take care of it, so I felt responsible. ...But yeah, I was not about to raise a baby white-eye to adulthood myself, and I certainly wasn't going to drive it to Kona. Returning it to the wild where it had a good chance of being found by its parents seemed fair.
Also, it's good practice for when I find a baby ‘i‘iwi or something.
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I keep forgetting that you're up that high in altitude there. In any case, yes, he is most likely fine, or at least, no more or less fine than he would have been anyway. So that's good, that you were able to keep him fed and healthy for a night. That's more than most people can do with baby birds. :)b
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Yeah, I am okay with nature taking its course.
I FEEL SO SUCCESSFUL. Oh god, it was so nerve-wracking... I've never had to take care of a baby bird before, I must've spent like 15 minutes just holding birdy in my hand at the office going OKAY OBVIOUSLY I HAVE TO TAKE IT HOME, BUT... WHAT DO I FEED IT? HOW DO I KEEP IT WARM? HOW DO I KEEP THE DOGS AND CATS FROM EATING IT? OH GOD WHAT DO I DO, WHAT SUPPLIES ARE AVAILABLE TO ME, I DON'T KNOW IT ISN'T MY HOUSE AHLS;GAHSDFLKAJFADSK!! ...And then I figured it out and it was all okay. ^_^
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I hope so too.
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