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[zolac_no_miko]

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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[gwalchmai345]

Congrats on the temporary employment! Heh, income is such a nice thing, isn't it. ;-)

I hope baby bird is already happily reunited with his family by now. :)

[shichahn]

Yep, I've actually caught a Wilson's warbler about that age in a mist net. Not sure how he actually got in the net, but I set him on a branch and his parents found them. Yours was probably even better off since it isn't as cold in Hawaii as it is in the cascades... heh.

Also, look at you, trying to raise little invasives. You silly person, you. ;)

[zolac_no_miko]

He must've... been sitting in a branch directly above the net and LEAPED into it? ...That is pretty silly. ^_^

...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.

[shichahn]

How the heck did I reply to the above comment rather than your post? Wow. I don't even.

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