I love watching the birds at my backyard birdfeeder but a few weeks ago I grew concerned when I spotted a small brown-headed nuthatch acting very un-birdlike.
When approached, he didn’t fly off and he didn’t seek shelter when it began to rain. I put out a cardboard box hoping that drying off would improve the situation but the little bird remained stationary. I didn’t notice any injuries and so I suspect he flew into a window. It’s one of the most common ways birds are injured.
A website called Animal Help Now is a national organization that provides advice and contact information for local animal rescuers. The Animal Help Now website (AHNow.org) led me to The Georgia Wildlife Network, a nonprofit, volunteer organization that connects finders of all types of injured or orphaned wildlife with licensed rehabbers and facilities. They even accept or transport wild animals in need. I contacted them by phone and one of their volunteers told me what to do and arranged to meet me to take the injured nuthatch to someone who could help.
If you’re a birdwatcher who wants to start or raise your backyard birding game, make plans to attend "How to Attract Backyard Birds" at Hampton Park Library on Sunday, January 23rd at 4:45 p.m. Yvonne Bombardier, a Master Birder from Seattle Audubon and owner of Wild Birds Unlimited of Dawsonville will share strategies for attracting a variety of birds.
"How to Attract Backyard Birds" is part of FCPL’s How-To Festival, which features expert bite-sized talks on a wide variety of topics. Come for one session and fill your brain a little, or stay the whole day and fill your brain a lot! See the entire How-To Festival lineup here.
Alicia Cavitt
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