I just found a large bird, apparenly a white heron.
It was just standing there on our lawn - I moved closer and closer and it wouldn't move. So I picked her up and brought her inside. We took her to the vet. Vet says he knows very little about birds but this one seems to be a large chick that simply fell off the nest and doesn't know how to fly yet. Other than that it looks healthy.
Now what? I know practically nothing about birds. I know this type usually eats ticks and so I guess it's a meat eater. I will try and find someone who does bird rescue tomorrow and get her to them. I hope it makes it through the night...
It was just standing there on our lawn - I moved closer and closer and it wouldn't move. So I picked her up and brought her inside. We took her to the vet. Vet says he knows very little about birds but this one seems to be a large chick that simply fell off the nest and doesn't know how to fly yet. Other than that it looks healthy.
Now what? I know practically nothing about birds. I know this type usually eats ticks and so I guess it's a meat eater. I will try and find someone who does bird rescue tomorrow and get her to them. I hope it makes it through the night...