The Place for Wild Birds
We are here to help
We help wild birds recover from injuries and other misfortunes, both natural and manmade.
We have put up this website to tell you about us, about birds, and most importantly, what to do if you find a bird in trouble. Enjoy your visit!
Each year The Place for Wild Birds admits about 1,000 wild bird patients from approximately 52 avian species. Our goal is to return these creatures back to nature where they belong. We keep complete records on all the birds who come to us, and sometimes this includes taking photographs of them while we treat and tend them. We don't have room here for all the photographs in our records, but we are building a page so we can share with you some of our beautiful successes.
If you have an injured wild bird right now, click here for instructions. If you've found a baby bird in trouble, click here. To find out how to prevent problems for birds and other wildlife, click here. If you wish to make a donation, click here.
A SPECIAL NOTE
This website is here because of a boy named Thomas, who lives in Bedford, MA. One day Thomas found a baby bird alone and shivering on the ground in his back yard. He didn't know what to do, so he did exactly the right thing. He took his dog, who was very interested in the bird, inside the house, and then he went to find a grown-up to help him.
The nearest available grown-up was our webmistress, Sara. She didn't know what to do, either, so she started making phone calls to see if she could find someone to tell her. Eventually her veterinarian gave her our phone number, and we were able to tell her over the phone how to keep the baby bird alive, safe and warm until she could bring it to us the next day.
The baby bird survived and grew up. He has now been released back to the wild where he belongs. Sara was so thrilled to be able to assist in the successful rescue and rehabilitation of a wild baby bird, something not too many people get to do, that she helped us build this website so that other birds might be helped, and so that other people such as yourself might have the same happy experience if they ever found themselves in a similar situation. (Sara knows, of course, that no Wildlife Specialist can save every bird which is found injured, sick or orphaned. However, she also knows that all birds in trouble have a lot better chance of surviving if they can get expert care.)
So if you are enjoying our website and finding it useful, please thank Thomas. He caused it to exist by doing just the right thing: asking for help.
The nearest available grown-up was our webmistress, Sara. She didn't know what to do, either, so she started making phone calls to see if she could find someone to tell her. Eventually her veterinarian gave her our phone number, and we were able to tell her over the phone how to keep the baby bird alive, safe and warm until she could bring it to us the next day.
The baby bird survived and grew up. He has now been released back to the wild where he belongs. Sara was so thrilled to be able to assist in the successful rescue and rehabilitation of a wild baby bird, something not too many people get to do, that she helped us build this website so that other birds might be helped, and so that other people such as yourself might have the same happy experience if they ever found themselves in a similar situation. (Sara knows, of course, that no Wildlife Specialist can save every bird which is found injured, sick or orphaned. However, she also knows that all birds in trouble have a lot better chance of surviving if they can get expert care.)
So if you are enjoying our website and finding it useful, please thank Thomas. He caused it to exist by doing just the right thing: asking for help.