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found a bird nest Monday with 2 baby birds possiblly a finch breed. I can not feed them at work what to do?

Jun 04, 2008 by LESLIE N | Posted in Birds

who should i call? i feed them every hour.

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Bring them to a wildlife rehabilitator.

Rehabilitation is regulated by the Federal government and State DNR depts. Services are free to the public, as all native wild birds are protected by federal law.

There are several sites with listing of rehabbers, although the easiest way to find one is to search Yahoo! or Google for "wildlife rehabilitation + your state (full and abbreviated)". Also search on "DNR rehabilitation + your state".

You may be able to find a contact for a nearby rehabber through your local humane society, animal shelter, or police department.

Links are also available on these sites:

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/contact. ...
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/
http://www.greenpeople.org/sanctuary.htm
http://www.iwrc-online.org/
http://wrcmn.org/public/default.asp


edit*** I am assuming that you took the nest from the original site and brought it home. If you took it on Monday, it's too late to return it to the parents. After it disappeared, I'm sure they moved on.

If the nest is still outdoors, please leave it alone. You should not be tampering with nests, feeding babies or taking them home. It's illegal - they are protected by law. You can't touch them without a wildlife license.

House Finch Nest, 6/2/07 (Feeding)

You can see they've grown since the last video! Also, I think this is the father bird - he looks different from the mom... (Info updated since ...

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