Um... help?

[stillane]

Any of you know anything about wild bird rescue?

No, I'm not dipping into the vicodin. Well, okay, I did take one, and I am a little dizzy just now, but there is also a form of waterfowl residing in my living room. Dad came home this evening with a temporary addition to the menagerie, and now I'm trying to figure out how best to care for it (him? her?).

The little guy looks a little something like this, which is what I'm assuming he is until further notice. He's not presenting with any obvious injuries; Dad was just concerned because he was hopping around on the road, and there are enough feral cats, etc. around here that his chances of making it to morning weren't so hot.

Barring other information coming to light, I'm planning to thaw some fish/shrimp and offer him a little, and hopefully get in touch with someone in Fish & Game or something tomorrow. Any other ideas? Anything I absolutely shouldn't do upon pain of death?

Any of you know who a Pennsylvanian should call in these circumstances?

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[ladycat777.livejournal.com]

Actually, which part of the state are you in? There's a wildlife rescue I found but, uh, it's in Friendsville which is no where near me...

[stillane.livejournal.com]

Central, kind of middle of nowhere. I'm not actually sure where Friendsville is, come to think of it, but that could be down to my notoriously crappy directional sense. Thanks so much for the Game Commission link; they've got a phone number on there for my region which I'm going to try first.

Will keep you posted on the plight of the critter.

[ladycat777.livejournal.com]

http://www.wildliferescue-pa.com/

THis might help you; I'm not finding any really useful information, but it's got a bunch of links, and you're probably close enough to their location even though they say 'northeast pa'.

There's also this: http://www.tc.umn.edu/%7Edevo0028/contactN.htm#pa

Which actually has real numbers and their intro page suggests they might actually know what to do when presented with a scenario like yours.

Good luck! I hope these help!