![]() If it's getting to be nightfall, you may want to put the fledgling in a box to keep it safe from predators overnight. ![]() If you don't see other birds approaching right away, keep watching and make sure that you can't be seen. They should find the bird and will almost certainly feed it. You should move away and see if the parents come back. Place the fledgling in bushes as high as possible or in the nest if you can locate it. If, after your exam, the bird appears uninjured, it should be returned, or left in the area where it was found. A bird generally breathes fast, but it should not appear labored. Look for blood around its beak, closed or unfocused eyes, rips or tears to its skin, or obvious broken bones. Birds don't have a keen sense of smell so it's safe to touch the fledgling. If you find a fledgling, fully feathered, with other adult birds making a lot of noise around him, give him a cursory check to see if he has any visible injuries. The importance of returning a healthy baby bird to its parents to be raised can't be over-emphasized. Too often, well meaning folks will find these fledglings and pick them up, bringing them to a wildlife rehabilitator to raise. A fledgling is a young bird that has all its feathers, is almost ready to leave the nest, and has crash-landed during its first flight or has been pushed out by its siblings. I get at least one call everyday about this.During the spring and early summer, many baby birds called "fledglings" are discovered. If you see a fawn one day and it’s still in the same spot next day, or the fawn looks sick or injured, then it’s time to call me. She does this so her scent will not give up the babies location to predators. The fawn has no scent so the mom doesn’t stay around her baby very long, just to feed or relocate the fawn. Just want to remind everyone that if you see a fawn leave it alone. We also offer wildlife presentations for parties and special events. If you have a wildlife rescue, nuisance wildlife removal, interested in presentations or if you have a question concerning wildlife, please contact us. This is where you can actually go on a falconry demo in Florida woods and watch a falconer’s trained bird hunt his natural prey. We offer a thrilling falconry presentation called “a hawk for the bush”. We of course, do charge a fee for presentations and we accept donations and offer animal adoptions to help feed the animals. I make sure each animal I rescue goes to the right wildlife rehabilitator.Įven though we do rescue wildlife, we firmly believe that you save more animals through education, and we educate by conducting up-close presentations at birthday parties, special events, schools and wherever we are requested to go. I am the busiest wildlife rescuer in Manatee and Sarasota counties. I now have a master falconer permit, as well as permits for conditional, poisonous reptiles, alligator, permits for mammals and wildlife educational permits. I had done wildlife presentations for 4 years at Mixon Fruit Farms and Linger Lodge in Bradenton, FL. I have become very well known throughout the state. Ever since then I have been a wildlife rescuer and educator, forming Matthews Wildlife Rescue in 2000. My presentations lasted thru high school. At 16 I got my permit and have been a falconer ever since. He spent a lot of time teaching me all he knew about falconry. ![]() By 15 I started volunteering at a wildlife rehab center, and that is where I met Tom Muholland, a licensed master falconer. I was always reading about reptiles and other wildlife, so at a very young age I was fairly knowledgeable, so at the age of 13 I was doing wildlife presentations at my middle school. I kept them for a while and then let them go. From a very young age I had an interest in anything wild, and was always bringing home snakes, lizards, frogs, etc. Hello, I am Justin Matthews, Master Falconer and Wildlife Rescuer ![]()
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