Avian Rehabilitation

Numerous baby birds or sometimes an entire nest with freshly-laid eggs too!! are brought in our campus by our dedicated rescuers and volunteers. 

Birds gather twigs, twine and anything they can get their beaks on to create a cozy home for their families this time of year. With an increasing loss of natural habitat, cases related to falling of infant birds or nests with eggs have increased.

These Baby birds are endearing, but just as every new parent learns their baby isn't at all like an adult, baby birds differ significantly from adult birds as well.

Hence its a very big responsibity on the part of our Aviary experts and Birders who understand those differences  better  and help baby birds to grow in our Aviary section with utmost care, love and affection.

Initially we retrieve the baby bird into the makeshift nest gently or if its natural nest is found somewhere around it can be used  to keep it comfortable.

Baby birds of similar species are kept together so that there is less stress on a single individual. Also species like crows and koels which end up sharing a nest are also hand-raised together till they have learned to fly, after which the koels are kept with other older koels to learn the tricks of the trade. 

All of our baby birds are hand-raised till they learn to eat on their own, they are taught from an early age to pick up food so that they can become self reliant soon. After a few weeks they are shifted to a larger outdoor cage with a few older birds of the same species from whom they can learn, before they are released back to the wild.

We receive hundreds of cases of baby birds being brought to our hospital, where, they have fallen from their nests due to weakness, or may be attacked by predators or being abandoned by their mothers.

In case of eggs or neonatal, we have special Aviary Intensive Care unit and brooding units for them, where they are taken care by our Vets and para-vets and other staff round- the -clock to raise them to grow healthy and stronger.

Once we received a case of an infant of Coppersmith Barbet species brought to our hospital by a rescuer group.

The little birdie fell from its nest due to weakness and thankfully didn’t suffer any major injury.

However, the birdie was unable to open its right eye.

For treatment, it was kept on fluid therapy, hand feeding and given certain medicines. After the treatment, it was kept in a handmade nest where it rested properly.

We are indeed thankful to this rescuer group for bringing in the barbet on time and save its life.

We generally through our Awareness programs, like, "Save the Bird Campaign", " Back to the Wild", Bird Release Program", generally give message to the local community , that-  - IF YOU FIND A BIRD FALLEN ON THE GROUND, FIRST OF ALL LOOK AROUND FOR THE BIRD’S NEST. USE CLEAN OR GLOVED HANDS TO PLACE THE BIRD BACK TO THE NEST QUICKLY. IF YOU FIND IT INJURED OR VERY WEAK, KINDLY BRING IT TO OUR CLINIC AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

These programs have helped hundreds of neo-natal from getting perished due to timely action taken by community as well as our team of doctors and other staff.

We are very thankful for your generous contribution till date.

Hoping for such great deed in the future too which would enable our organization to take care of these neonatal birdies and release them back to their home to their families.

Birds tell us a lot about changes to the environment, they are easy to see, and by protecting them we are looking after the environment as a whole.

But they themselves are readily affected by physical and chemical impacts on their ecosystems, whether these are caused by natural or man-made influences.

Our organization receives almost over 50 to 60 cases per day of birds (adults and babies both) on an average, that are sick, injured, abandoned,captive and neglected.

Varied treatments are undertaken based on their ailments and suffering.Different cases are treated as per their age, size ,weight and symptoms.

Once the process of recovery starts, which too differs as per their age and symptoms and many other factors, they are being kept in different sections , depending on the time taken for their recovery.

Once they are in their final phase of recovery, they are conditioned to adjust into their natural environment , whereby the smaller birds, like sparrow , sunbirds , or mynah need to be raised among adults to give them a feeling of their parents from whom they got separated.

Whereas the bigger birds are raised in the environment that facilitates their rehabilitation in a new location or may be the same location (peacocks, kites, shikra, ibis, etc.)

Finally the fully recovered and nicely raised birds are released, relocated and rehabilitated in their natural environment by us.

Our organization definitely needs funding for such a large number of bird cases that it receives for the noble cause of “saving environment by saving the birds”.

Kindly help us to achieve our work of balancing the ecosystem by saving these beautiful and splendid species through generous donations by you so that we continue to hear these species singing and see them living in happiness and safety in their habitat.