Spring is when lots of birds get into trouble!!

As a wildlife rescuer/carer I get a lot of calls in Spring. Noisy Mynahs particularly get into trouble - more of them so more calls to rescue them. The best rescue is, make the baby call out and feathered rockets will appear from nowhere, put the baby back up as high as possible in a tree (away from roads if possible) and let them get on with it. The babies flutter around quite early in life, not very expert pilots but they get by pretty well and don't need humans to "rescue" them unnecessarily. If a bird has been traumatised - hit by a car, bashed up by butcher birds/Indian Mynahs/ Kookaburras or whatever  - the only treatment initially is a dark covered box with a heat source at blood heat and left alone to get over the initial shock. They won't starve or die of dehydration, over-kindness WILL kill them. If they survive and perk up to what looks like normal, let them make the decision when to leave, but let them go pretty well exactly where you found them. A lot of birds are territorial and release into "foreign" territory WILL get them killed. Any vet will treat a native animal or bird for nothing but some vets are better at it than others - ask them, don't assume  and be prepared to take them to a properly skilled vet with a genuine wish to look after native animals. Puppies and kitties are more profitable than cold charity. We have an obligation to our native animals because we've done so much to wreck their home.

The Australian Maned ducks in the video had very caring parents who chose to nest in palm trees next to two lovely blue suburban swimming pools - the humans weren't happy to share with them for six weeks or thereabouts until the babies were fully feathered and could fly. I would have just banned humans from the pool for that time and then had it cleaned! So, they became a rescue and will be released at the Wetland Centre, Shortland, NSW when they are fully fledged and flying as they came from close by.