Sick or injured adult birds in need of help can display the following characteristics:
- Bleeding
- Lack of balance
- An inability to fly or flutter wings
- Weak or shivering behavior
- “Fluffed out” feathers
- Lack of response to danger
- Drooping wings, especially if wings droop unevenly
- Evidence of a cat or dog attack
- Lying on the ground
- Sticky feathers or feathers coated with a substance such as oil or many other symptoms
Please call Greenwood Wildlife at (303) 823-8455 to discuss what you observe and to decide with a rehabilitator if the animal you see needs help.