The Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory is now over halfway done our Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program as the forest comes alive with fledglings. To not keep all their eggs in one basket for too long, baby songbirds purposefully leave the nest, or fledge, well before they are truly independent. Well-meaning people may then see these basically flightless disheveled babies and want to help. However, normally doing anything beyond moving a baby just off the trail would actually be kidnapping since the parents are most likely still caring for their next-to-helpless offspring.
As we pass July 1, we also pass Canada Day and should celebrate Canada’s eponymous birds. Ther…
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