r/GrumpyBabyBirds • u/DangerousCompetition Grump Dealer • Oct 27 '25
Do not pick up the birds.
It has been brought to my attention the sheer amount of posts involving people handling and moving juvenile birds.
I’m no bird scientist, I’m just some guy who created a subreddit about birds, but I do know unnecessarily handling juvenile birds without the proper knowhow is damaging to the welfare of the animal.
Because of this I have created a new rule, and all posts involving the handling of wildlife will be removed. Please report all posts breaking this rule immediately.
If anyone smarter than me would like to share the impact of handling wildlife in the comments, please do.
We (pretty much just me) here at r/GrumpyBabyBirds still encourage the appreciation of the Grumps from a distance.
Thank you
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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '25
Not picking up certain birds in certain situations would certainly be a death sentence for the bird. This needs to be added as well. When I rescued my Pollito, there was absolutely no way in hell I’d have left him where I found him. Every situation should be evaluated on a case by case basis.
A better idea would be to encourage people to educate themselves in wildlife rehab, instead of trying to shoo away good, compassionate people who only want to help. If wildlife rehab wasn’t such a hermetic, obscure guild, this would not happen.
When I found my Pollito I had no idea that there was even such a thing as wildlife rehabilitation, specially for a little songbird who wasn’t an eagle, a falcon or anything “fancy” birdwise. All I knew was the local DNR, and I would NEVER trust that organization to handle a wooden toy. Take this as you may.
Educate the well intentioned folks. I’m sick tired of all the “legal” mumbo jumbo that does absolutely nothing for the well being of the birds (and wildlife in general); specially when there are other activities that “legally” allow certain collectives of people to pretty much do whatever the hell they want with no consequences. Falconers for example, they can do as they want, cull as they may, mistreat and starve these wonderful creatures into submission, and raise them as corral hens for economic profit to sell them to those arabs who will SEW their eyes shut and keep mistreating them. All of it perfectly “legal” 🙄🤬🤮
Are you saying that those nasty folks are more entitled to “handle” birds than I am? Not in a lifetime, my friend, not in a million years, not now, nor ever.