<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I found this on one of their website pages and believe the information is worth sharing with you.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;">And by the way, they have tons of great information, bird cams and fun facts about everything birds with an informative newsletter, subscription🤓</p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14.3px; vertical-align: baseline; background: none; caret-color: rgb(38, 49, 56); color: rgb(38, 49, 56); font-family: "lucida grande", verdana, "helvetica neue", sans-serif;"><br></strong></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14.3px; vertical-align: baseline; background: none; caret-color: rgb(38, 49, 56); color: rgb(38, 49, 56); font-family: "lucida grande", verdana, "helvetica neue", sans-serif;">MYTH: If you return a baby bird to its nest, the parents will smell your scent and reject it.</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(38, 49, 56); color: rgb(38, 49, 56); font-family: "lucida grande", verdana, "helvetica neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 49, 56); color: rgb(38, 49, 56); font-family: "lucida grande", verdana, "helvetica neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">Parent birds do not recognize their young by smell. If you find a baby bird on the ground, it’s okay to return it to its nest (which is almost certainly nearby). However, before you return a chick to its nest, you should be sure it did not leave on its own. If it’s sparsely feathered and not capable of hopping, walking, flitting, or gripping tightly to your finger, it’s a nestling. If you can find the nest (it may be well hidden), put the bird back as quickly as possible. If the bird is feathered and capable of hopping or flitting, and its toes can tightly grip your finger or a twig, it’s a fledgling. Fledglings are generally adorable, fluffy, and have a tiny stub of a tail. Their parents are nearby and watching out for them. The parents may be attending to four or five young scattered in different directions, but they will most likely return to care for the one you have found shortly after you leave. You should always leave fledglings where you found them.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 49, 56); color: rgb(38, 49, 56); font-family: "lucida grande", verdana, "helvetica neue", sans-serif; font-size: 14.3px; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font color="#263138" face="Arial"><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 49, 56); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); font-size: 20px;">Retrieve march 28, 2024 from: </span></font><a href="https://nestwatch.org/learn/general-bird-nest-info/myths-about-nesting-birds/">https://nestwatch.org/learn/general-bird-nest-info/myths-about-nesting-birds/</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;">Marty</p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; min-height: 26.4px;">In Port Orchard, Washington</p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">@</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><a href="http://www.martykramerimages.com/">www.martykramerimages.com</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;">Every day is an opportunity to do, touch and taste something new.</p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;"> - My bucket list -</p></div></div></body></html>