It's wildlife baby season over much of North America, a time when people with big hearts and inadequate information sentence untold thousands of young wild birds and mammals to needless suffering and death. Inappropriate diet is a major killer, resulting in stunted growth, rubbery bones, and feathers that break as they mature (if they mature at all). The greatest tragedy is that many of these "orphans" never needed intervention in the first place.
Searches for "abandoned baby hummingbird" and similar keywords are through the roof this week, so here's a repost of what you need to know before you decide to "rescue" nestling hummingbirds.
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