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djinn and tonic

fat-birds:

Looks like my baby hummingbird photoset is making the rounds again and people are concerned about the handling. Folks, birds have a very limited sense of smell, handling baby birds will NOT cause mothers to reject them.

yes thank you

I remember an elementary school teacher I had saying something like that, before I found out they don’t have much of a sense of smell and realized it was bunk.

#you should return them to the nest #or somewhere where their parents can find them

And also wash your hands afterwards, of  course.

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    I wish I had known that years ago :( Seems like my mother and I bothered a fledgling once or twice when we shouldn’t...
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  7. sciroccopteryx reblogged this from fat-birds and added:
    There are a few exceptions to the sense of smell (new world vultures and kiwis off the top of my head) but returning...
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  15. apple-beveragesaur reblogged this from fat-birds and added:
    It can injure them though, so leave it to the professionals!