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Help That Baby Bird!

  • March 25, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Contrary to myth, if you touch a baby bird, its mother won’t abandon it because it smells a human. Most birds don’t have much sense of smell. If you find a young bird with no feathers or only fuzz, and you know where its nest is, it’s best to put it back in.

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