We Found a Bird That Can’t Fly

What are you working on? Oh. There's a bird. What? Say, tell him. Um, there's a bird that can't fly. Yeah, so the bird is injured. Like, it looks like one of its wings is down, but we need to save it. Otherwise, it's not going to survive. Is it okay? Come here, come here, go. It's a baby. Look, look, look. Oh, there is. Oh, it is over there. Oh, it's running away. Oh, no. Look, he can't fly. It's right here, it's right here, it's right here. Oh, can someone look up on their phone exactly what we're supposed to do? How to rescue a injured bird. Okay, the bird's in there. Okay, it says how to help injured bird. Hold on, hold on. Make sure the bird doesn't go away, Zade. If you found an injured bird in your yard or while out, quick action can mean the difference between life and death. We need to bring the bird in. How do we catch it? Ask it how to catch it. Approach the bird from behind quietly and slowly, then reach down quickly and precisely. Without hesitating, put your hand around the bird's shoulders, holding the wings against the body, and pick up the bird. If this does not work in the daytime, try again. Do we need like a box or anything? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It says get a box with holes in it and a towel. I can find a box. Okay, okay, okay. Can you guys keep an eye on the bird? I'm gonna go try to find a box. Yes, of course. You guys got this. Okay, Zadie, we have to keep an eye on the bird. Make sure the bird does not go anywhere. Okay, do you see this little bird? I feel so bad. Where are you? Oh, oh no, oh no. Stay, stay, stay, stay. Okay, the bird's right there. Make sure we have to see it. Oh my gosh. Oh, I feel so bad. Okay, don't touch the bird. There it is. There's the bird. Oh, it can't fly. It can't fly. It's hurt. I can't believe we found a bird in the backyard. I really hope it's okay. Okay, I remember I put a box in here earlier. Got it. I hope this works. I'm so nervous for this bird right now because there's a ton of wildlife. There's coyotes, there's cats. All of them would take out this bird in two seconds. Hopefully Matt and Yos get back soon with something to get the bird and then we have to try to figure out a way to get it. Found the box. Yos. Okay, guys. Oh no, this poor bird. It moved. It's so scared right now. It thinks we're trying to hurt it. Okay. You know what to do? I'm not gonna do it. You have to do it. I don't want to hurt the bird. Wait, this doesn't have holes in it. It's okay. We can put them in after. Okay. We'll just keep it open so the bird can still breathe. Oh my gosh. Oh no. Oh, it's trying to fly and it can't. Come on, little guy. Quick update. It's been about 10 minutes. We have not been able to catch that bird but the bird still cannot fly away. Matt thinks he's a bird catcher but it's not working out so well. While we're waiting, we're gonna puncture some holes in the box so that the bird can breathe. All right. We got the bird. Okay, okay. The bird is underneath the towel. We're gonna save some space. If you can hear me, bird, we're gonna make sure you're good. You can take the bird to like the Humane Society or a vet or something. Yeah. I've never had an injured bird before so I don't know exactly what to do. Is the bird okay? Yeah. Here, we got it. Close it. Stop. Oh, no. Stop, stop, stop. Okay. It's okay, buddy. We can do this again. Okay. Let's try this again. Okay, this time, let's close the box up really quick. Okay. This was not in my bingo card today. Saving a bird. Do this for your own good, bud. Okay. Close up the box. Okay. Is it in? We have the bird. Hold on, we should check. Don't let it fly out. The bird's in there. Okay, okay, yeah. It's there. Oh, my gosh. That was harder than I thought it was gonna be. Matt got his stuff. I'm gonna call the wildlife rescue near us and just put them on speaker and see what we should do. For injured or domestic animals, our operators aren't licensed for these issues. So please contact your local animal control or dial 911 in an emergency. Thank you and take care. Come on, it's gotta be easier than this. Okay, this is a wildlife center. We have to be able to help this bird. If you're calling regarding an injured, orphaned, or sick animal or have other wildlife questions, please press two. We are unable to respond to live phone calls. Okay, that's not helpful. What do we do? Maybe a local vet? I think a vet would work. Okay, should we feed it? Like, can we look up if we can feed it? Can we feed a bird that's injured? Okay, it looks like we are not supposed to feed or give anything to the bird. What about we call this number? It's an all animals vet. I think they'll answer. Okay, let's try. All animals, this is Michelle, how can I help you? Hi Michelle, I'm calling because we found an injured bird in our backyard and I wanted to see if we could take it in or if there's anything you recommend for us to do to help. So, one of the main places that we recommend to contact is CWC, they can give you the phone number. Sure, that would be great. They close at five, sometimes it's kind of hard to get in through the phone numbers. The other option is that you can try contacting the Oaks Vet, they are a veterinary clinic that sometimes calls wildlife or like rehabbers to pick up. Okay, that would be great. Thank you so much. Thank you. Yeah, I would call the CWC first because they close. Yeah, yeah. Thank you, thank you. Thank you. You guys, they said urgency is key. This could be the difference between life and death for the bird. So, if we don't get the bird to there in time, the bird could die. Calling that first number. You guys, we're going to run out of time. Press one to speak to a member of our staff. Hi there, we just found a hurt bird in our backyard and I wanted to see if there was anything you could do to help. Is it like an adult bird or is it a baby bird? I think it's an adult bird, yeah. Do you see any injuries on it? It's wing. Yeah, it can't fly, like it has a hurt wing. Okay, if you want to bring it over to us, we can take a look at it and if it looks like it can be rehabbed, we'll give it over to the wildlife. Amazing. Okay, we'll be right there. Okay, thank you so much. All right, here's the plan. I'm gonna take ZD and the bird to the vet and you guys stay here and we'll keep you guys updated. Go quick though, that bird has no food, no water. Like, we don't know how long it's gone without it. I feel so bad. What do we do? Well, we have to stay here and wait, but hopefully they can figure out what's wrong with the bird and rehab it. Okay, ZamFam, we got the bird. We're gonna take it to the vet. So, make sure you are subscribed and hopefully we can rehabilitate that bird and it can fly again. ZD and I are heading out right now. We have a little bird here. Do we want to give it a name? Tweety. Tweety? Okay, we're gonna get Tweety to the vet right now and hopefully we can help save it. Do you think it's a boy or girl, ZD? A girl. Okay, well, Tweety, she doesn't have that much time, so we need to make sure we get there quick, okay? Okay. We're gonna drive safe though. Tweety, I love you. I hope you're safe. Okay, we're gonna figure out what's wrong with her and why she can't fly and hopefully set her free. We got you. Hang in there, Tweety. Hang in there and have fun. While Matt and ZD are taking the bird to the vet, Yoss and I are gonna be giving Xander a room makeover and the theme of his nursery is going to be dinosaurs. Dinosaurs? Yes, dinosaurs. Dinosaurs were extinct years ago. There's no way Xander would even ever meet one. He is literally nine months. Do you think he can drive a car? He's gonna own a car. Okay, look, I think there's one way to decide what the theme is gonna be and it's mine because I'm the mom. What? That's not even fair. Okay, I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. We'll do some challenges. All right. We just got to the vet. We're gonna bring Tweety in and hopefully she's okay. But is there anything you want to say just in case you don't see her again? Oh, that's really nice. Okay, let's take her in, okay? Okay. So how is this gonna help us decide Xander's nursery theme? Oh, you mean this tiny ball right here? So the way it works is you're on this side of the garage, I'm on the other side. Whoever has this ball on their side at the end when it closes loses and the other one gets a point. Whoever wins the most challenges out of three gets to decide the theme. Game on. Are you ready, y'all? Oh, yeah. Three, two, one. Team approved to lose. Ah, no. Looks like I won. Okay, fine. But you know what? It's not over. There's still two more rounds of this challenge and I am definitely winning the next one. Round two is a soccer ball. Rebecca, if you don't win this, then I win this challenge. Get ready. Never played soccer, but I'm confident I can win. Do not tell her I used my hands. I mean, technically, we didn't say not to. Looks like I won that one, which means it comes down to the last and final round. This is it. Whoever wins this round wins the challenge and is one step closer to getting to pick the theme of Xander's nursery. Three, two, one. Why are you throwing so low? I was trying to make you lose. Oh, no. Wait, wait. Oh, oh, oh. Yes. Rebecca, you did it on purpose. What? What do you mean? That's just part of the strategy. Okay, what's the next challenge? It looked like its wing was flipped a little bit. Okay. It was like, oh, my God. Yeah. I don't know how it happened. It's pretty bruised. Yeah. A lot of the time. She'll go to a rehabber. Okay. And they'll rehab her and then release her. Oh, my gosh. Okay. This is first to FaceTime wins. You can call anyone that's been in my video and the first person to have someone pick up will win. Are you ready? I'm ready. Three, two, one, go. FaceTime Ben Azelart. FaceTime Anthony. All right. Come on, Ben. Come on, Anthony. Ben Azelart always picks up my calls. Anthony! I just won the challenge. Thanks, Anthony. We got to go. Look, best of three. That's all for you. You have to get one more if you want to win. Sorry. Okay. FaceTime Jordan Matter. FaceTime Monique. Come on, Jordan. Monique! No! Thank you so much for picking up. Wait! All right. Bye. Okay, y'all. So you won one, but so did I, which means it's tied. And for this last challenge, you know what? What? We're going to let Zander decide. The bird looks like it might make it. We're just going to fill out some information right now. If it does make it, they're going to try to release it really close to our location. But you got to see Tweety up close, huh? What do you think? She's really cute, huh? Oh, she's in really good hands right now. Okay. Let's fill this out, and then maybe we can figure out a way to check up to make sure she got released okay. Okay? Thank you. Thank you, guys. Sadie, how do you feel? Good. We rescued the bird, Tweety. Now we have to follow up. They're going to try to rehab it right now and make sure that she's okay. It looks like she did really good because we caught her pretty early, and she's very feisty. That's why it was really hard to catch her. But hopefully we'll get some updates, and we'll get back to you guys soon. Now we are with Zander, and I have a dinosaur. And I have a car. And whichever one he reaches for first is the winner. Let's do it. Which one? Look, I am a dinosaur. But I'm a car. Okay, Zander, come on. Just grab one. It looks like he's torn. We're going to put him on his belly now. Oh, look, Yas. He pushed that one away because he wanted the dinosaur. It looks like Zander has picked his theme, which is going to be dinosaurs. And it looks like Zander has a crush, Yas. No comment. All right. Well, now let's put you down for a nap. Okay, Rebecca, you won fair and square. But why do you want a dinosaur theme? Okay, Yas. Honestly, it's because I saw this quote, and it said that dinosaurs, when they roamed the Earth, they left their mark. And I just really want Zander to leave his. So cute. Okay, I like that. They're here. How's the bird? We think the bird's okay. They took him in. Actually, Zady, name the bird. Remember the name? Tweety. Okay, well, is Tweety okay? We're not going to know for a few days. They're going to call us and let us know. Okay, so we just wait, and hopefully, Tweety makes it? Exactly. Okay, well, while you guys were gone, we now have the official theme of Zander's room. Guess what it's going to be? Dinosaurs? Yes, dinosaurs! I can't wait for his room makeover. The vet is calling right now. They're going to tell us exactly what happened with Tweety. Zady? Hello? Hello, is this Matt? Yes, and Zady. This is the Wildlife Center, and we wanted to let you know that Tweety has made a full recovery and has been released back to their family. Tweety made it, Zady! I'm so happy for Tweety!