“You see all those little round circles? What do you think they are?”
All rehabbers have a rescue jones, but everyone has their own reasons for spending ungodly amounts of time, effort, money, and emotion on an endeavor which, to an outsider, may look insane. Nestling bluebirds have to be fed every 20 minutes from sunup to sundown. Emaciated egrets need to be fed through the night. Once the nestlings grow up, once the starving birds are restored to health, they are released – and their futures are not guaranteed.
So what’s the point? Continue reading at 10,000 Birds.