Fact 247: Does picking up a baby bird mean the mother bird will reject it?
Fact 247: Does picking up a baby bird mean the mother bird will reject it?
It is a myth that picking up a baby bird mean the mother bird will rejected it in fact handling a young bird won't cause its parents to reject it according to the The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
Acouding to the RSPB "Make sure you leave it within hearing distance of where you found it. Birds have a poor sense of smell so handling a young bird won't cause its parents to abandon it."
