# Bird crashed in my backyard in the snow; possibly injured!

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 18, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-crashed-in-my-backyard-in-the-snow-possibly-injured/609944 "2012-01-18T21:51:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![smaje1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-crashed-in-my-backyard-in-the-snow-possibly-injured/609944/1 "2012-01-18T21:51:23Z")

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We’re in the midst of a potentially epic snowstorm here in the Pacific Northwest. A few minbit. utes ago, a beautiful yellow-breasted bird crash-dived into the backyard with a big _thump_. She laid on the snow for about 5 minutes, wings splayed out to the sides, moving her head just a little. Now she’s standing, not really moving.

Is there anything I can do to help her? She’s kind of a sitting duck for predators in the backyard. in the snow. Should I put a cardboard box out there with a towel and some bird seed?

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-crashed-in-my-backyard-in-the-snow-possibly-injured/609944/2 "2012-01-18T22:02:54Z")

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I wouldn’t put her in a box. Predators see that and go “Ooooh, takeout!”

Can you get it off the ground, in a bush or the crook of a tree?

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**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-crashed-in-my-backyard-in-the-snow-possibly-injured/609944/3 "2012-01-18T22:14:01Z")

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Your local DNR website ought to have a listing for wildlife rehabbers.

I’m tempted to say let nature take its course and a predator have a meal…chances are she was already sick or injured and you’re witnessing the natural order of things. But if she’s simply stunned, she may recover in a box inside your home or garage.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-crashed-in-my-backyard-in-the-snow-possibly-injured/609944/4 "2012-01-18T22:43:50Z")

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Have you tried a PM to Colibri?

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**Author:** ![smaje1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-crashed-in-my-backyard-in-the-snow-possibly-injured/609944/5 "2012-01-19T21:41:13Z")

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Update! I put out a box with some torn-up towels and bird seed near her. She flew away to a nearby fence, where she sat for a long time. This morning, she’s gone.

I’m leaving the box out in case any tiny thing is super cold and hungry. This storm is icy!