Wildlife Clinic
Found an animal?

Your answer

Nothing more to do for the bird. Now fix the window.

Flying away is a good sign but not proof of recovery; some strikes kill hours later from internal injury, and nothing you can do about that. What you can change is the glass. Up to a billion birds die at windows in North America each year, and almost all of it is preventable with markings on the outside surface.

What to do right now

  1. 01Note which window and roughly what time. Strikes repeat at the same pane.
  2. 02Apply markings to the outside of the glass, spaced no more than two inches apart.
  3. 03Move feeders either within three feet of the window or beyond thirty feet.
  4. 04Close blinds on windows that line up with another window across the room.

What not to do

  • Do not rely on a single silhouette decal. Birds fly around it.
  • Do not apply markings on the inside surface, where reflection hides them.

Change your mind if any of this is true

Any one of these changes the answer above. Call a rehabilitator instead.

  • You find the bird later on the ground below the window.
  • The same window is struck more than once in a season.

Get professional help

Showing rehabilitators permitted for songbirds and other birds.

No animal to transport

This list is not complete. Some licensed rehabilitators choose not to publish their details, and the state list is updated quarterly. Always call ahead: a rehabilitator may be full even when listed.

All 6 rehabilitators permitted for this animal.

Choosing a county puts the nearest first. It never hides anyone — someone further away may still be the one who can take it.

  • Cindy Ganues

    Cobb

    Accepts: Talking Rock RVS, raccoons only

    404-660-7989

  • Aware Wildlife Center

    DeKalb

    Accepts: All species including RVS , (no birds of prey, songbirds, or waterfowl) or email

    678-418-1111

  • Wild Nest Bird Rehab, Inc.

    DeKalb

  • Philema Animal Clinic

    Lee

    Accepts: small mammals, fawns, songbirds, raptors, RVS

    229-439-2266

  • Philema Animal Clinic

    Lee

    229-439-2266

  • Suzanne DeGrasse

    Madison

    706-255-7395

Understand the animal

Knowing why this happens is what makes the next one easier to read.