Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 32, Number 1, 1 January 2015 — Distressed birds [ARTICLE]

Distressed birds

Sea Life Park is asking the eommunity to keep an eye out for baby seabirds in distress. New shearwater fledglings ean be injured by winter weather patterns. The park says fledglings ean be disoriented while flying at night by streetlights and other exterior lights.

Park curators say if you see a fledgling that shows no signs of injury, it is best to leave it alone, however, if the bird is injured, the park asks people to piek up the bird from behind wrapping it in a cloth, placing it in a box with air holes and taking it to Sea Life Park for rehabilitation. The park will accept injured birds 24 hours a day, seven days a week.