Mama Bird Not Coming Back to the Nest? Here's What You Can Do

YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD — A mother robin has been building a nest on your front porch, and has been incubating eggs. She's been gone for days, and yet there are four eggs still in the nest. You're worried the nest has been abandoned - or worse.

You want to help, but what can you do?

Fortunately, there are people who can help.

When you find an animal in distress or an apparent abandoned animal, you can contact your area Wildlife Rehabilitator for help.

A wildlife rehabilitator helps when wildlife are sick, injured, or orphaned, they are the only people who stand ready to help. In many cases, wildlife rehabilitators are the only organizations who are legally authorized to keep wild animals in care until such time that they can be released back into the wild.

Here is a list of Wildlife Rehabilitators in your area:

Walworth County:

Fellow Mortals (262) 248-5055

Waukesha County:

Wildlife in Need Center 262-965-3090

Humane Animal Welfare Society
262-965-3090

Milwaukee County:
Wisconsin Humane Society
414-431-6204

Kenosha County:
Peesh Wildlife
Rehabilitation Center 262-716-8294

Please note that many of these agencies are regional and can help in neighboring counties.

The Wisconsin Humane Society has a helpful guide that can guide you in determining whether a wild animal needs help:

Signs that a wild animal needs your help

• Presented by a cat or dog
• Evidence of bleeding
• An apparent or obvious broken limb
• Featherless or nearly featherless and on the ground
• Shivering
• A dead parent nearby
• Crying and wandering all day long

If you see any of these signs, find help for the animal. If necessary, safely capture and transport her to the appropriate place for treatment.

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