Chicago Bird Collision Monitors — Local services in West Chicago Township

Called, explained to lady what happened this was after I kept the baby bird alive for about 3 hours. We went to the park where the water is and there was a baby sparrow that was soaked in the water, so I picked him and I let him go a couple times but he didn’t really know how to fly yet and we were trying to decide if we should put him up in the tree again but we figured he would either hurt himself or go twords the water again. And then there was a poodle who saw the baby bird and attacked and tried to eat it so I tried to move away and I kept it in my hand and tried to calm it down otherwise it CAN die from getting stressed out Just to make things short and simple, my mom insisted that I called these people so i got on the phone and she told me to just put it back and I sent photos of the baby bird because she wanted to identify it but she said she couldn’t and didn’t know what it was but to me it looked like a sparrow. Then she had someone else call me to see if I could drop the bird off. Mind you I told her where I was which was Nile’s and the other lady asked if I could bring it to her by lakeshore and Addison in 21 min because she had dinner reservations. I told her I wouldn’t be able to make it that fast. Anyways I couldn’t take these people seriously and unfortunately I listened to what the First Lady I was talking to told me to do with the bird which was to put it back around where it was even tho I did have it in a box, the bird ended up dying by the time I got back inside the house with the box and its less than a five min walk from where I was staying at and this was right after I got off the phone with them. Yes, he was snuggled in cloth, I just didn’t take a photo with the cloth for better...

Called this number at 3:22pm today about a bird my family and I found underneath my sister’s car. It was clearly injured and I mentioned that to the woman that answered the phone. I told her that it tried to fly away but wouldn’t get very far because its wing was injured. Something was stopping it from getting anywhere. She asked if it was a baby and I said no. I know what a baby bird looks like and it wasn’t it. The woman continued to tell me that it is probably still learning to fly so to just leave it where I found it. I tried to tell her again that I think it was injured, but she told me the same thing. I had a big feeling that wasn’t the case, but also I am no damn bird expert, so I left the bird alone in a box outside with a cover so it wouldn’t be stressed but I made sure to leave half of it open incase it decided to get up and fly away (assuming what she was saying was true). I went to check on the bird every now and then and it was sleeping but also just clearly not okay. It tried to fly away at some point but couldn’t. I went again to check on it and it is now dead.

I called when I did because I wanted to go get this poor thing to the willowbrook center to get some help, but the woman turned me away. Now it’s dead and I feel horrible because it was probably suffering in its last moments. If the woman had just listened to me and not spoken over me then this baby could’ve had a second...

I have contacted Bird Collision before and have had a pleasant experience, however this most recent experience was not. I am unsure who I spoke with, but it was 6/5 just before 8pm.

Now I understand citizens call and are not knowledgeable on birds and sometimes they are doing more harm than good by interfering. However, you cannot treat everyone you speak to on the phone as if they have no knowledge and act dismissive, which is exactly what happened tonight.

Now I didnt tell this woman I worked for CACC as an animal control officer for 8 years, but I didnt feel the need to. What I did tell her was that this fledgling has an injured leg. She proceeds to tell me it's normal for Robin fledglings to "walk drunk". I then proceeded to tell her that wasn't what was going on and that it's a true leg injury. She kept acting dismissive telling me to leave it.

If youre going to have a group out assisting with injured birds, maybe listen to the person...ask for a video...act like you actually care. Since animal control has cut their hours, more people will rely on this group and to tell me that what I am seeing, is not what I was seeing...thats ridiculous.

Anyways, I never write reviews, but this one was needed. I sent a video to the number...of a clearly injured fledgling...just so they can see that dismissing people is not the way to do the work that...