Hi Linda,

That was pretty much the advice I got, all around, when I asked a
similar question on Tweeters -- keep the bird in a quiet, dark place
for a couple of hours so it can recover from the shock and so
hemorrhaging has a chance to subside.

Here are the rescue centers I was referred to, but I released the
bird before getting to that point. I'm on the eastside, so may not
have kept references to places closer to you.

Good luck and thanks for caring about the thrush.

Marc Hoffman
Kirkland, WA
"tweeters at dartfrogmedia dot com"


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PAWS Wildlife Center
All injured/orphaned wildlife
15305 44th Ave W
Lynnwood 98046
425-787-2500 ext 817
http://www.paws.org/wildlife/

Second Chance Wildlife Care Center
6512 61st Place SE
Snohomish, WA 98290
(425) 335-0788

Sarvey Wildlife Center
Ambulance service to pickup injured or sick
wildlife, call numeric pager number
206-609-1611
13106 148th St NE
Arlington 98223
360-435-4817
http://www.sarveywildlife.org/

Sarvey pick up point in the Bellevue Eastgate area (call Sarvey for others):
Aerowood Animal Hospital
Open 24 hrs/7 days
2975 156th Ave SE
Bellevue 98007
425-641-8414
aerowoodanimalhospital.com



At 02:40 PM 1/13/2007, you wrote:

>About 20 minutes ago a Varied Thrush hit my window. I found the
>bird sitting on the ground with its eyes open and blinking, but
>otherwise not moving. I put the bird in a paper grocery bag and
>took it inside. According to the Internet, if it starts scratching,
>I can open the bag outside and let it go.
>
>Well, I don't know if this bird will recover or not, but am I doing
>the right thing? And is there a place on Whidbey Island that I can
>call to rehabilitate an injured bird?
>
>Linda Bainbridge
>Greenbank, Whidbey Island