Found a Bird?

We Are Here To Help!

If you have hooked a PELICAN, please click to download our:

Hooked Pelican Brochure

If you have found a BABY BIRD, please click to download our:

Detailed  Baby  Bird  Instructions

If you find a sick or injured bird, please call us immediately at 941-388-3010 and we will dispatch one of our volunteer rescuers as soon as possible.

Alternatively, you may bring the bird to us at the address below, which also has an After-Hours Intake Box located beside the back hospital entrance.

Location:   1708 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, 34236

Our Avian Hospital is open from 7:30 until 4:30 every day.

Alternately, please follow these TEMPORARY care instructions:

• Find a medium/large-sized box and place a folded towel at the bottom.
• Ensure there are holes in the box big enough for airflow.
• Place the bird in the box and keep in a dark, quiet place.
• Keep the bird warm.
• Please don’t feed the bird.
• Leave the bird alone; don’t handle or bother it and always keep children and pets away.

If you have found a wildlife species other than a bird that is need of assistance OR you do not live in the Sarasota area -you can use https://ahnow.org/ to find a wildlife rehabilitator near you.