The following Global Bird Rescue manual – https://globalbirdrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/GBR-Manual-.pdf provides excellent advice on what to do if you find a bird on the ground beneath a window that appears to be stunned but not injured. In particular, page 9 under Trauma (see bullets below) list things to look for and if any of these signs of trauma are present, try to secure in a warm, safe environment (paper sack lined with a napkin works great). Transport to a licensed rehabber if possible, especially after giving the bird some recovery time (~ 90 minutes) and it still has not shown signs of recovery.
- Head tilt
- Head drooping
- Droopy eyes
- Inability to perch
- No response to sound or visual movement
- Not trying to escape (just sitting on a hand)
- Bulging “frog” eye(s)
- Facial asymmetry (sides of the face looking different from each other)
- Heavy, noisy, clicking or open-beak breathing
- Broken beak, wing or leg
- Drooping wing
- Entangled in spider webbing and loss debris such as human hair, thread or string
- Bleeding
INJURED BIRDS should be taken to a rehabber IMMEDIATELY:
Oklahoma City Animal Welfare
2811 SE 29th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73129
(405) 297-3100
Hours 9AM-5:30PM
https://www.okc.gov/departments/animal-welfare
Wildcare Foundation
7601 84th Street
Noble, OK 73068
(405) 872-9338
Hours 9AM-7:00PM