Today was another 5 and a half hour day at the WCA. The smell of the food we give them, Basic Nesting Diet (BND) is starting to get frightningly disgusting the more I smell it. Especially when one of the birds isn't feeling coorparative and decides to shake all of their food everywhere when you try and give it to them.
I was also in charge of the incubators today. There are SO many tiny birds in there! We have two incubators, one for birds with no feathers yet, and one for those who have developed feathers. the tiniest birds are nearly impossible to feed because their beaks are so tiny, and they only require a small amount of food.
Although I really enjoy helping these birds recouperate and be released back into the wild, I had no idea how much work went into it. When they said they needed volunteers, I thought they needed a few, but in actuallity, they need hundreds. There are the interns in the hospital and who can come in to help, but mostly rely on volunteers to come in for 5 hours a week to feed these birds. At first, it was hard to believe that that so many people would be needed for something as simple as feeding birds, but after spending a few weeks doing it, I completely understand.
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