3. Consider hand-rearing if there are no other options If there is no way to return the baby bird to its nest or parents (you'll need to watch continuously for two or more hours), consider hand ...

A baby vulture at the Bronx Zoo is being fed not by another bird but by hand puppet — a decades-old technique used to ensure the chick doesn’t identify too closely with its human handlers.

They are hand-raising this chick to give it a greater chance of success in adulthood. It has to be hand fed every two hours from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the early stages of development. The baby ...

The ghost outfit and hand puppet have been used in the conservation of birds of prey for decades. In this case, it’s being used to raise a king vulture chick, born at the zoo on February 25.