Of the numerous animals Animal Rahat rescued last month, a large number were baby birds.

We received a call from the neighbor of a man who had a large tree full of bird nests with nestlings inside. The birds were baya weavers—so named for their elaborately woven nests. The property owner had hired someone who was just about to knock down the tree with an excavator. Our team members arrived within minutes and stopped the machine operator, and the neighbor then handed them the nest shown below that had already been knocked down. They gently tucked the nestlings back inside, rehung the nest, and persuaded the owner to leave the tree standing until the babies had left the nests, which he agreed to do.

This baby cuckoo was brought to our Sangli office by caring schoolchildren who had found him helpless on the ground. Although he had no injuries, he was too young to fly, so he is being cared for at the home of an Animal Rahat volunteer and will be released when he is able to fly.