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How you can help

In general, a baby pigeon will spend the first couple of weeks of its life being brooded by the parent pigeons, so without that parent, it falls on you to keep the baby bird warm.

Known for their long legs and striking bright pink feathers, flamingos are wading birds found in the Americas, Asia, Africa and parts of southern Europe, although they have been known to flourish as far north as Germany. Contrary to what you might have heard, baby birds don’t actually eat worms, nor should you give them dairy milk as you might offer to other baby animals.

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From the data we already have, we know that some of the best ways people can help kererū in their community is by planting trees like kowhai which is the most common tree people have seen kererū feeding on. Dr Stephen Hartley, Director of the Centre for Biodiversity & Restoration Ecology, Victoria University of Wellington Adult flamingos use fat and protein rich liquid that comes from special glands in the bird’s upper digestive tract, aided on by the hormone prolactin. This is the same hormone that brings about milk production in mammals, but in the case of flamingos, both males and females produce prolactin.

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