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Message: <blockquote data-quote="james holdsworth" data-source="post: 1696834" data-attributes="member: 79864">Tiny passerines such as BGGN can only take so much handling and transport. Taking these birds [that appear to have only been chilled and not injured] to a rehabber only adds to the stress and discomfort of the birds and may kill them.I think the person was right to take them in and should release them as soon as they appear to be active. I have taken in many birds after blizzards, here in Ontario. I just let them go after the storms have passed and they are fine. It's the time of captivity and the amount of interaction which stresses and kills birds such as this.</blockquote>