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Message: <blockquote data-quote="james holdsworth" data-source="post: 1710986" data-attributes="member: 79864">Although supportive of the efforts of the OP, AlexC 's POV certainly has merit.The health and well-fare of any bird is indirectly affected by the knowledge [and requirements] of that species by the handler.That said, the very strictest interpretation of the MBTA is probably not the way to go, as it was never intended to be punitive to people trying to help wildlife in distress. I would also venture [having ''unofficially'' rehabbed birds for 30 years] that the added stress of transport and handling by a rehabber would not be beneficial. And, in my experience, most rehabbers have very little knowledge of the requirements of small passerines as this is not what is par for the course.</blockquote>