If you find an injured wild bird…

In northern New Jersey and New York City, contact The Raptor Trust at (908) 647-2353.

The Raptor Trust is a comprehensive non-profit organization dedicated to providing free medical care and assistance to injured, sick, or orphaned wild birds, especially birds of prey, but also to waterfowl, waders, shorebirds, gulls, terns, skimmers, passerines, aerial insectivores, upland game birds

The Raptor Trust is located in the Millington section of Long Hill Township in Morris County, New Jersey, near the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.

In southern New Jersey, contact the Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge at (856) 983-3329 ext.107

Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge is dedicated to the preservation of New Jersey's wildlife and habitats through education, conservation and rehabilitation. They are located in Medford, NJ.

They are licensed to care for raptors, seabirds, waterfowl, waders, shorebirds, gulls, terns, skimmers, passerines, aerial insectivores, upland gamebirds.

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act makes it illegal for anyone to take, possess, import, export, transport, sell, purchase, barter, or offer for sale, purchase, or barter, any migratory bird, or the parts, nests, or eggs of such a bird except under the terms of a valid permit issued pursuant to Federal regulations. The migratory bird species protected by the Act are listed in  50 CFR 10.13. - U.S. Fish and Wildlife