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RE: Dealing with wild animals. Please Please Please call a professional, you will do more harm than good.
So true, wildlife awareness still needs a lot of work, especially in Australia. I work as records officer and web administrator for my local wildlife group, almost 10 years now and have seen it all. Thankfully in baby bird season we reunite countless young chicks, often teaching the property owners how to make a nest and then observe the chick until the parents come back to feed it. Recent crazy weather has increased the numbers of nest falls and this year is no exception. We have a 24 hour hotline which is also used to educate callers and spread the word about wildlife preservation. http://tvwc.org.au
There's sooooo many babies around at the moment, its cute but they have terrible road sense sometimes and I always feel slightly worse when I see a lil grey baby magpie or something that's been hit.
We get quite a few people call to say they found a joey and they tried to give it some water and stuff but it wouldn't eat or drink without realizing they would still be drinking milk from the mother.
And I've only been doing this for like a year now so I still know sweet f all.
Always appreciate other animal lovers :)