A baby bird falls out of its nest onto the ground — what should you do? A well-meaning person may want to help out, but sometimes it's best to just let nature be.

If you move a baby bird to safety, its parents will continue to care for it. If you find a bird, or any wildlife, with visible injuries, contact a licensed rehabilitator.

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A Texas family found a baby bird alone on the ground while barbecuing and decided to wrap the bird in a warm tortilla to protect the animal until rescuers arrived.

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If bird has lots of feathers, can hop and bop, and melt your heart with how darling it is, then leave it alone. If it has very few feathers with a face only a mother can love, put it back in the nest.

"The sound of that baby bird crying out really hit me. I couldn’t ignore it," Nurudeen said. "A lot of people might’ve walked past, but in that moment, it didn’t feel right to do nothing.

They were worried because the little bird felt cold. The quick-thinking mom threw a tortilla on the grill to heat it up and then wrapped the bird inside it to keep it safe and warm until help arrived.

This bird’s a real taco belle. A quick-thinking Texas family saved a baby bird they found lying helplessly on the ground by wrapping it up safely in a warm tortilla until wildlife experts arrived.

Once inside, he scooped up the baby bird and gently placed it on the asphalt. Side by side screenshots of a baby bird being rescued from a storm drain in Louisville, Kentucky.