WHO: Taquito the baby bird. WHAT: A lost Mississippi kite hatchling is wrapped in a flour tortilla and saved. WHY IT’S SO GREAT: We here at Texas Monthly are smitten with animals. Our regular ...

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.

SMITH: So as the bird leaves the nest, you're - and learning to fly, being on the ground is part of that juvenile stage. DETROW: And if you find an abandoned baby bird, Smith has some tips.

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.

They brought the baby bird, still wrapped in the tortilla, to the Wild West Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. The staff examined the bird and began recovery procedures. There, the bird was given the ...

When a family in Amarillo saved a baby bird they found in their backyard by wrapping it in a warm tortilla, it was a first for a wildlife rehab center now caring for the the Mississippi kite.