It’s fledgling season, a time when animal rescue experts say they are inundated with calls about goofy-looking birds stumbling around on the ground. In eastern Newfoundland, Karen Gosse of The ...

Birds exist in pretty much every ecosystem, so it’s no wonder people have looked to them throughout history to glean the forecast. And the tales or proverbs you hear about them may be different ...

The bird is also known to some as a 'tinker.' (Submitted by Ian Winter) Tinker's Point, Tinker's Path, Tinkershare Island, Tinkers Ice Cream, even a traditional Irish song called Yellow Tinker.

Caption: Karen Gosse, owner and director of Rock Wildlife Rescue in Torbay, said this time of year is busy with calls from well-meaning people about birds that are in no distress at all.

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — It’s fledgling season, a time when animal rescue experts say they are inundated with calls about goofy-looking birds stumbling around on the ground.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - It's fledgling season, a time when animal rescue experts say they are inundated with calls about goofy-looking birds stumbling around on the ground.