Baby bird rescued from Soberanes Fire in a coffee cup.

Amid the chaos, loss and sadness of the Soberanes Fire, here emerges a small cupful of cute.

The SPCA of Monterey County is reporting a redemptive little story about a tiny wild bird.

Tuesday, August 2, a firefighter fighting the Soberanes fire arrived at the SPCA Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center off Highway 68 with a Starbucks cup.

Inside it a tiny fledgling pacific slope flycatcher.

Here's the rest of the SPCA news on what went down, with word on how to help animals distressed by the fire, 180 of which the SPCA is already housing, including 44 cats, 33 dogs, 65 chickens, 6 goats, 6 ducks, 5 turkeys, 4 guinea hens, 5 horses, 3 donkeys, 3 parakeets, 1 rabbit, 1 lamb, 1 turtle, 1 tarantula, 1 king snake, and 1 leopard gecko:

The firefighters found the tiny bird at the fire line near Old Coast Road in Big Sur. The fire team believed the tree containing the young bird’s nest had burned in the fire, so they rescued him and brought him to the SPCA.

When the flycatcher arrived, he was holding his left eye closed, likely due to irritation from the smoke. Today, he is bright, alert, and responsive, eating well, and perching. SPCA Wildlife Rehabilitators expect him to recover and be successfully released back into the wild.

The SPCA Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center is the only full service wildlife rehabilitation center serving Monterey County. We operate under permits from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Your support is extremely important to us, as we do not receive funding from any federal, state or local government agency. Each year, The SPCA Wildlife Center admits over 2,500 animals for treatment and care.

How You Can Help:

Cash donations are extremely helpful as they can be used for the most dire needs, which is important in a fire like this where needs can change in a moment: www.SPCAmc.org/fire

Towels, pet food, pet toys, pet supplies and pet beds are also gratefully accepted. Donations can be brought to our shelter located at 1002 Monterey Salinas Highway, across from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

Sign up to foster non-evacuated pets to make room for evacuees: www.SPCAmc.org/volunteer

Prepare for a disaster: www.SPCAmc.org/soberanes

For more information, please call The SPCA at 831-373-2631 or visit www.SPCAmc.org.