10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

Suzie wrote about her experiences as a bird rehabber in Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings (2009) and used those experiences as the source for her fictional children’s book, Hawk Hill (1996). I didn’t know the set up required for a black bear, or how high a Florida panther can actually jump.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 267

Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 267

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

The beauty of this area is breathtaking, though the burned trunks are reminders that it is still recovering from the disastrous Station Fire of 2009, which scorched over 250 square miles and killed two firefighters. Probably much more of a serious threat than the bear scat we occasionally spied or the threat of poodle-bush rash.

Los Angeles 172

Los Angeles Woodpeckers California Birds 172

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

When I was asked if I wanted to read Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS (Rodale 2009) I was ambivalent. Or an animal that could use the aid of human intervention, such as the Florida panther, which has benefited from the culverts built to help it safely cross highways (221). This is all very unveganly, but I went for it nevertheless.

Polar Bears 100

Polar Bears California Condor Bald Eagle Lions 100