10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2012

I found a Common Raccoon foraging at the water’s edge while waiting for a distant heron to do something… anything. I decided to watch the Raccoon for a while and noticed something peculiar… It wasn’t foraging for food… it was testing various pieces of wood by pushing down on them, then moving on to the next one.

Raccoons 216

Raccoons Abandon Abandoning Abandonment 216

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2016

If you see a raccoon during the day, it must have rabies! Raccoons are nocturnal, which means they are normally active at night. The same goes for raccoons. Rehabbers are very responsive, although constantly living under the gun makes us sometimes vent about species that aren’t necessarily the ones in question. Arrrghhh!”

Wildlife Rehabilitation 185

Wildlife Rehabilitation Porcupines Raccoons Birds 185

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

You typically do not find a bird this naked or featherless outside of the nest unless there has been a storm or the nest has been attacked by predator like a raccoon, chipmunk, squirrel or corvids. When that isn’t possible, many raptor rehabbers keep tabs on nests and will place an abandon chick in a foster nest.

Birds 266

Birds Fox Raised Ducks 266