Alabama Protection Rescue Wounded 
10,000 Birds
APRIL 18, 2021
Normally I rant about environmental dangers and describe heartwarming/mind-boggling/headscratching wild bird rescues. The finders of an adult Barred Owl brought to Kathryn Dudeck in Georgia thought he had a wing fracture, so they wrapped the entire bird in the plastic protective wrap used by landscape companies and taped it up.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 8, 2016
Wildlife rehabilitators have an arsenal of equipment and techniques we use to protect ourselves. I was working at the Coastal Wildlife Rescue Center here in Alabama, and he had either been blown in during a storm or caught a ride on a ship. I was wearing the lead x-ray apron and heavy raptor gloves, so I thought I was protected.
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