10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

There are few sights more wrenching to a wildlife rehabilitator than a convulsing, lead-poisoned bird. In what some might see as an unlikely alliance, wildlife rehabilitators, veterinarians, and – yes – hunters have banded together to convince those who hunt to use copper bullets instead of lead.

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Hunters Wildlife Rehabilitation Hunting Legislation 176

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

My work as a wildlife rehabilitator over the past forty-five years has allowed me a unique perspective on a disturbing trend. Consider this: ninety percent of birds treated at wildlife centers are admitted as a result of human interactions that have nothing to do with “nature.” Will the population of the species be affected?

Wildlife Rehabilitation 189

Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Rescue Wildlife 189

10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2015

Neighbor B tells her that his cats wouldn’t be happy indoors, that cats’ hunting is “natural,” and that he has no intention of keeping his cats inside. Enough hand-wringing, enough taking butchered birds to exhausted, emotionally drained wildlife rehabilitators. Neighbor A asks neighbor B to contain his cats.

Feral Cats 259

Feral Cats Feral Cats Wildlife Rehabilitation 259

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

“I’ve seen her around, when I was setting my traps,” said the trapper himself, who brought her to Tamarack Wildlife Center , in Saegertown, PA. This is why certain wildlife rehabilitators end up misanthropic and homicidal. Just the other day I was saying that I hope I never catch her.”. Will she be releasable?

Wildlife Rehabilitation 191

Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Birds Delaware 191

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Peregrine Falcon at Delevan National Wildlife Refuge. Flying in excess of 200 mph in a stoop, the Peregrine Falcon is considered to be the world’s fastest animal. BBC Nature has a really cool video of the Peregrine hunting a pigeon in a stoop. Do you enjoy the National Wildlife Refuges in your area?

Falcons 133

Falcons Wildlife Sacramento Endangered Species 133

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

who can be found regularly at the bird and wildlife blog Birdland West. I didn’t know much about Flickers until I started volunteering at a wildlife rehabilitation center a couple of years ago. “They always seem to be flying into things.&# (Like cartoon animals always do).

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Woodpeckers Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Seattle 219

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2012

One of the animal keepers brought her to me, and I put her in my clinic. She taught them how to hunt, and when they were released in the fall she stayed on her perch, dozing in the sun. The naturalist got out of his car, picked her up, took the tape off her legs, and took her to a local zoo. to find out her actual age.

Rabbits 232

Rabbits New Jersey Neglecting North America 232