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Get Thee To A Wildlife Rehabilitator

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If that’s not possible, she needs the knowledgeable care of a licensed wildlife rehabilitator. Wildlife rehabbers love the public. Somehow they manage to get the bird or animal to a rehabilitator, even though finding one is often a feat in itself. Why do wildlife rehabilitators not love the public?

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Baby Bird Identification: A North American Guide–A Book Review

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Baby birds are cuteness personified, possibly even more so than other baby animals, including human babies, and pose interesting questions of survival and development. The chapter on “The Process of Identification” is a fascinating read (even to someone like me who is not a rehabilitation person).

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Delhi’s Birds Need Help!

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In March, rehabbers in the United States will gather at the annual National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association conference to make contacts, swap information, and learn new techniques. Here in India we believe that animals and birds have the power to curse or bless, depending what you do to them.

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Debbie Souza-Pappas: Our Trapped Golden Eagle

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This guest blog was written by Debbie Souza-Pappas, the director and founder of Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation in Price, Utah. This process is known as distraction osteogenesis. Thanks to his work, many people and animals have functioning limbs and can live productive lives.

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PSA

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You need to get it to a wildlife rehabilitation center. Domestic animal shelters don’t normally take wildlife and if they do it’s rare. It is a delicate process to save a rabbit but very rewarding. 2) If the rabbit is in danger such as from your cat or dog try to release it out of the perimeter.

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Intake

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His eyes were in the process of changing from yellow to brown, and his tail was not yet red. Yes, wildlife rehabilitators hate those things, especially when they fly off the bird and under your shirt, which they are prone to do. I picked up a Red-tailed hawk two days ago. He was not a fledgling, but not an adult.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

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Faithful 10,000 Birds readers will remember Suzie as our wildlife rehabilitation beat writer. Your posts for 10,000 Birds took us into the unique world of wildlife rehabilitation. But one in particular did not even involve contact with an animal. What was that process like? I can run but I can’t hide.