10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2016

No hawk can carry off a 12-pound pet. No hawk can carry off a 3-pound pet. THE PETS THAT ARE IN REAL DANGER ARE THE ONES WHO ARE 12 POUNDS AND UNDER. THESE ARE THE PETS THAT HAWKS CAN SWOOP DOWN AND GRAB. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR PETS OUTSIDE WITHOUT SUPERVISION. The answer is: no.

Pets 240

Pets Barn Owls Kentucky Bald Eagle 240

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2021

But occasionally people see it – especially when it’s a hard-to-miss bird like this Bald Eagle. Within walking distance of her house were a pair of Bald Eagles with two chicks. One morning she discovered the male eagle on the ground, appearing – as you can see from the two photos – unwell.

Bald Eagle 264

Bald Eagle Wildlife Rehabilitation Rabbits Wildlife 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

In a recent case involving my own facility, an immature bald eagle was hit by a car. People passed the eagle often. It is hard to be apathetic when you see for yourself a majestic eagle dying of lead poisoning from the fragments of a lead bullet or lead sinker, both still in use today.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 189

Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Rescue Wildlife 189

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2013

And so, most had been neutered, adopted out to soft-hearted landowners as odd pets, conversation pieces. And so, the San Clemente Island goats who were live-trapped, now living on the mainland, were the last San Clemente Island goats. The Indian paintbrush and the morning glory are doing much better. The wren remains gone, forever.

Goats 161

Goats Bald Eagle Fox Feral 161

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Syngenta advises users to “NOT place baits in locations which are accessible to pets, domestic animals, livestock or birds” or to “contaminate dams, waterways and drains with the bait or its used container.”

Mountain Lions 265

Mountain Lions Rats Rodents Lions 265

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

And I was pecked in the eye by my pet chicken, does that count?”. “I A Bald Eagle took a chunk out of my jaw,” said Vonda Lee Morton. “I We were working on his enclosure when he sliced my arm with his serrated bill! No need for stitches, but it took awhile to heal.”. “I Yeah right! We felt so bad for her. She left her mark.”. “A

Wildlife Rehabilitation 173

Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Wildlife Opossums 173

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

It’s easy to choke it with food while you’re feeding it and chances are good that you’d raise the chick like a pet and you’d end up with an adult bird that doesn’t know what its predators are and seek humans for food and mating…aka an unreleasable bird.

Birds 266

Birds Fox Raised Ducks 266