Bears Dogs Fish Vet 
10,000 Birds
APRIL 11, 2014
My friend Ruth, who is from Northern England, has a phrase she uses when her dog bursts into fits of irrational exuberance. A few days ago my friend Melissa Gilmer called me from the Bear Mountain Zoo in New York’s Hudson Highlands. “We Scudder (their long-time maintenance guy) had to go in and fish him out.”.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 7, 2016
It was Los Angeles, after all, where mileage has no bearing on time, but where time was precious for my little rescue on this crystal morning. Rehabbers see reptiles in glue traps, gulls entangled in fishing line, raccoons used as target practice, raptors dying from rodenticides, and songbirds shredded by domestic cats … cats like Puck.
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