10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

There are advantages to being a “Pelican Partner” for International Bird Rescue ! I follow my friend, Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator for International Bird Rescue, Cheryl Reynolds to the release site where we document the event. Conservation Brown Pelican International Bird Rescue Pelican release'

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Pelicans Bird Rescue Rescue Birds 204

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

I am so happy to be back on 10,000 birds – I have missed Mike and Corey and my fellow Beat Writers! Normally I rant about environmental dangers and describe heartwarming/mind-boggling/headscratching wild bird rescues. “Almost,” replied Lindsay Brooks in California, demonstrating why I love my rehabber tribe.

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Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 279

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2021

Luckily the string was not knotted tightly and the bird ultimately freed herself. California Towhee attacking its reflection in glass. Here’s what a bird sees just before it strikes a window, without the velocity and certain injury. Check out her site for more remarkable photographs. Raccoon kits where they should be.

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Animal Raccoons 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

In port, the local rehabilitators thought it would be best for her to treated closer to her home, at a facility dedicated to aquatic birds. I happened to work at that facility, for International Bird Rescue at the Los Angeles Oiled Bird Care and Education Center , part of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network.

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Los Angeles Killing Wildlife Rehabilitation San Francisco 247

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Alice Berkner , a registered nurse, came up with the concept of International Bird Rescue while trying to help the more than 7,000 birds that filled warehouses around the San Francisco Bay Area during this 1971 oil spill. Michelle is not only a gracious host but a very knowledgeable and dedicated member of the staff.

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Bird Rescue Rescue San Francisco Birds 205

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Prothonotary Warblers (like the dapper bird above captured for posterity by Corey) should carry frequent-flier cards—a recent Audubon-led study found that one geolocator-toting individual racked up more than 5,000 miles in eight months. Can California Condors be taught to avoid the dangers of power lines ?

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California Condor San Diego San Francisco Ghana 166

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Some birds who probably could have used those sweaters in southern California were the victim of a mystery spill. International Bird Rescue has more on how to help.). Don’t you forget about me … The Breakfast Club, bird edition. Are rainbow scrunchies the answer to cat munchies ? Sorry, couldn’t resist.).

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Nepal Bird Rescue Penguins Rescue 160