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 restores your faith in humanity!” ” I wrote. Dedicated to Pat Collins.

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Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 278

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

The crows are not friendly to humans, although they sometimes make an exception for the person who raised them. Jodi Swenson of Massachusett’s Cape Ann Wild Bird Rescue released a crow named Odin, who occasionally still appears at her open window. “I think she was aiming to buy herself some jewelry ,” said Erin.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Jamie Lindstrom of the VCA Northview Animal Hospital in Pittsburgh, and Dr. Erica Miller, formerly of Tri-State Bird Rescue in Delaware. Will she be releasable? It’s too soon to tell. If all her other toes eventually function perfectly, she could still hunt without that one non-essential talon.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

That’s an old wives’ tale that says bird won’t take care of a baby bird with a human smell on it–not true at all. It’s illegal to raise wild birds (even orphaned ones) without state and federal permits. What human can point out a fox hidden nearby and how to avoid it?

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Birds Fox Raised Ducks 265

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2012

I’m a bird rehabilitator, and my beat on 10,000 Birds will be to showcase the kinds of trouble wild birds get into, then rant about them until you beg me to stop. This first case of trouble was due to the human penchant for constructing buildings.

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Falcons Humane Birds Bird Rescue 227

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2015

Wildlife Rescue is a registered non-profit organization and all donations are tax-deductible, but birds of prey are not popular in India. Nadeem and Mohammed have received numerous honors, including a Special Award for Humane Enforcement at the India for Animals Conference this year in Jaipur.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2012

Sometimes the human capacity for both cruelty and compassion can balance out in the life of a single bird. He was placed in a wildlife center in Red Lodge, Montana, where he can live out his life, safe and protected, throwing the occasional apple, with other grounded crows for company.

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