10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2021

It’s a beautiful Spring morning… humming insects, calling birds. Maggie Ciarcia, a solo wildlife rehabilitator in Carmel, NY specializing in small mammals and game birds, received a notice from New York State Electric and Gas that tree trimming was scheduled for her neighborhood and someone would contact her.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 21, 2016

When my book “ Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings ” came out in 2009, one of my favorite reviews was by Corey Finger of 10,000 Birds. Instead there were glorious photos of healthy birds in their natural habitats. and ended up with posts like “Do Not Feed Baby Birds Ham.” .

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2016

Today’s blog was written by Kathy Hershey, co-founder of Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitators in Hope, Indiana. There’s a huge bird chasin’ the kids around the trailer park! By far, calls about the ‘big black bird” topped all the calls they received each day. Vultures are very intelligent, social birds. he shrieked.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2014

Sometimes bird rehabbers who end up with tiny, semi-feathered little mystery birds end up playing a game called “Name That Bird.”. Hence: Name That Bird. Birds identifying birds nestling birds wildlife rehabilitators' Hence: phone calls to birder friends.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

I’d released birds there. I knew the wildlife. Not only did we convince the local head of PRH that DEC was horning in on his territory, we managed to drag the president of the nearby Fish and Game Club – who personally detested trapping – into the fray. Where is the trap now?” asked the officer. “In

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Overall they are pretty amazing birds. This morning’s news had this: During this year’s open of waterfowl season, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center admitted more trumpeter swans for bullet wounds than ever before. Great Trumpeter Swan birding report HERE. … It’s illegal to shoot trumpeter swans in Minnesota.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2012

On August 21st, Maryjane Angelo of Skye’s Spirit Wildlife Rehabilitation in Pennsylvania received a call from a man who said his nephew was standing in the middle of a rural road, guarding a Bald Eagle. The bird usually turns out to be a hawk, vulture, exotic chicken, or sometimes a pigeon. Will he be okay?” Please help!

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