10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2021

This is what happens to countless birds each year when they land the wrong way on power distribution lines and poles. But occasionally people see it – especially when it’s a hard-to-miss bird like this Bald Eagle. She can land on a transformer once then, the next time, be killed when she brushes up against the jumper wire.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2015

You (or your child/friend/etc) have just found a seemingly parentless baby bird. Here with the answer(s) is Maureen Eiger, a bird rehabilitator in Roanoke, VA: . Wild bird rehabilitators want bird parents to feed their own babies. Putting a baby bird back in its nest is not always the right thing to do.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2013

She is a lifelong champion of all birds, and a hero and inspiration to me. The eagle was so hypothermic I was reluctant to put her in a transport box. Even as a veteran wildlife rehabilitator, I could scarcely believe the sight before me. This blog was written by Marge Gibson, founder of the Raptor Education Group, Inc.

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