Birds Killing Transported Wildlife 
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.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2024
The chapter titles of Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds represent both ends of the spectrum: “A World Full of Poisons,” “Malaria,” “Forest Intruders,” “Lead Shock,” “Shot.” Coyotes took carrion from young Condors and then killed the weakest ones.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 5, 2016
We have been assured by the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) that they are watching this nest also. That is what the Migratory Bird Treaty Act is meant to do. After all, we want to see this Osprey pair flying in every Spring to carry on their very successful display of breeding prowess without human interference.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 19, 2019
In mid-December, I was birding along the Beljarica levee (Beh-LYAH-ritza), my local patch north of Belgrade, when something other than birds attracted my attention: three wild boars , appearing all black because they had just swam through the swamp to reach the bottom of the levee. I barely started when some sulphur (a.k.a.
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.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2012
I know it sounds strange, especially when the folks at Mission San Juan Capistrano are trying to coax them back by playing recordings of the bird’s mating calls. Because I am a local Audubon board member, I was recently contacted by a bird lover who witnessed Cliff Swallow nests being destroyed at the marina where they dock their boat.
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. But in birds they eat living tissue, and once they are internal will kill the patient.
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