10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2013

Flat flies and vulture vomit: either one can send an otherwise cheerful vet technician running from the room. Why am I posting a photo of a hippoboscid on a Red-tailed Tropicbird, a bird I’ve never rehabbed? Birds flat flies hawks hippoboscids wildlife rehabilitator' Eleven flat flies.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2014

That’s when the state and feds demand that we fill out complicated forms detailing every bird we’ve taken in during the year, supposedly using the North American Ornithological Society’s abbreviation for each species. Upon arrival, each bird receives a chart, which is soon filled with hieroglyphics.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Mice Vet 243

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

And the two species were not inclined to get on, by which I mean that Lions will kill other large predators including Painted Wolves. Something was clearly badly wrong with both of his back legs, I’m no vet, but I would guess they had both been broken. And Pippa, our biologist, was very concerned. Her concern was well founded.

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Wolves Lions Dogs Vet 192

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

This blog was written by Sherry Turner Teas, a rehabber in Chattanooga, Tennessee: It started out as a normal day for a wildlife rehabilitator here in Tennessee – giving medicine, cleaning cages, and feeding baby birds. It took her several minutes to kill and eat it. I am terrified of spiders. What did I have to lose?

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Tennessee Raised Wildlife 162

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Another item they feed on is hunting edible bird nest swiftlets, which are quite common in edible swiftlet houses in Sabah, Malaysia ( source ). Another paper reviews information on Oriental Pied Hornbills raiding the nests of various bird species in Singapore and even pet bird cages.

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Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 131

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Years ago, I became a wildlife volunteer and advocate because of a cat who caught a bird. Back then, I didn’t know enough about birds, but I knew a lot about cats. I surprised her and she dropped the bird before vaporizing again. They simply helped me with my bird. That was my first trip to California Wildlife Center.

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Cats Stray Cat Stray Wildlife Rehabilitation 218

10,000 Birds

JULY 31, 2015

She has a captive-bred education bird named Xena, a Eurasian Eagle Owl. In her words: You all know how it goes, the phone rings and the caller says I have these baby birds…. We took her to the vet and put her on medication, and somehow she pulled through. This summer Lisa raised three orphaned Common Ravens.

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