10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Robert Gallardo is well-known to many readers of 10,000 Birds as an outstanding Neotropical nature guide, author, and manager of La Chorcha Lodge. We are talking about the flora and fauna and in particular the birds, whose sole beauty makes them an easy target for some people. And these are just the direct assaults against birds!

Honduras 185

Honduras illegal Parrots Birds 185

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

Not only do we take care of zillions of injured and orphaned birds/mammals/reptiles/whatever, we also have to deal with and educate the public. I had a finder bring me a bird he’d correctly ID’d as a merlin – a not-too-common falcon – but when he brought him in, I could see he’d been trying to feed it BIRD SEED!”

Squirrels 250

Squirrels Hamburgers Chickens Wildlife Rehabilitation 250

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2013

I am fluent in bird. I can tell what bird territory boundaries are in my neighborhood or when an American Robin has spotted a bird eating hawk and when House Sparrows are agitated by Blue Jays are raiding their nests. I can even tell when a bird needs serious help. The birds were trapped in the dark with no escape.

Minneapolis 212

Minneapolis Birds Woodpeckers Baltimore 212

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2014

The feral cats were thought to have arrived as pets during early European settlement and then more were introduced to control rabbits and rodents, but now they inhabit all of Australia including offshore islands and are responsible for a high percentage of native species loss. Feral cat predation on Pied Oystercatcher eggs.

Australia 157

Australia Species Feral Cats Feral 157

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Sometimes, I feel that competing bird conservation groups are trying too hard to get my attention and give the impression that just by sitting here on my futon and breathing, I have killed several birds. I just looked over at my husband–bam 5 birds dead. I’m now petting my rabbit Dougal, 6 more birds dead.

Rabbits 154

Rabbits Killing Canada Farming 154

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Somehow they manage to get the bird or animal to a rehabilitator, even though finding one is often a feat in itself. A pet cat raising orphaned ducklings! Explanations are simple: only a mother rabbit or a highly trained rehabilitator has a chance of raising and releasing a healthy wild bunny.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 257

Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Feral Cats Hamburgers 257

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

The lack of people does not mean we have any less extinct or threatened bird species than other countries. Even the first explorers to Australia documented there was a risk of extinction of birds and animals into the future and subsequently decided to collect as many specimens as possible! Handbook to The Birds of Australia, 1865.

Species 174

Species Australia Birds Parrots 174

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

It’s a common call/email/text that most bird watchers get this time of year: “HELP! I just saved a baby bird! Both of those sites allow you to enter your zip code or state and find someone nearby who has the state and federal permits that allows them to treat wild birds. Do not worry about touching the baby birds.

Birds 264

Birds Fox Raised Ducks 264

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Iams and longtime partner Helen Woodward Animal Center, along with more than 3,500 animal organizations from around the world once again joined forces to help reduce pet homelessness. 23,051 other animals (including rabbits, reptiles, horses, birds and more). Here are how the numbers break down: 593,146 dogs. 509,470 cats.

Homelessness 100

Homelessness Adoptable Pets Rabbits 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Sometimes, I feel that competing bird conservation groups are trying too hard to get my attention and give the impression that just by sitting here on my futon and breathing, I have killed several birds. I just looked over at my husband–bam 5 birds dead. I’m now petting my rabbit Dougal, 6 more birds dead.

Rabbits 113

Rabbits Killing Canada Farming 113

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 11, 2009

Adopt-a-Pet.com is the world’s largest non-profit pet adoption website. We are like an ad agency for shelters and shelter pets. We do our best to relieve that problem and put pets from shelters in the homes of pet seekers all over the country. For more information visit this page [link].

Adoptable 100

Adoptable Obama Shelters Hamsters 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2012

New Zealand has one of the direst records of extinction is modern times, second on really to Hawaii in terms of bird species lost. Once the link between mammalian invaders and bird extinctions had been confirmed without doubt (something that took a lot longer than it really should have) the problem became what to do about it.

New Zealand 172

New Zealand Rats Mammals Possums 172

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

As visitors’ and the public’s interests expanded from the Big Five, and an appreciation for lesser mammals, birds and smaller wildlife has became more widespread, the term Little Five was coined. They are large, noisy birds of drier areas of East and southern Africa. In Asia they are even commonly kept as pets!

Buffalo 194

Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 194