10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2015

Owls are among the birds with the greatest power to fascinate non-birders, for good and ill. Young Scott put in yeoman’s work first identifying, then attempting to photograph the birds he stumbled across while hunting rabbits with a friend, and apparently his drive has stayed with him from that day to this. I don’t know.

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Owls Colorado Wounded Rabbits 182

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

It seemed whoever set the trap had ‘released’ the injured eagle upon finding him, as the bird could not have freed himself without the loss of the entire foot. The wound was also very contaminated with dirt and debris. This bird was lucky to be found and rescued by a Good Samaritan in this remote area.

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Eagles Wildlife Rehabilitation Utah Vet 157

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

All of the pairs that we monitor have lost either their eggs or juvenile birds to predation before they were fledged and are patiently sitting once again on a new clutch of eggs. Most of these birds had significant breeding plumage and had most likely only recently returned to the Broome area.

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Wounded Eggs Rescue Breeding 160

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

I was working at the Coastal Wildlife Rescue Center here in Alabama, and he had either been blown in during a storm or caught a ride on a ship. My parrots have nailed me harder than any wild bird,” said Jodi Swenson. Finally I got some fingerless padded baseball gloves.”. “I Even worse, we have… (shudder)… June bugs!”. “My

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Wildlife Opossums 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

Olive Sea Snake that has had a dog visit it on the beach Olive Sea Snake with obvious bulge Stoke’s Sea Snake Stoke’s Sea Snake with wounds Dubois’ Sea Snake Dubois’ Sea Snake being returned to the sea! This involves the sighting of these birds both here and overseas resulting in some incredible life stories.

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Australia 2011 Sharks Deer 153

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2015

“It is next to impossible to persuade people in India to donate money for injured raptors,” says Nadeem Shehzad, co-founder of Wildlife Rescue , a registered non-profit in the Chawri Bazar area of Old Delhi. The first injured bird Nadeem and Mohammad ever found was a Black Kite.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation India Rescue Wounded 263

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Years ago, I became a wildlife volunteer and advocate because of a cat who caught a bird. It was Los Angeles, after all, where mileage has no bearing on time, but where time was precious for my little rescue on this crystal morning. Back then, I didn’t know enough about birds, but I knew a lot about cats. I was mortified.

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Cats Stray Cat Stray Wildlife Rehabilitation 218

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2019

Disappointment that I would miss the bird? Temperatures already dipped into single digits during the time the bird had been in Maine, far from conditions the species is normally adapted to. In fact, some suspect the chase caused the poor bird to fly directly into a window. No fractures were seen on radiographs.

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Rescue Portland Squirrels Deer 133