10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

I am so happy to be back on 10,000 birds – I have missed Mike and Corey and my fellow Beat Writers! Normally I rant about environmental dangers and describe heartwarming/mind-boggling/headscratching wild bird rescues. However… Tracy starts us off. . “But one woman brought a bat she had been taking care of for a few days.

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Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 278

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. If there is an entrance wound, there is an exit wound. in Antigo, WI.

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Eagles Wounded Bald Eagle Wisconsin 236

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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Wounded Rescue Medical Cats 255

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2015

The sharp strings are a menace to passing birds – especially kites and other raptors – who cannot see them and sometimes suffer grievous, if not fatal, wounds. The first injured bird Nadeem and Mohammad ever found was a Black Kite.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation India Rescue Wounded 262