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. ” When it comes to wildlife rescue, transportation runs the gamut as well. Covered in fish slime!

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Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 278

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 260

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2013

The birds had locked their talons during a mid-air battle and plummeted to the tarmac together. During transport to a rehab center, one eagle made a quick escape. The other was transferred to the University of Minnesota’s Raptor Center with deep talon wounds, but was expected to do well. Birds News Bald Eagles'

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Bald Eagle Eagles Minnesota Wounded 180

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 253

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. In mammals, maggots eat only dead tissue and are occasionally used to debride wounds. But in birds they eat living tissue, and once they are internal will kill the patient.

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Eagles Wounded Bald Eagle Wisconsin 228

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

There is a wonderful site called UAE Birding , that makes a great reference once you have decided how much time you have to spare and it carries a list of part-time guides who may be able to show you around. For a comprehensive description of the park, go to UAE Birding. For a quick snapshot, try a winter post from Redgannet.

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UAE Broker Fast Food Wounded 172

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

The day before, the day I arrived, was a transport day, and that meant the pack hadn’t been seen in the afternoon. We tried to sight and count the pack twice every day so that if any of the dogs got snared we’d know quickly and could get a vet in to dart them, free them and clean up the wound.

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Wolves Lions Dogs Vet 187