Breeding Humane Rescue Species 
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2015
We also try to re-nest uninjured baby birds so we don’t interfere with a bird’s breeding cycle. Predators and storms can wreak havoc and human intervention is sometimes needed for survival. Ok, so you’ve rescued a bird. Wild bird rehabilitators want bird parents to feed their own babies. After all, “Mother knows best.”
10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2014
“Okay, fellow songbird rehabbers,” wrote Vonda Lee Morton of Laurens Wildlife Rescue on her FaceBook page. “Is Spring through summer is baby season, and the human population ventures outside and finds little creatures in their backyard, their garden, their porch, the edge of the trail, the sidewalk, the train platform, etc.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 19, 2012
It has recently been reclassified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List; this category is reserved for only the most threatened species in the world. If this bird did become extinct, it would be the first pheasant species to have been lost in the 400 years since proper records began.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 15, 2013
However, ongoing research at Sia Essential Species Repository (see below) reveals this is not always the case, and that there are actually five phases between albino and leucistic. Jamie Lindstrom of the VCA Northview Animal Hospital in Pittsburgh, and Dr. Erica Miller, formerly of Tri-State Bird Rescue in Delaware.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 24, 2014
“But lets see … I’d say one of my most memorable releases is that of a Purple Martin , a species of special concern in California. Their population is in serious decline, so their breeding colonies are monitored by biologists. It was like they said, “You reek of humans, go wash.”.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Kooyman (co-author with Jim Mastro) spent decades studying Emperor Penguins and can be considered the world’s foremost expert on the species. Empire Penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) are the largest living penguin species, almost four feet tall (taller when they stretch), and the least likely to be seen on birding or nature trips.
Animal Person
AUGUST 25, 2010
An Animal Person reader wrote me with the following question: There are many species of cichlids in Lake Victoria that are on the verge of extinction, and most are hardy and small enough to be kept in an aquarium. I intend to stick with rescuing rabbits from now on.) The analogy to mammals we rescue is interesting; it's a good point.
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