article thumbnail

For Wildlife Emergencies, Contact Animal Help Now

10,000 Birds

AHNow’s database includes wildlife rehabilitators, rescues and hotlines, as well as veterinarians who treat wildlife. You can post it on your local Internet bulletin board, and give it to the people who receive wildlife rescue calls but normally can’t help… your local town hall, police department, libraries, and hiking area staff.

Wildlife 264
article thumbnail

Birding Under the Influence: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The first two chapters make clear that although environmental concerns were a factor, his major reason for doing a big year was personal–his work as a postdoc in research neurobiology was at a crisis point, he needed to change research direction or…do something else. This is a smartly written book.

Birds 223
article thumbnail

The Great Horned Owl: An In-Depth Study by Scott Rashid

10,000 Birds

He now runs the Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute out of Estes Park. In addition to his passion for bird rescue, Rashid is also a talented artist, and his paintings and sketches supplement the many photographs in illustrating various aspects of the Great Horned Owl ‘s appearance and behavior.

Owls 180