10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

Today’s topic comes from Tracy Anderson in Hawaii: what was the strangest container (or method of transport) in which you have received wildlife? Two wildlife biologists brought me a Golden Eagle inside a metal pipe.” A Red-Tailed Hawk wrapped in an oily rag and transported inside the guy’s pickup truck toolbox,” said Johanna Walton.

Transported 279

Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 279

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2021

But occasionally people see it – especially when it’s a hard-to-miss bird like this Bald Eagle. Jayne Neville, a former wildlife rehabilitator specializing in songbirds, moved from Connecticut to Florida and immediately began making the acquaintance of all the birds in the area.

Bald Eagle 264

Bald Eagle Wildlife Rehabilitation Rabbits Wildlife 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Air boats are not my first choice for aquatic transportation – being loud and generally disturbing to everyone and everything – but they did allow us to cover a lot of water very quickly. Perhaps most striking, a pair of Bald Eagles looked down on us from a snag, eventually spreading their large, dark wings over the water.

Bald Eagle 154

Bald Eagle Birds Transported Eagles 154

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

In other words what are the chances of one of these extremely remote species showing up in a less remote place – like my backyard in Lake Worth, Florida? Some of these islands cannot be reached by any mode of transport except a long ocean crossing and some are well over a thousand miles from the closest human habitation.

Birds 228

Birds South Africa South America Feral Cats 228